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The height of political desperation is now showing as Bimbo Adekanmbi, the Oyo APM gubernatorial candidate and stooge of Governor Seyi Makinde, has become a leech who must appear wherever Senator Sharafadeen Alli (BSA) is officially…
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As the 2027 contest for Oyo South Senatorial District gathers shape, public attention has naturally settled on the leading names in the race: Hon. Remi Oseni of the APC, Chief (Mrs.) Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu of the PDP and Hon. Adedeji Stanley…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) monitoring of Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursements to Nigeria’s 36 states and 774 local government areas has brought…
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Oyo State was once celebrated as one of Nigeria’s foremost centres of intellectual advancement, academic excellence and literary development. Ibadan, in particular, occupies a prominent place in the country’s educational history as the home…
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The debate over local government autonomy in Nigeria raises a fundamental question. Can grassroots governance thrive without corresponding independence for the legislature and judiciary? For Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, the Allied Peoples’…
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Let me state from the outset that I once admired Governor Seyi Makinde, Oyo State’s Chief Executive Officer since 2019, and invested enormous hope in his administration. I defended him in private conversations, argued his case in…
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Weeds, deteriorating facilities and reported roof damage raise concerns over grassroots administration in Iwajowa, Saki, Irepo, Olorunsogo and other councils Local government administration is supposed to represent the closest layer of…
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Bimbo Adekanmbi is a puppeteer haunted by the ghost of his own puppet. On Saturday, on a popular Ibadan radio, the APM candidate threw decorum to the dogs. For two long hours, he mounted the soapbox not to tell us what he will do, not to…
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As the 2027 governorship election in Oyo State gradually gathers momentum, the political contest is increasingly becoming a referendum on the performance of the incumbent administration and the credibility of those seeking to succeed it. At…
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The recent attempt by the Oyo State opposition to smear Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi over his business interests is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black, and the APC should be embarrassed by how transparently hollow the attack really…
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