A Professor of Law and Judge of Enugu High Court, Justice Cyprian Ajah has taken stock of the trends in the legal profession and cautioned against disregard for ethics and code of conduct capable of eroding public trust and undermine rule of law and justice system . Justice Ajah...
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The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of Bayo Lawal as the state’s Deputy Governor. Lawmakers in the state gave the approval on Monday afternoon after impeaching Rauf Olaniyan as the state’s Deputy Governor. Olaniyan was impeached by the lawmakers over allegations of misconduct. The decision...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has described as ‘ridiculous and daydream’, the thoughts that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the state in the 2023 general elections. The Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Seye Oladejo, who said this in a...
Professor Wole Soyinka has said that the voice of Ajibola Ige, slain Minister of Justice, resounded from beyond the grave in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Osun State. According to the renowned playwright, the outcome of the Osun gubernatorial election is a is a lesson that speaks to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa chapter, says the party has been taught a “big lesson” by the defeat it suffered in the just-concluded governorship election in Osun. The chapter called on the leadership of the party to begin the process of true reconciliation among aggrieved leaders and...
National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Adamu Abdullahi, has confessed that he does not underestimate Peter Obi of the Labour Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition political parties and their candidates ahead of the 2023 general elections. The APC strong man, during...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Popular civil society group, Yiaga Africa, has commended the people of Osun State for their resilience and commitment to a non-violent election, encouraging the voters to sustain their participation in the electoral process beyond the elections by holding political parties and candidates accountable for...
Mr Adeniyi Adegbomire, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ondo Central Senatorial District, says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, is not a religious bigot. Adegbomire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on...
Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo (PDP – Ondo South) says the outcome of the governorship poll in Osun is a good beginning for the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) ahead of 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Sen....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Benue State Governor Dr. Samuel Ortom alongside the former Senate President, David Mark have congratulated the Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke for his victory at the Saturday’s gubernatorial election. They praised Senator Adeleke for his steadfastness, hard work and commitment to the welfare...
Jubilant at the entrance of Sen. Ademola Adeleke in Ede town after INEC declared him winner of Saturday’s governorship election Senator Ademola Adeleke, says he has accepted his election as Osun state governor. In his acceptance speech on Sunday in Ede, Adeleke said he was overwhelmed by the love...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, was on Sunday declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election to cheers from allies and supporters. Adeleke, 62, was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after polling 403,371 votes, to defeat his closest rival...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorcha Ayu has congratulated the party’s candidate in Osun governorship election, Sen. Ademola Adeleke on his victory, saying the people of Osun has spoken. Senator Ayu in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said that the...
The Campaign Council of Gov. Gboyega Oyetola re-election, has described the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that it has won the Saturday’s governorship election, still being collated, as irresponsible The Campaign Council of Gov. Gboyega Oyetola re-election, has described the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
The candidate of the PDP, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has been declared winner of the Osun governorship election, held on July 16. Announcing the results at the INEC Collation Centre on Sunday in Osogbo, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who was the returning officer, said that Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to defeat...
Senator Ademola Adeleke of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated Governor Gboyega Oyetola of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun Government House. Adeleke polled 117 votes at Agowande/ Oshogbo GRA/ Governor’s office polling unit, while Oyetola garnered 106 votes. The polling unit is in Olorunda Local Government Area. The results of the votes...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, said the process that led to election of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was purely democratic, and a reflection of the will...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Saturday, won the election at his polling unit at Unit 2, Ward 1, LA Primary School Popo, Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun, polling 545 votes out of a total 622 valid votes cast. INEC ad hoc official that announced the results,...
The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate in Osun, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has won his polling unit at the ongoing election in the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) reports that Adeleke who cast his vote in ward 2 , unit 9 , Abogunde /sagba area, in Ede...
The Chairman of Labour Party in Osun, Mr Adebayo Bello, has denied the report that the party’s candidate, Lasun Yusuf, has collapsed his structure to support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ademola Adeleke. Bello told newsmen in Osogbo that the party could not and would...