Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has ordered a Coroner’s Inquest and Panel of Inquiry into the killings, shootings, injuries and violence that occurred at Naira and Kobo Junction and the Motor Park/Garage area of Ikire, Osun State, on August 24, 2026. The governor announced the decision in a statement...
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the outcome of the Osun State governorship election as a strong indication of what Nigerians should expect in the 2027 general elections, following Governor Ademola Adeleke’s decisive victory at the polls. In a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade...
National leadership of the Accord Party has distanced itself from its expelled former presidential candidate, Chris Imumolen, over his public endorsement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Bola Oyebamiji, insisting that he neither represents the party nor possesses the political influence to sway...
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has given firm assurances that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is fully prepared for a smooth and successful National Convention scheduled for November 15 and 16. Speaking in Abuja on Monday after leading the inaugural meeting of the Accommodation Sub-Committee—where he serves as Chairman...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the Local Government election conducted last Saturday by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), labelling it illegal and unconstitutional. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, issued the statement on Sunday in Abuja, describing the election as...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all the 30 local government areas (LGAs) in Osun State. The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, announced this at a press conference on Saturday. More to follow…
The Osun State High Court in Ilesa has ordered the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, (OSSIEC), to conduct elections for the vacant positions of chairmen and councillors in the 30 local government areas of the South-West state. This court gave the order on Friday, sequel to a suit brought...
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has urged Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun to respect the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, which restored local government officials removed in 2022. Fagbemi made the call in a statement in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prevail on Gov. Ademola Adeleke not to go ahead with the conduct of the Saturday’s local government election. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the appeal in a chat with...
The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday told the sacked local government chairmen and councilors in Osun to perish the thought of coming back to office. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja, described the attempt by the council...
There were pockets of violence in some local governments on Monday as members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) engaged in skirmishes over control of local government secretariats. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at Ife East Local Government...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Osun Chapter, has instructed all members working in Local Government Areas (LGAs) to withdraw their services from Monday midnight. Osun NLC Chairman, Mr Christopher Arapasopo, issued the statement in response to the political tension following a Court of Appeal judgment in the state. He...
The national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Bola Tinubu not to engage the military as a means of restoring democratic government in the Republic of Niger. The party leaders gave the advice in a communique issued after a meeting by the PDP Governors’...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun and his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, have felicitated with Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir celebratio Adeleke, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Wednesday in Osogbo, urged Muslim faithful to use the period to rededicate themselves to their...
Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun has congratulated his successor, Gov. Ademola Adeleke, on the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed him as the winner of July 16, 2022 governorship election. Oyetola in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo, said:”I accept the court’s verdict which upheld Adeleke’s...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar,, says Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has come to stay as a legal instrument for the accreditation and transmission of election results in Nigeria. Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 2023 election, said this in a statement by...
Jubilation in Osun as Supreme Court declares Adeleke victorious in gov poll
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has recognized the Supreme Court’s verdict on the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun State, as well the important role of the judiciary in deepening rule of law and democracy. The president stated this in a statement issued by his...
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday to deliver judgment in the July 16 governorship election tussle in Osun State. A five-member panel of Justices led by Justice John Okoro fixed the after all the parties involved adopted their written briefs in the matter after. The Court of Appeal,...
Prof. Razaq Abubakre, a former Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, has expressed optimism that former Osun governor Gboyega Oyetola will reclaim his mandate at the Supreme Court. Abubakre, a retired Iwo professor and prominent indigene of Osun, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He...