Tag: Politics

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. […]

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has postponed the release of shortlisted candidates for its ongoing recruitment exercise. DTOWNCRIER reports that the list was initially scheduled for publication on Thursday, August 13, 2026. However, the agency said the postponement was necessary to ensure a thorough, transparent and accurate recruitment process. The development was contained in […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), representing 81.50 per cent of registered voters in Osun State, have been collected ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. The National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According […]

President Bola Tinubu has said the Federal Government will soon publish details of how funds saved from the removal of petrol subsidy have been utilised.   Tinubu disclosed this on Thursday while receiving the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), where he defended the subsidy removal and highlighted infrastructure projects being […]

A former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Peter Ajang Azi, has died. Azi, who served as Speaker of the state legislature between June 2015 and July 2018, died on Thursday in Jos, the Plateau State capital. His family confirmed the development in a statement signed by John Daniel Azi, describing his death […]