Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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In readiness for the coming local government elections in the State, the ruling Party,the All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced the commencement of sales of Expression of Interest Forms for members seeking election into various offices of Chairmen and Councilors in the state In a press released the party in Abeokuta on Friday and signed…
The political landscape of Ogun State is currently dominated by the issue of Senator Olamilekan Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi’s eligibility or otherwise to contest the 2019 Ogun Governorship Election. It all began with the incumbent governor’s declaration earlier in the year that Ogun West Senatorial District is the next in line to produce…
On the heels of Governors’ Amosun declaration that he won’t allow a non-indigene to succeed him, the Kinsmen of the embattled Senator, who is the target of the governor’s statement, under the aegis of Isaga descendants Union in Ogun State have cleared the air on the senator’s disputed origin, declaring that , he is an…
I am an indigene, you can’t stop me from contesting! Senator Olamilekan Adeola, the senator representing Lagos West at the National Assembly, made this declaration on Sunday when he formally declared his intention to contest the Ogun State governorship election in 2019 on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The senator also…
Ahead of the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State, the Ijebu-Remo Governorship Agenda Elders Forum, yesterday, picked Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru as its consensus candidate. Ashiru was said to have defeated former Deputy Governor, Segun Adesegun, Senators Gbenga Kaka and Olorunnimbe Mamora, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Olumuyiwa Oladipo,…
THE Senator representing Lagos West and governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Senator Olamilekan Adeola popularly known Yayi has explained why both the previous and incumbent elected governors in Ogun State were produced from Lagos State. Senator Adeola said hardly would any democratically-elected governor, who had served in Ogun State, claim not to have roots in…
According to former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, with the present crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State and the infighting among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the State, Accord Party is set to liberate Ogun people from the two major political parties. The former Senior…
Baglo and 50 others leave PDP for APC. Baglo, real name Raheem Ajayi is Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s aid. He was Special Adviser to the ex-Governor on Youth and Sports. Ajayi said he and others had elected to team up with the APC following the party’s resolve to field an Ogun West man in the 2019 gubernatorial election. They were…
Less than eight hours after they were dislodged, the Buruji Kashamu faction of the party has regained the control of the party secretariat on IBB Boulevard, Abeokuta. The Sikirullai Ogundele led new executive of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier on Monday dislodged the factional chairman, Engr. Bayo Dayo,…
The newly inaugurated state executive committee of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party led by its chairman, Sikirulahi Ogundele, on Monday formally took over the secretariat from the Bayo Dayo-led executive. The new executive took over the party secretariat located along Presidential Boulevard, Oke Mosan Road, Abeokuta, around 1.45pm. The new executive…
