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The National Democratic Coalition has commended Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election victory while openly criticising his political embrace of President Bola Tinubu. The pro-democracy group praised Osun voters for defending their democratic choices against aggressive partisan pressures. Adeleke secured a decisive second term by resisting the federal ruling party’s well-funded campaign machinery….
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the Osun State governorship election as a clear dress rehearsal for the 2027 presidential contest. The opposition leader warned that the conduct of the state poll will reveal whether democratic institutions can resist executive interference. Voters in the south-western state went to the polls amid tight security and…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded that President Bola Tinubu account for trillions of naira sunk into state-owned refineries. The opposition leader told the president to stop blaming Muhammadu Buhari for Nigeria’s chronic fuel refining failures. Financial records show obligations for the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries surged from 4.52 trillion naira in…
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…
Police operatives have arrested an Accord Party lawmaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Abiola Ibrahim Inaolaji, alongside over 140 suspected political mercenaries in a major pre-election sweep. Officers recovered more than 200 permanent voter cards during the targeted security operation. The mass arrest deals an immediate blow to illicit campaign machinery ahead…
The Independent National Electoral Commission commenced the distribution of sensitive election materials to all 30 local government areas of Osun State on Thursday night, just hours after resolving a logistical crisis triggered by a Federal High Court order that forced the commission to reprint ballot papers barely two days before the governorship election. The…
An All Progressives Congress leader in Osun State, Adereti, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of directing violent physical attacks against opposition members across the state. Political rivalries in Osun are spilling over into open street clashes as the governorship election draws near. Opposition officials claim that state-backed thugs routinely target campaign rallies, destroying property and…
Former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola declared that the African Democratic Congress will not form alliances with rival political parties ahead of the state governorship election. Speaking in his capacity as the party’s national secretary, Aregbesola ruled out joining any third-force coalition or regional electoral pacts. He insisted that the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Najeem Salam,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has renewed his determination to contest Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, saying his previous electoral defeats would not prevent another attempt at the presidency. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, made the remarks in an interview with Jaji TV Hausa, where he compared his political journey with…
Four frontline candidates in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election used a televised town hall in Osogbo on Tuesday to defend their records and stake competing claims on the state’s finances, days after a controversial move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to freeze the state government’s accounts thrust Osun’s public finances to the…
