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Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen has refused to rule out a move to Arsenal this summer, speaking publicly for the first time since reports emerged that the Premier League club had opened talks with the Turkish champions over a potential deal for the Nigeria international. The 27-year-old, who scored twice in Galatasaray’s 2-2 opening-day draw…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party has taken an early lead in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election as the Independent National Electoral Commission commenced the collation of results from the state’s 30 local government areas. Provisional figures uploaded to INEC’s Result Viewing Portal showed Adeleke ahead of his closest challenger, the All Progressives…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the upload of polling unit results from the Osun State governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal, known as IReV. Uploading started shortly after voting closed at several units across the state on Saturday, 15 August 2026. INEC had fixed 2:30 p.m. as the official closing time for…
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, says Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State is fighting Saturday’s governorship election largely on his own, as senior leaders of the All Progressives Congress converged on the state while comparable opposition figures stayed away. Sani made the observation on his X handle as voting continued on August 15,…
Barely three weeks after a mock accreditation exercise exposed weaknesses in Osun State’s voting technology, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System developed fresh glitches at polling units across the state on Saturday as voters queued to choose a new governor, prompting Afrobeats star Davido to publicly recommend a workaround on the machine’s cameras. Nigerian singer…
Voting was disrupted at the polling unit of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate, Najeem Salaam, in Ejigbo, Osun State, on Saturday after violence erupted shortly after he and his wife cast their ballots. The incident occurred at Unit 003, Iroyin Ayo Open Space, Ward 004, Ejigbo, forcing voters, electoral officials, observers and…
A tear gas incident at a Registration Area Centre in Modakeke, Osun State, triggered confusion on election day after videos circulated online suggesting that police officers had used the chemical agent to disrupt voting. The Osun State Police Command has rejected that account, saying the canister was discharged accidentally by an officer who was…
Only 75 of 342 registered voters had been accredited and cast their ballots at Ojude Ala I polling unit in the Iperin Registration Area of Ila Local Government Area of Osun State as of 12:40pm on Saturday, after repeated glitches with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, slowed the voting process. The figure means…
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Friday, August 14, 2026, as the first day of Rabi’ul Awwal 1448 AH, following confirmed sightings of the new crescent across several parts of the country. The declaration brings the Islamic…
Less than 48 hours before Osun State voters head to the polls, two governorship candidates have withdrawn from Saturday’s election and thrown their weight behind the incumbent governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in a last-minute political realignment that has significantly altered the shape of the contest. Adebayo Simon Adewale of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM)…