Baring any unforeseen circumstance, there might be a rerun in the just concluded governorship election in Osun State. From the results announced so far by INEC, the two main contenders,
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President Muhmmadu Buhari, Sunday morning departed Abuja for the United States. The President was accompanied by his wife, Aisha for New York ahead of the 73rd Session of the UN
Former Vice President Abubakar Atikum, on Saturday lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over restructuring of the country. He said if elected President in 2019, declaring
Some hoodlums were on Saturday arrested by soldiers for allegedly disrupting voting at Ward 2 Unit 2 in the Ireti Ayo, Ilesa West Local Government Area of Osun State during
Council chairman of Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State, Barr. Clement Odoh at the weekend accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government of President Muhammadu Buhari of domesticating corruption
The Nigeria Police Force have arrested three suspects for vote buying during the Osun governorship election. The suspects are : Muriat Olalekan, 61, Hamzat Muniru, 65, and Adeagbo Wasiu. Force
Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former presidential aspirant of the then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has joined the 2019 governorship race
A team of 55 people including 28 observers from around eight European countries are on ground to monitor the ongoing governorship election in Osun State. According to their leader, Ketil
It was jubilation galore in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State, as the people took to the streets to celebrate the news that Gboyega Oyetola, candidate of the All
Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ongoing Osun State governorship election, has won his polling unit. Adeleke, who voted at the Abogunde/Sagba ward 2,
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it would resist any attempt to pay five per cent of its funds found in commercial bank to any whistle-blower. Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the Osun State governorship election, Fatai Akinbade, has declared the exercise so far has been free and credible. According to him,
Former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has said that Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has his blessings in his aspiration for the 2019 presidential election. Babangida said this when
The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has blamed the presidency for the defection of Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has commended the large turnout of voters for Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Aregbesola, who spoke after casting his vote at 11:50 am
A Presidential aspirant and former National Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has distanced himself from the rumours going round that he has anointed
The European Union, EU, Ambassador to Nigeria, Ketil Karlsen, has expressed hope that the electorates’ votes would count in the ongoing Osun State governorship election. The Ambassador also encouraged voters
A former EFCC boss, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has formally declared his intention to challenge incumbent Governor Muhammadu Bindow for the 2019 Adamawa governorship ticket under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has said he will emerge victorious at poll if the election is free and fair. He made
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wasiu Adeagbo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly buying of votes. Adeagbo was arrested at Ward 8, Unit 9, Fiwasaye,
