2026

Agro Bills: Senate moves to boost food security, slash rice imports Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Senate on has taken a major step towards strengthening Nigeria’s food system, receiving committee reports on three key bills designed to boost local production and reduce the country’s heavy reliance on imports. Presenting the reports at the floor of…

Kogi 2027: Businessman Momoh Obaro Joins Senate Race, Picks APC Forms for Kogi Central —- Seeks to Upstage Natasha, Bello in Kogi Central. A prominent grassroots mobilizer and Kogi-born businessman, Chief Momoh Yusuf Obaro, has officially entered the race for the Kogi Central Senatorial seat after obtaining the nomination and expression of interest forms of…

MINILS DG decries rising workplace accidents, deaths * Urges sustained workers’ education on safety Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Comrade Issa Aremu, has raised fresh concerns over the scale of workplace accidents and deaths across the globe, describing the trend as “unacceptable and criminal,”…

… community projects; backers say will make him “purposeful representation” Comr. HASSAN SHUAIBU OHIMOZI, of the African Democratic Congress, is emerging as a top contender for the Kogi West Senatorial seat ahead of the 2027 election, with supporters pointing to his record of service and grassroots reach. Hassan, an upwardly mobile young man who has…

2027: APC Youths Caution Against Picking Guber Candidate Outside Kwara North Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Ahead of the gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), youths, under the aegis of the Kwara State All Progressives Young Stakeholders (KSAPYS), have cautioned the leadership of the party against picking the party s gubernatorial candidate outside of…

‎ ‎A non-governmental organisation, Dove-Haven Foundation (DHF), has directly reached over 2,200 students and members of staff and more than one million people indirectly through a 10-month cancer awareness campaign and screening services across five higher institutions and their environment in Oyo State. ‎ ‎Dr Ekundayo Samuel, the Executive Director of DHF, who disclosed this…

  The African Democratic Congress ADC has formally written the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Kudirat Tomori Kekere-Ekun pleading for quick delivery of judgment in the leadership tussle of the party at the National Level. The party claimed that it will suffer irreparable harm if judgment in the protracted battle was not delivered by…

Police Arrest Two Armed Robbery Suspects in Kwara Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command has intensified its clampdown on violent crime, recording a significant breakthrough with the arrest of two suspected armed robbers in Amoyo area in the Ifelodun local government area. The suspects, identified as Abdulazeez Isiaq, popularly known as “Pumpin,”…

Kwara APC Holds Unity Rally For Tinubu’s Second Term Bid * Lauds Gov AbdulRazaq’s leadership Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have staged a unity rally in support of the second term bid of President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The…

  In 2015, during a fiercely contested gubernatorial race in a West African country, a leading aspirant publicly claimed he had secured the endorsement of a revered former head of state, an influential figure respected across political and ethnic divides. The campaign machinery quickly amplified the narrative. Flyers were printed, jingles composed, and rallies electrified…