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The legal battle over the outcome of the 2026 Osun State governorship election has ended without a challenge after the constitutional period allowed for filing election petitions expired. No candidate or political party approached the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to contest the result of the August 15 poll, leaving Governor Ademola Adeleke’s…
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 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,…
Osun State police officers released Environment Commissioner Mayowa Adejoorin after keeping him in detention for twenty-four hours. Security forces grabbed the state official on Friday following a violent shooting near an All Progressives Congress rally in Ilesa. Police spokesman Abiodun Ojelabi linked the cabinet member’s arrest to an intercepted Lexus vehicle containing spent ammunition and…
Three weeks before Osun State votes for a governor, a claim by former Governor Rauf Aregbesola that he completed eight years in office without owning a house of his own has pushed the question of personal probity to the centre of an already crowded campaign, and revived scrutiny of an administration whose fiscal record remains…
Voters who have lost or damaged their Permanent Voter Cards will soon be able to download replacements without visiting any office, as the Independent National Electoral Commission moves to digitise key parts of Nigeria’s voting process ahead of the 2027 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed the plan on Wednesday in…
Afrobeats superstar Davido, whose full name is David Adeleke, has moved beyond passive support to become an active participant in the governorship re-election campaign of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, signalling a deepening intersection between celebrity influence and electoral politics ahead of the August ballot. In posts shared across his social media pages, the…