The spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force, Jimoh Moshood, says the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari not to invite Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, has not been exonerated him. Recall that Wednesday, the police invited Adeleke to appear at the force headquarters over an alleged malpractice while sitting for the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied freezing the bank accounts of Sen. Ademola Adeleke and those of his family members, including popular musician, Davido. Adeleke is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the September 22 governorship election in Osun. Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Sunday, said […]
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The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says there is no way president Muhammadu Buhari will win if the 2019 election is free and fair. Fayose said this while responding to a statement by the president that he is seeking re-election to protect Nigerians. He alleged that since the All Progressives Congress (APC) took over […]
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Just 11 days to the governorship election in Osun state, the incumbent has released N19.8 billion for the payment of salaries of workers and pensioners. In statement on Tuesday, Bola Oyebamiji, Osun state commissioner of finance, said Rauf Aregbesola, governor of the state, directed the payment of the arrears to demonstrate his commitment to his […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of leaking information on its Congresses and Primary elections submitted to the commission. The party made the allegation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, on Friday in Abuja. It said that there was need for INEC to […]
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The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has noted with disappointment the hasty decision of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to suspend Saturday’s Port Harcourt Local Government Area [PHALGA] Constituency 3 bye-election process at the collation stage. The APC in a statement made available to journalists today by the party’s spokesman, Mr. Chris […]
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The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA-Africa), on Friday in Abuja said it would deploy 561 observers ahead of the Osun governorship election to monitor pre-election environment and the election. A statement by Mr Moshood Isah, the Media officer, YIAGA Africa, said the group’s “WatchingTheVote (WTV) project’’ was making adequate arrangement to monitor […]
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Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary, ahead of the 22 September election in the state. In the direct primary which held today, he polled 127,017 votes as against House of Representatives deputy speaker Yusuf Lasun who scored 21,000. Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results of the Ekiti governorship election in which Kayode Fayemi, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Kolapo Olusola, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC candidate polled 197,459 votes while the PDP candidate had 178,121 votes. Speaking with journalists on Sunday, Kola […]
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi has emerged winner of the 2018 election in the state. Unlike the last governorship election in the state when he lost in all the 16 local government areas, Fayemi secured victory in 12 local government areas, leaving Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples […]
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