•Gov Sanwo-Olu, Ganduje and Gov Aiyedatiwa in Akure yesterday Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared that the ruling party will capture the SouthWest by winning the November 16 off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State. Ganduje declared this when he led members of the National Working...
•Southwest governors Governors in the southwest, both past and present, have voted more than N266 billion for the construction of new airports despite the non-viability of the many existing ones. As governors continue to pursue these projects, industry experts believe that some of these projects may not succeed and may not be profitable in the...
•Sunday Igboho As a result of their continued hostilities, banditry and kidnapping in the South-West zone of the country, the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has again issued a fresh eviction notice to armed Fulani herders in the zone. This latest notice would be the second that the Yoruba freedom fighter issued [&hel...
•Governors Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) and Abiodun (Ogun) The six governors of the South-West states of Nigeria, under the auspices of ‘the South-West Governors’ Forum, on Monday, June 10, 2024, met in Lagos, where they discussed issues about the development of the region. Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun...
Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, South west governors, General Alani Akinrinade, traditional rulers and other distinguished personalities are expected at the Renewed Hope Agenda summit scheduled to hold in Ibadan on Monday. The summit which is packaged by the Yoruba Patriots’ Movement and Coalition of several Civil Society Organi...
•House of Representatives The North-West, South-West and South-South geo-political zones of the country may not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 general election if ongoing moves to alter relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) scales through. It was exclusively gathered that a bill “For an Act to alter the provisio...
•Police The Southwest Conference of Speakers has called for the immediate creation of state police and devolution of powers. The conference said doing so would address the hydra-headed insecurity and other socioeconomic challenges facing the country, reports The Nation. In a communiqué issued at the of their meeting in Ikogosi-Ekiti, the speak...
The House of Representatives is set to consider a bill seeking to create three additional states in the South-West region. The bill, which has been listed to be brought for first reading before the House of Representatives, is sponsored by the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State, Mr. Oluwole Oke, reports Vangua...
•Late Rotimi Akeredolu Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, today, led other South-West governors to the residence of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke; his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo Abiodun; and the Ekiti State Hovernor, Abiodun Oyebanji, were p...

