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The Osun State Government says it will establish a ₦500 million Election Violence Victims Endowment Fund to support verified victims and bereaved families from the August governorship poll. Governor Ademola Adeleke announced the fund on Wednesday, 19 August, in Osogbo, shortly after receiving his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission for…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Special Adviser and Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has pushed back against suggestions that Osun State residents were blindsided by the governor’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, insisting the endorsement predates Adeleke’s own victory at Saturday’s governorship poll. Rasheed made the clarification on Arise Television on Tuesday, responding to questions…
In the agrarian expanses of Benue, Niger, and the broader North Central belt, the harvest season no longer brings relief; it marks the arrival of tax collectors carrying automatic rifles. Across these food baskets, armed non-state actors have established a formalised extortion regime, demanding mandatory access fees, often starting at N500,000 per community or individual…
FIFA has dismissed its Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Lamour, barely three weeks after he publicly broke ranks with President Gianni Infantino over a now abandoned plan to sell a stake in the body that would have managed the commercial and ticketing rights of FIFA competitions. FIFA confirmed the exit in a statement issued on…
Abdulaziz Umar Ganduje, eldest son of former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has returned to the ruling party after roughly three months in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the platform now associated with former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Abdulaziz was formally received back into the APC on…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced new recommended work-hour guidelines for healthcare personnel across the country, capping the working week at 48 hours and limiting continuous duty to a maximum of 24 hours, a move the association says is aimed at curbing burnout and protecting patient safety. The guidelines, contained in…
Official statistical releases and foreign portfolio reports present a picture of stabilising economic management in Nigeria. Top-line headline inflation figures show a downward trajectory, foreign capital inflows into government debt instruments have expanded, and international rating agencies praise monetary authorities for maintaining a tight policy stance. Central bank bulletins celebrate expanding foreign exchange reserves and…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to conduct a joint investigation into alleged vote-buying, financial inducement, violence and other electoral offences recorded during Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The demand…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party the winner of the 2026 Osun State governorship election, securing the incumbent a second four-year term after a keenly contested poll across the state’s 30 local government areas. Announcing the final results on Sunday at the INEC state headquarters in…
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…