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SDGs: Jenyo’s jaundiced statement confirms he’s unworthy of holding public office

Nationnewslead report that Former Chief Press Secretary to ex-Governor Adegboyega Oyetola Osun State, Ismail Omipidan, has described the state’s Commissioner for...

Aregbesola’s Osun’s visit: The Morning After

By Ismail Omipidan Ogbeni, as he is fondly called, has lost his magic wand. He was in town yesterday and Osogbo was not locked down. Ilesa, where he comes from and from...

Powers Behind the Throne: Era of ‘Go and See Rauf’ Appears Gone!

By Ismail Omipidan In every corridor of power around the globe, there are people who call the shots. Some are seen. Others are invisible. But you hear and see their...

Fuel subsidy: Time to decide whether to empower tiny few or all Nigerians

By Ismail Omipidan Over the years, one thing has been very clear about Nigeria and its leaders: we do not lack good ideas and initiatives. What is lacking is courage and...

Allegation of violence: ‘Rise above pettiness’, Oyetola’s aide tells Osun govt

    … Says PDP is already fine-tuning plans to launch an attack on Oyetola’s men .Adeleke’s penchant for violence is well known The media...

Osun debt profile: you’re reckless, Oyetola’s aide hits at Fasure, Minister’s spokesman

      The media aide to the immediate past Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun, Ismail Omipidan, has described as reckless and unguarded the statement on...

Omipidan bags Southwest NUJ Award of Excellence

        … reiterates commitment to media ethics … dedicates award to principal, colleagues The Chief Press Secretary to Governor...

Osun Guber: YIAGA’s revelations vindicate my position

          Ismail Omipidan   Let me state from the outset that this is not a media trial of the case before the Osun Election Petitions...

Shettima: Tribute to a rare leader @56 – Ismail Omipidan

          I have known Kashim Shettima, the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, since 2001 when he was still a...

Oyetola Will Come Out Victorious At The Tribunal – Omipidan

              Ismail Omipidan is the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola. In this interview, he spoke about...

Osun PDP transition committee, indication Adeleke not ready for governance – Omipidan

    The terms of reference given to the transition committee set up by the Osun Governor-Elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke have been described as a sign that the...

BBC Yoruba and the limits of media propaganda – Ismail Omipidan

      As a trained journalist, I hardly take on colleagues who genuinely make mistakes in the course of discharging their responsibilities. But when the...

PDP are peddlers of falsehood – Oyetola’s campaign council

  We are constrained to once again alert the good people of Osun, at home and in the diaspora, the general public, and the international community, to the unfolding...

Letter to Osun Young Minds – Ismail Omipidan

      It is 18 days to the Osun Governorship election. Have you got your PVC? Well, I just got mine. Before I came to Osun in 2019, I had worked in...

Osun poll: People will reward Oyetola’s stellar performance with votes – CPS

    Ahead of the July 16 governorship election in Osun State, the Chief Press Secretary to the State governor, Ismail Omipidan, has expressed optimism that the...

The Kashim Shettima I know – Ismail Omipidan

    He was never a member of the defunct Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, or Northern Elements Progressive Union, NEPU. But his ideas about politics and...

2023 Presidential election: What APC must do to win – Ismail Omipidan

    Going by agitations from different quarters of the country for power to return to the South, many had expected that political parties particularly the two...

APC presidential ticket: Memo to SW leadership – Ismail Omipidan 

    This advice may be unsolicited, but it will help the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in the South West to avoid the pitfall of the past....

Shettima: Tribute to a rising northern star – Ismail Omipidan

    He is known by the acronym KSM, Kashim Shettima. I have known him for 21 years now. He has consistently proved to be a detribalised, compassionate and rare...

PHOTOS: Gov Oyetola leads family for supplication at Saudi Arabia

      L-R: Chief Press Secretary to Osun Governor Ismail Omipidan; Oyetola; his wife Kafayat and son, Femi, during supplication at the Umrah (Lesser Hajj)...