•Bandits The killing of five Forest Guards during a bandit attack on the National Park Service (NPS) ofÂfice in Oloka, Orire Local GovÂernment Area of Oyo State, has sparked widespread concern across the South-West geopolitÂical zone. The attack, which occurred on Tuesday night, comes barely a month after armed assailants attacked Christian wo...
•Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has assured the Yoruba that their interests would be central to his presidency if elected in 2027. Atiku, who contested the 2023 election under the Peoples Democratic Party, said today that fears of his government favouring his Fulani kinsmen were unfounded, reports The PUNCH. In a statement...
•Amotekun Corps Following the recent armed attack in Kwara State that claimed six lives at a motor park, state governments and security agencies across the South-West have intensified measures to avert similar incidents in the region. The state governments and security agencies in the South-West, particularly the Security Network Agency (coden...
•Tinubu and PDP logo The South-West region of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be at the forefront of efforts to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, the Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement has said. In a statement by the South-West coordinator of the movement, Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, he expressed support for [&...
Pensioners under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Southwest zone, have lamented the backlog of unpaid gratuities and pension arrears owed to retirees in the region. The pensioners, who threatened not to vote for any governor who fails to cater to their welfare and well-being in the 2027 general elections, appealed to [&hell...
•South west map Creation of additional five new states, constitutional roles for the traditional rulers as well as creation of additional local governments and listing of Local Council Development Areas created by the Lagos State government in 2003 into the constitution were among the top demands of the people of the South-West as moves are [&...
•Chief Emeka Anyaoku Key delegates and stakeholders from the South West geopolitical zone will gather in Lagos this week for a strategic meeting to discuss the position of the Yoruba people ahead of the upcoming National Political Summit on a New Constitution for Nigeria, convened by the Patriots. The Frontier reports that, The Patriots, a [&h...
•Iba Gani Adams A Yoruba self-determination group, Yoruba One Voice, led by the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has kicked against the push to introduce Sharia law in parts of the South-West, warning that such a move could destabilise the region and threaten Nigeria’s already fragile pluralism. This position was articulated in a...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has assented to the South-West Development Commission Bill, the South-South Development Commission Bill, and the Nigeria Anti-Doping Bill, 2025. Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Basheer Lado, made this known in a statement, noting that the legislations reflect Tinubu’s commitment to inclusive go...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved that the earlier postponed party’s zonal congress in the South South Zone will now hold on Saturday, April 12, 2025. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP in a statement also said the NWC has approved the shifting of the South […]...
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