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The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Saturday’s Osun State governorship poll has become the latest flashpoint in a growing conversation about what Nigeria’s 2027 general elections should look like, with a prominent aide to the Ooni of Ife urging President Bola Tinubu to replicate what he called the Osun standard nationwide. The Independent…
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…
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…
Police authorities deployed 15,000 operatives across Osun State ahead of the upcoming governorship election. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Samuel Etaifo Erale, announced the massive security apparatus to reassure voters and deter potential troublemakers. Uniformed officers, tactical units, and intelligence personnel will cover all polling units and collation centres statewide. High-profile security presence aims…
Barely three weeks to the Osun State governorship election, an armed attack on officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Odo Otin Local Government Area has sharpened concerns over security and the credibility of the electoral process in the state. The Osun State Police Command confirmed that about ten suspected hoodlums…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has extended an unusual invitation ahead of one of the most closely watched elections in the country this year, asking the European Union to send observers to monitor the August 15 governorship poll in the state. The appeal, coming barely a month to the vote, signals both the…
