The electoral umpire in Nigeria, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday morning declared Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the Osun State governorship election. Oyetola was returned winner after he won Thursday’s re-run poll scheduled by INEC after the initial election on Saturday. According to Joseph Fuwape, the Chief […]
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Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday swept the two polling units in Ile-Ife, in Osun state, where rerun elections were ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to determine the winner. Ife South, Oyetola got 283 votes, while the PDP candidate got 15 votes. In Ife North(Unit 2), APC […]
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Osun State gubernatorial election, Ademola Adeleke, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the rerun election and declare him winner of the governorship election. Adeleke accused INEC of conspiring with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He said the state is currently under siege, […]
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Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, has declared himself the governor-elect. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the election inconclusive, saying the margin between the two leading candidates was not significant enough to declare a winner. Adeleke had polled 254,699 votes ahead of Isiaka Oyetola of […]
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The Osun state government has declared Thursday public holiday for the governorship rerun election. In statement on Wednesday, Sola Fasure, special adviser on media to the governor, said the holiday would give room for public workers to participate in the supplementary election. The exercise is scheduled to hold in seven polling units across four local government […]
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The national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved direct and indirect primary for different states across the federation. While indirect primary was adopted in states where some governors have tough opponents, direct was approved in other states. Direct primary involves all card-carrying members of the party electing candidates while indirect […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has made arrangement to take the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court over the declaration of the declaration of the Osun State governorship election as inconclusive. The PDP confirmed this in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, on Monday in Abuja. According to the opposition party, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned against the publication of false result from the Osun governorship election which held on Saturday September 22, 2018. INEC made the announcement on Saturday through its Twitter handle. The commission said, “Announcing or Publishing a false election result is an offence. It’s a criminal offence punishable by […]
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Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election has cast his vote. Senator Adeleke, currently represents Osun West senatorial district, arrived at the polling centre very early, was accredited and voted at about 8.08am at Abogunde Ward 5, Unit 9 in Ede, the Punch reports. Speaking […]
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Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says he will forever be an enemy of anyone who tries to hinder the democratic development of Nigeria or plunge the country into crisis. He said this at the maiden edition of General Abdulsalami Abubakar Foundation Peace Lecture, organised by the staff and students of the Abdulsalami Abubakar Post […]
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