The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the 2022 governorship election in Osun will not be declared inconclusive…. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the 2022 governorship election in Osun will not be declared inconclusive. In 2018, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was leading when the election was declared ... Read More »
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Tinubu, APC Speakers meet in Abuja * Asiwaju explains why he picked Shettima as running mate
reaking: * Promises State Speakers more roles ahead of election The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday met with Speakers of states of the federation governed by the party and promised them active roles in his campaigns ahead of 2023 general elections. Speakers at the meeting which held in Abuja include ... Read More »
OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS: PDP CLAIMS VICTORY • ••Warns Against Election Manipulation
The Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed victory in the ongoing governorship election , affirming that collated results from the polling units confirms PDP’s emerging victory at the poll. In a statement issued at Osogbo on Saturday evening, the Caretaker Chairman of the party in Osun state, Dr Akindele Adekunle declared that the party has ... Read More »
Osun poll witnessed open vote-buying, selling – Situation Room
A coalition of over 80 civil rights organizations under the aegis of the Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room on Saturday raised doubts over the credibility of the governorship election in Osun State following alleged public sale and buying of votes. The organisation said that although priority voting was given to the elderly and persons with disabilities in most of the ... Read More »
BREAKING: PDP’s Adeleke wins polling unit, floors Gov. Oyetola
Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, won in his polling unit, Ward 02, Unit 09, Ede North Local Government Area, where. INEC ad-hoc staff, after counting of votes, declared the PDP candidate the winner of the poll, having polled 218 votes at the unit to defeat the incumbent governor ... Read More »
Vote-buying can’t stop now – Oluwo of Iwo
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has declared that vote buying can not stop in the Nigerian democracy with the way politicians run the system. The monarch opined that the menace could not stop until the government do the needful and allowed the people to enjoy the dividends of democracy. The traditional ruler stated this after casting his vote ... Read More »
INEC Chairman writes staff in Osun state over Sat Elections
MESSAGE TO STAFF FROM THE INEC CHAIRMAN Osun State Governorship Election 16th July 2022 Exactly 27 days ago, we conducted and concluded the Ekiti Governorship Election that was widely adjudged to be free, fair, credible, and inclusive. The feat was happily an elongation of the earlier successes recorded in Edo and Ondo States on 15th September and 10th October 2020, ... Read More »
INEC Extends Voters Registration till July 31st
The Commission met in an extraordinary session today, Friday 15th July 2022, and discussed among other things, the suspension of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). This followed the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court on Wednesday 13th July 2022 in which it dismissed the suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) which is seeking an ... Read More »
OSUN GUBER: NSCDC ASSURES NYSC MEMBERS OF SECURITY
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), has assured of its readiness to ensure security and safety of members of the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ), INEC staff and electoral materials, noting that doing such is part of the Corps’ statutory responsibilities. The Representative of the Commandant General of NSCDC, Deputy Commandant – General ( DCG ... Read More »
BROAD-BASED AFRICAN COALITION CAN ADVANCE JUST ENERGY TRANSITION, SAYS OSINBAJO
*VP holds session with envoys of G-7 nations, Egypt, UN, World Bank, IMF country reps on Net-zero emissions plan A Pan-African position articulated and promoted by leaders of the continent on the global Net-zero emissions target by 2050-2060 will further advance the quest for a just energy transition, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today ... Read More »