Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has forwarded the list of nominees for commissioners and special advisers to Osun house of assembly. Adewale Egbedun, speaker of the Osun assembly, read the governor’s letter containing the names, during plenary on Friday. An ad-hoc committee was established to screen the nominees and send their names for confirmation. […]
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Ace Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, widely known Davido has made his first public appearance since the unfortunate demise of his 3-year-old son Ifeanyi Adeleke, who drowned in the family house swimming pool last month. It was reported that the toddler was left unguarded by the singer’s domestic workers, he then strayed into the pool where […]
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Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Ward 15 in Oyan town, Odo North Local Council development area, have staged a peaceful protest as their names were exempted from the party’s membership register. Thousands of the affected party members, who had converged at the voting centre, presented their party identification cards. According to reports […]
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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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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 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Thursday, September 27, as the date for the governorship rerun election in Osun state. The new date is occasioned by the declaration of Saturday’s exercise as inconclusive. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had polled 254,699 ahead of Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
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Some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stormed the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun state around 2am on Sunday, claiming that the commission is planning to rig the governorship election. The protesters alleged that the plot to declare the result in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
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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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