Chief Bisi Akande was former governor of Osun State and now National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. He was the late Bola Ige’s most trusted ally.

In spite of his age, the immediate past governor of Osun State could be said to be a Bola Ige boy. He was Secretary to old Oyo State Government from1979 to 1983 when he (Ige) was the governor of the State.

IT is not for nothing that Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who was declared winner of the Ekiti governorship election by the Court of Appeal on Friday, majored in War Studies for his doctorate at King’s College, University of London.His tortuous journey to Government House Ado Ekiti is the type of war that many history books never foresaw, yet Fayemi, as he is popularly called, fought peacefully, preached peace and trained his eyes on the prize, the governorship of Ekiti, easily one of the most educated States in Nigeria per capita.

Chief Ede Dafinone is the eldest son of Senator David Dafinone, patriarch of the Guinness World Book of Records largest chartered accounting family in the world. Ede wants to step into the political shoes of his father by seeking to represent Delta Central Senatorial District which his father represented in the second republic.
Although he admits his father’s shoes are indeed big for him to fit, he will rather rely more on the electorate than his father’s antecedents; because he believes he can win the election on his own merit.

Some senators have their views on the proposed amendments INEC is seeking.
Blackmail Will Not Work, Senator David Mark, President of the Senate
“All this business of trying to make us look bad in the eyes of the public is unnecessary, it is uncalled for. It is an unnecessary psychological warfare by participants who just want to blackmail us.

Terrorists’ organizations are not new. Kidnappings have always been there in the Niger-Delta. Why are people making the Abuja terrorists attack a special case? Is it because it happened on the day of our 50th anniversary? I don’t see anything special about it.