The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of senatorial candidates for all the political parties for the 2027 general elections, reports thegazellenews.com The electoral body released names of the candidates for the 109 senatorial seats for the election as the final list for all participating political parties in the election. Conspicuous on the list were the three All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates for Lagos State: Wasiu Eshinlokun Sanni, Lagos Central; Idiat Oluranti Adebule, Lagos West; and Tokunbo Abiru, Lagos East senatorial districts just as Senator Yunus Abiodun Akintunde was listed as the APC candidate for Oyo Central…
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The Cross River State Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Prince Eka William, is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. His brother, Nkang William, who announced his death through a statement on Sunday, 13 September, 2026 said he died on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at a hospital in Abuja, where he was receiving medical attention. According to Nkang William, the Commissioner died suddenly. Nkang, reacting to the sad development, expressed disbelief over the sudden death, saying he was still struggling to accept that his brother, who was recently with the family, had suddenly become a memory. He described William as more than a brother,…
By Adetutu Audu Otutochi “Tochi” Wigwe, daughter of late Access Holdings founder Herbert Wigwe, is reportedly set to marry Nigerian investment executive Wilson Omogbale Aikhomu, son of late former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu. The couple are reportedly in a relationship and are said to be planning a low-key wedding away from the public eye, with details of the ceremony being kept private. Sources familiar with the development said the couple appeared determined to keep the wedding arrangements out of the public domain. Tochi is the daughter of Wigwe, who died alongside his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi,…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Leaders of the Arewa, Igbo, North Central and South-South communities in Lagos State have pledged massive votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general election. The pledge was made at a meeting held on Saturday, 12 September, 2026 in Lagos. Speaking at the meeting, the leader of the Arewa group, Arc Kabir Ahmed Abdullahi described Hamzat’s emergence as the APC’s consensus governorship candidate as the outcome of years of diligent service and political goodwill built across the state. He added that the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Tinubu Support Group (TSG) has dismissed as false a report claiming that High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, donated 34 vehicles to the group in Katsina State. In a statement, the group’s National Director of Publicity, Arc. A. K. Abdullahi, said the allegation, attributed to an outfit calling itself the “Good Governance Group,” was fabricated. He challenged the group to produce evidence, including photographs or eyewitness accounts of the alleged donation. Abdullahi said the claim emerged shortly after a visit by a Special Adviser to the President to Kafur Local Government Area, which…
By Lanre Adewole About five weeks ago, several prominent Yoruba traditional rulers, leaders of thought and elders; both partisan and unaffiliated, commenced troubleshooting expeditions to realign estranged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Both, according to information available to me, have agreed to directly and candidly confront the tension between them, with the President’s camp reportedly hoping the governor, who has undoubtedly established self as the dominant political force in the vote-rich state, would abandon his own presidential run to support his fellow Yoruba incumbent, to enhance the latter’s electoral path and numbers to reelection.…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has expressed the readiness of Gateway Air, the state-owned airline, to airlift not only Ogun pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj, but also intending pilgrims from other South-West states. The Governor said Ogun would explore opportunities to participate in the emerging private-sector-driven Hajj airlift arrangement, particularly for pilgrims from Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states. Abiodun disclosed this on Friday when he received a delegation of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), led by its Commissioner of Operations, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, at his office. The Governor said the state government…
Ogun State’s growing digital transformation has earned Governor Dapo Abiodun a major national recognition, with the Governor emerging Governor of the Year – Public Service Innovation at the Nigeria eGovernment Excellence Awards 2026. The award, organised by the Nigeria eGovernment Summit, recognised Abiodun’s leadership in deploying technology and e-governance reforms to modernise public administration, improve service delivery and strengthen transparency and citizen engagement. The organisers specifically commended Ogun State’s remarkable digital penetration and innovation, citing the administration’s technology-driven initiatives as a significant step towards building a more efficient, accessible and citizen-centred public service. Under Abiodun, Ogun has increasingly deployed digital…
Sometime in late July 2026, Governor Uba Sani summoned a meeting of APC aspirants who did not win their primaries in Kaduna State. I remember walking into that room and immediately sensing the tension. There were close to a hundred people from virtually every part of Kaduna State, by my estimate. Some had sought tickets for the State House of Assembly, others for the House of Representatives or Senate. There was anger. There was disappointment. People were unhappy. I wondered what exactly the Governor hoped to achieve. How do you bring together politicians who have invested their time, money, reputations…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Former Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Senator Wasiu Eshilokun, has donated a total of N17 million in honour of the late veteran Yoruba actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo. Eshilokun announced the donation while speaking at ongoing activities surrounding Ogogo’s final rites, where he pledged N10 million to the actor’s children, N1 million each to his two wives, and N5 million to the Odunfa Caucus, the association of Yoruba film practitioners. Beyond the cash donations, the Senator promised to provide health insurance coverage for 10 members of the Odunfa Caucus, as…