On his second time of trying, Senator Ademola Adeleke has won the Osun State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party the winner of the election in the early hours of Sunday. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke …

Supporters of the two leading parties in the Osun State governorship election conducted on Saturday are on edge – each claiming to have gained the momentum – as results came in from across the units in the 30 Local Government Areas. As at 10:50 pm, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was yet to open its election collation centre in …

Fifteen political parties go to the poll in Osun State today to seek the votes of about 1.9 million eligible voters in deciding who the Governor would be when the first term of Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola ends on 27 November. But realistically, only two political parties – the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – …

Two days to the Osun States governorship election, a Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s emergence as the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the election. A governorship aspirant in the party’s primary , Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti sued the APC, Oyetola and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing the Governor of …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has called for the inclusion of commitment against vote-buying in the Peace Accord signed by candidates of political parties ahead of election days. ICPC’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua said on Wednesday at the PREMIUM TIMES’ weekly TwitterSpaces that officers would be deployed from the agency’s office in Osun State and its South-west zonal …