The family of The Eagle Online publisher, Dotun Oladipo, has announced September 10 and 11, 2026 as the dates for the funeral programmes of the journalist and media entrepreneur. Oladipo died on Tuesday, 25 August, 2026, at the age of 56. According to the family, a service of songs will be held at DayStar Church, Oregun, Ikeja, on Thursday, 10 September, 2026. The burial service will take place at the same venue on Friday, 11 September, 2026, followed by his interment. Oladipo was President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) from 2017 to 2021 and was among the…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the August 15, 2026 election in Osun State, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) , has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his victory as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Oyebamiji, who spoke on Saturday in Osogbo while addressing APC leaders, members and supporters on the outcome of the election and preparations for the 2027 general elections, also called on Adeleke, as the state’s Chief Security Officer, to take immediate steps to end the killings, harassment and intimidation of APC members and supporters. The APC candidate expressed appreciation to President Bola…
As would be expected of a ruling party with tentacles in virtually every nook and cranny of the country, the All Progressives Congress (APC), days ago, unveiled an all-encompassing Presidential Campaign Council list that was capable of intimidating the opposition by its sheer size, reach and political weight. It was, in many respects, a list of who-is-who in the current power calculus across the country—apparently designed to send cold jitters down the spines of an opposition that, even before the list was released, appeared to be struggling with its own internal contradictions. But days after the list entered the public…
By Musbau Rasak The recent furore generated by the comments attributed to the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Kadir Obafemi Hamzat came to me as a matter blown out of proportion. Having gone through what transpired at the event where Dr Hamzat met with youths, interacted with them and engaged them on various matters, not limited to the housing issue, I came to conclusion that many people rather than offering solutions to a problem that has been there since the creation of Lagos State, chose to hang onto a mundane…
By ‘Tunde Ogunmola_ The latest appointment of Dr. Muiz Adeyemi Banire, SAN, OON, as Director of the Legal Directorate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has once again brought the legal luminary, academic and political strategist into the spotlight of a major national assignment. But for Banire, the appointment is more than another position on an impressive resume. It is the latest chapter in a public career shaped by law, institutional reform, public administration and political engagement, a career that has taken him from the university classroom and courtroom to the Lagos State cabinet, party administration and…
Years before GSM, Internet and social media, I went looking for him. I needed a good interview as a reporter for the entertainment pages of Sunday Punch. When I finally met him at an event and asked him for an interview, he said he would come to my office to grant the interview. I didn’t believe him. I brought out my reporters’ notebook and pleaded with him to speak with me even if for 30 minutes. He repeated his promise : e ma worry, ma gbe are mi wa si office yin.’ Meaning: don’t worry, I will drive to your…
By Tunde Rahman Osun State woke up last Sunday with the same government it went to bed with: that of Governor Ademola Adeleke. With Adeleke’s victory in the August 15 election, the opposition may be having a new talking point for 2027. The governor ran on the Accord Party platform, polling 511,067 votes to defeat his main challenger, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who got 444,815 votes. Governor Adeleke thus earned a second term and a critical triumph in the last off-cycle poll before the January 2027 presidential election. Besides giving the Accord Party a South-West…
By Sunday Dare In the architecture of modern political opportunism, few spectacles rival the breathtaking hypocrisy of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s recent policy pivot. To watch a self-styled statesman—who less than four years ago cast himself as an uncompromising apostle of market-driven reform—scramble to promise the reintroduction of petrol subsidies is nothing short of political apostasy. This isn’t merely a tactical policy disagreement; it is a sordid, stingy manipulation of the public psyche, designed to hoodwink unsuspecting citizens through an unpardonable exploitation of temporary economic pain. Atiku’s vacillation stands as a monument to a fading presidential ambition gone completely awry, exposing…
By Babafemi Ojudu I have just finished going through the membership of the Presidential Campaign Council of my party—or, more accurately, as much of it as human endurance would permit. What a list! At first, I thought it was the result of the latest national census. Then I wondered whether the document was the passenger manifest of a ship evacuating the entire political establishment ahead of an approaching flood. Only after reading further did I realise that it was merely a campaign council. The council is so large that it may require a campaign council of its own to coordinate…
Members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council have been constituted with former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari to serve as Director General while the Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma will serve as secretary, reports thegazellenews.com President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, according to the list released Saturday morning, 22 August, 2026, thegazellenews.com reports further. Party Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda will also serve as Vice Chairman, while former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari will serve as…