Category: Local

Key Takeaways President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Abel Enitan as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF). Naija News reports that Enitan’s appointment follows the retirement of the former Head of the Civil Service, Didi Esther Walson-Jack. The President administered the oath of office to Enitan during a brief ceremony […]

Former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has lost his polling unit in Okuku, Odo-Otin Local Government Area, to the Accord Party, the platform on which Governor Ademola Adeleke is seeking re-election. The development came despite Oyinlola’s support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the election. DTOWNCRIER News understands […]

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were allegedly pressured by suspected agents loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to invalidate ballots cast for the Accord Party at the polling unit of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, during Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. According to TheCable, the incident […]

The current Governor of Osun State and Accord Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, is maintaining a commanding lead in the ongoing collation of results from Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. According to Punch, data from the Nigeria Elections Intelligence System showed that results from 303 of the state’s 332 wards had been received. Adeleke had […]

The national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, has warned politicians planning to use federal power to manipulate the 2027 general elections that their efforts will fail. Dickson, a former governor of Bayelsa State, issued the warning in a post on his 𝕏 handle on Saturday, while cautioning against intimidation ahead of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday commended the ongoing governorship election process in Osun State, describing the voting and polling unit opening process as peaceful and orderly. According to INEC, voting commenced smoothly across the state, with 3,556 out of the 3,763 polling units opened as of 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. The figure […]

An officer of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) seen in a viral video disrupting the Osun State Governorship election has been arrested. The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room disclosed this in an update following the emergence of the video, which showed the police officer allegedly disrupting the electoral process at a polling centre in Modakeke. […]