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OSUN 2026: AMBO is the best man to Unseat the Incumbent. By: Afeez Oyinmomo, Osogbo It is no longer news that Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) is a strong and dependable leader, widely seen as a guiding light for the people of Osun State. As the Osun State gubernatorial election draws closer, the excitement is growing. The current administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke and his team may be enjoying the moment now, but a new political dawn is approaching. By August 8, 2026, it will no longer be business as usual. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, AMBO, are fully prepared to restore Osun State to its rightful position of progress and development. The level of backwardness currently being experienced in the state is deeply concerning and calls for a change in leadership. The occupant of the Bola Ige House must be replaced with a capable, progressive, and visionary leader. AMBO stands ready to take up this responsibility. Osun State will rise again. AMBO is ...

GLOBAL PRESIDENT, GREAT IFE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS SWORN IN AS A NOTARY PUBLIC BY OSUN STATE CHIEF JUDGE The Global President, Great Ife Alumni Association; Barr. L.B Falode was today elevated to the enviable position of Notary Public by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He was sworn in by the Hon.Chief Judge of Osun State, Hon. Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo, alongside eleven (11) other lawyers across the five (5) NBA branches in Osun State at the Osun State High Court premises in Osogbo, Osun State. Bar. Leye Falode, served as  Chairman of the Osun State Rent Tribunal between June 2013 to October, 2017 sitting both at Ilesa and Osogbo Rent Tribunals.  He was appointed as a member of the Osun State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Disputed Chieftaincy Declarations and Other Allied Chieftaincy Matters set up by the  Osun State Government in July, 2016  under the Chairmanship of Hon. Justice A.B Abdulkareem.  The  Chief Judge of Osun State, Hon. Justice Adepele O...

Olayomi Koiki, spokesman for embattled Yoruba nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, says all arrangements have been concluded for his principal’s return to Nigeria after prominent monarchs persuaded President Bola Tinubu to remove Igboho’s name from the list of wanted persons. According to Koiki, the traditional rulers who intervened include the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; and the Olugbon of Orile Igbon, Oba Francis Alao, among others. Igboho fled Nigeria on July 1, 2021, following a raid on his Ibadan residence by a combined team of the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army over allegations of stockpiling arms and ammunition. The raid came amid Igboho’s campaign to evict armed Fulani herdsmen from the South-West in response to attacks on farmers. During the raid, three of his aides were killed and 13 others were arrested. Igboho fled to Benin Republic, intending to fly to Germany, but was arrest...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun recorded a major boost in Odo-Otin Local Government Area on Saturday as Hon. Francis Eniade Damilare led a massive mobilisation drive that saw hundreds of members defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Accord Party to the APC. The event, described by party faithful as a political earthquake, saw Mrs. Maria Akolade and Pastor Atewogbade Adeyemi lead hundreds of defectors who publicly renounced their former parties and pledged total allegiance to the APC, further weakening the opposition in the Osun Speaker’s Ward. Addressing the new members, Eniade urged the decampees to work in unity and synergy with existing party faithful to ensure a resounding victory for the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), at the August 8, 2026 governorship election. He assured them that Osun State would experience a new dawn of purposeful leadership and people-centred governance under an AMBO administration. Eniade furthe...

Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging to work for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 general election. The defection, which has sent ripples across Nigeria’s political landscape, was formally announced on Thursday at the National Assembly, where Abubakar, popularly known as “Abba,” was received by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano North), alongside APC leaders from the North-East geopolitical zone. Speaking at the event, Abba announced his resignation from the PDP and declared his full alignment with the APC, describing the decision as both personal and historic. He also directed all coordinators and members of his political structure, formerly known as the Haske Atiku Organisation founded in 2022, to immediately join the APC and support Presid...

Chief Adebisi Akande: A Soul of Progressivism.Right Honourable Popoola celebrates Baba @87 ‎ ‎The immediate past Deputy Speaker and incumbent Member representing Boripe/Boluwaduro State Constituency, Right Honourable Olufemi Popoola, has described the 87th birthday anniversary of the former Governor of Osun State, Chief Adebisi Akande, as a celebration of a living legend whose indelible contributions to the development and growth of Nigeria remain impeccable, historic, motivational and enduring. ‎ ‎In his congratulatory message,tagged "BABA AKANDE'' A SOUL OF PROGRESSIVISM" Right Honourable Olufemi Popoola highlighted and commended what he described as Chief Akande’s selfless service, marked by dedication and commitment to the advancement of Osun State and Nigeria at large. ‎ ‎Right Honourable Popoola used the occasion to praise and eulogise the divine and exceptional brilliance and capacity of Baba Akande in nation-building, stating that at both national and state le...