South West

The South West chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, an umbrella body of cattle dealers association in the nation, on Wednesday declared support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Former Senate Minority, Godswill Akpabio, says God has ordained the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in the February 16 election.

Ezekwesili spoke on Tuesday in Akure while flagging off her South West presidential campaign that drew party members from Ekiti, Osun and Ondo states.

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, on Tuesday continued their hostility by inaugurating parallel campaign councils for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate,…

The representative Imo North Senatorial District, Benjamin Uwajumogu, has faulted the claim by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that President Muhammadu Buhari would hand over power to the South West in 2023.

This was contained in a statement signed by its Zonal Co-ordinator, Chief Stanley Ohajuruka, and Acting Secretary, Godwin Onwusi, in Enugu on Wednesday.

George, a one-time Military Administrator of Ondo State, gave the advice while speaking to newsmen in Lagos.

The issue of who succeeds Buhari in 2023, which the South East has consistently laid claim to, has become heightened based on the reasoning that if the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, wins,…

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023.

Daniel, a former governor of Ogun, made the declaration in an interactive session with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos.

The meeting was organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Commission in collaboration with the Partnership to Engage, Learn and Reform, a programme of the Department for International Development.

Chairman of Accord Party in Oyo state, Muda Ogunsola, has said that the party will dominate the state and others in South-West in the 2019 general elections.

Chairmen and leaders of Accord party in South-West have warned Dr Doyin Okupe to desist from parading himself as leader of the party in the zone.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State is increasingly becoming the Rochas Okorocha of the South West. With very little effort, he might surpass the latter, the self-acclaimed exponent of iberiberism (an Igbo slang which roughly translates as…

The Action Democratic Party, ADP, has declared its preparedness to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress from its firm hold of the South West region and many other states across the country, pointing out that the series of defection…

The South-West Chairman of the CNPP, Alhaji Yinka Olona, disclosed this at the 2018 Summit of the conference, tagged: “Rebuilding Democratic Values in Nigeria”, held in Lagos.

They said the decision to support Fayemi was reached through a combination of persuasion, reconciliation, consensus-building and understanding on the part of all the stakeholders, pointing out that they as leaders held several intervention…

Chief Muda Ogunsola, the leader of the South West chairmen, stated this on Tuesday in Ibadan while addressing newsmen on the purported vote-of-no-confidence resolution passed on Nalado.

In a statement by the Governor's Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose opined that there was no way any state in the region would develop its potential fully without the collaboration and support of others.

The President, League of lmams and Alfas, South-West, Edo and Delta states, Sheikh Jamiu Bello, in a letter to Oba Akanbi, urged him to restrict the title to his domain, Iwo.