Politics

David Adeleke, a singer better known as Davido, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reject any plans to declare the Osun gubernatorial election as inconclusive. Davido is a nephew of Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the PDP in the election. Results announced from the collation centre shows that the PDP polled 254,698 votes while […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday announced that the Osun gubernatorial election which was earlier declared inconclusive would hold its re-run on Thursday, 27 September. Disclosing this after due consultation with political parties’ agents at the INEC office in Osogbo, the INEC’s Chief Returning Officer in Osun State, Joseph Adeola Fuwape, according to DailyTrust,

Another twist has been added into the collation of results of Osun gubernatorial election as a man alleged to be an official of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, identified as Salau Mutiu Kolawole, has reportedly admitted tearing the results sheet of the Ayedaade local government where the PDP is claiming that 1000 votes have been

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Osun State governorship election inconclusive. The reason for the cancellation, according to the electoral body, is because the number of cancelled votes is higher than the margin between the two top candidates – Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Gboyega Oyetola of the

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Osun State governorship election, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, said he believed he would win the election because he had laboured so hard. Oyetola said this shortly after casting his vote at Ward 1, Unit 2 in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state. He had arrived, alongside his

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said he was moved to join the presidential race following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to perform. Saraki made the declaration in Bauchi on Friday while addressing the Peoples Democratic Party’s supporters in the state. The lawmaker said he was contesting to rescue Nigerians from the current insecurity, economic and

A People’s Democratic Party agent has been arrested by security operatives for allegedly attempting to buy votes in the ongoing Osun State governorship election. According to Punch, the agent had attempted to distribute money to voters at the Obada area of Ede in Ede Local Government Area. ICYMI:  #OsunDecides2018: I will win, if it is

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday said he would emerge the winner of the election, provided it is free and fair. He said the various allegations against him were false, adding that they were intended to frustrate him out of the race. He

The Independent National Electoral Commission says 435,015 registered voters in Osun are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards. Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun, made this known on Friday at a press conference in Osogbo. Agbaje said 1,246,915 PVCs were collected from INEC by registered voters in the state as at

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Friday in Ibadan, announced his intention to contest the Oyo South Senatorial seat on the platform of All Progressives Congress. The governor made the announcement at the maiden General Abdulsalami Abubakar Foundation Peace Lecture held at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan. “You know, I am