Osun State Police Command has disclosed that Nigerian music star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, was the intended target of the attack that disrupted the convoy of Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, during a visit to the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo. The incident occurred on...
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Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) has congratulated the Prof. Joash Amupitan-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of a transparent, free, fair, and credible governorship election in Osun State. The Executive Secretary of BON, Yemi Bamgbose, in a statement on Wednesday, said the Osun State Governorship election...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for new standards of political conduct during Nigeria’s off-cycle elections, warning that the growing practice of influential politicians converging on states during governorship polls could undermine the country’s democracy. In a statement posted on his X account on Tuesday, Jonathan commended the peaceful...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has expressed deep appreciation to thousands of state workers who gathered at the entrance of the Osun State Government Secretariat in Osogbo to celebrate his victory in the August 15 governorship election. In a statement shared on Monday, the governor said the workers assembled...
On Saturday, August 16, 2026, the big story was the governorship election in Osun state. And the incumbent, Sen. Ademola Jackson Nuruddeen Adeleke, of the Accord Party, was re-elected. He polled 511,067 votes against his closest rival, Chief Bola Oyebamiji, of the APC, who netted 444,815. It wasn’t exactly...
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...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the just-concluded Osun election is a fitting assurance that democracy will continue to flourish in our country under the All Progressives Congress administration. “I called Governor Ademola Adeleke earlier today to congratulate him on his election victory...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Incumbent governor and flagbearer of the Accord Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has been declared winner of Saturday’s Gubernatorial election in Osun State, south-West Nigeria. Declaring the results on in Osogbo on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said Senator Adeleke polled a total...
Osun election: Davido urges INEC to explain delay as 471 Polling Unit results remain pending on IReV
Osun election: Davido urges INEC to explain delay as 471 Polling Unit results remain pending on IReV
Nigerian Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide an explanation for the delay in uploading the remaining polling unit results from the Osun State governorship election. The singer, who has been actively commenting on the election process,...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has cast his vote in the ongoing governorship election, expressing confidence that he would secure another four-year mandate. The governor voted on Saturday at Sagba Abogunde Ward 2, Unit 9 in Ede North Local Government Area, arriving at the polling unit at about 8:32...
Osun State Police Command has arrested a serving member of the State House of Assembly, Abiola Inaolaji, along with 146 suspected political thugs during a security operation in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, ahead of the state’s governorship election. The arrest was confirmed on Saturday in Osogbo by the...
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the 2026 Osun State election, Bola Oyebamiji, has cast his vote, expressing optimism that he will emerge victorious when the ballots are counted. Oyebamiji, popularly known as AMBO, arrived at Polling Unit 11, Ward 9, Open Space Gantry Sawmill, Ikire, Irewole Local...
Nigeria Police Force has stepped up security measures ahead of the Osun governorship election with the deployment of its Airwing and Drone Unit for aerial surveillance and strategic reconnaissance operations across the state. The deployment is aimed at enhancing election security by providing real-time intelligence and improving coordination with...
Ahead of the forthcoming Osun State Governorship Election, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reiterated the prohibition on the participation of Amotekun and other non-state security actors in election-related security operations. The Force spokesman, CSP Ani Iniedu, said in a statement on Friday that only security agencies recognised and...
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission and the security agencies to ensure a peaceful and transparent election in Osun State. The people of Osun State will go to the polls on Saturday, August 15, 2026, to elect their governor in an election where 15 candidates...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 2,500 personnel and 50 operational vehicles, including seven (7) heavy-duty tow trucks and six (6) ambulances, for the effective management of road traffic and emergency response during the 2026 Osun State Governorship Election scheduled for Saturday, 15 August 2026. Corps Public Education...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its support behind the governorship candidate of the Accord Party, Governor Ademola Adeleke, for Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, despite securing a Court of Appeal judgment affirming the nomination of its own candidate. The decision was announced in a statement on Friday by...
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...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that more than 1.9 million registered voters in Osun State have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. According to figures released by the electoral body on Thursday, 1,906,390 PVCs, representing 81.5 per cent of the state’s 2,339,233...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has called on political actors, security agencies and other stakeholders to ensure a peaceful and credible election in Osun State, urging that voters be allowed to freely choose their leaders. Obi made the call in a statement titled: _“Osun State: Let...