African Horizon News Magazine

Osun 2026: Politics of Personality, Antecedents, Pedigree, beyond Party Lines.  By James Bamgbose Osogbo, November 16, 2025. There is something happening in Osun politics that many people still refuse to accept. The old way of doing things, the days when people voted simply because of a party logo are gone. Osun people have changed. They have grown wiser, tougher, and more intentional about their future. It will be about human beings. It will be about faces, character, trust, and personal credibility.  Across Nigeria, the old political logic that parties win elections has collapsed. The new order is clear: credible candidates win elections, while political parties merely provide the paperwork. And because of that, the 2026 election will not be a war between logos, slogans, or recycled manifestoes, it will be between men of impeccable pedigree, proven antecedents and unbearable performance. Anyone walking around today thinking a party name alone can install a govern...

A Man Who Disrespects Traditional Rulers and Rejects Equity, Fairness, and Justice Does Not Deserve to Be on the Ballot in Osun State Osogbo, November 9, 2025. It was a total shutdown of activities on Saturday in Lokoja, the headquarters of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), as the youths of Kogi State took to the streets to demand the immediate removal of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Mr. Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, over what they described as marginalization and nepotism. Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Lokoja, carrying placards with inscriptions such as “President Tinubu, Remove NIWA MD/CEO Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji” and “Lokoja Indigenes Are Marginalized by NIWA Management.” The protesters accused the NIWA boss of deliberately sidelining Lokoja indigenes in employment, contracts, and decision-making within the agency, despite Lokoja being the host community of NIWA’s national headquarters. Speaking during...