Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was sectional in his policies and style of governance. Osinbajo spoke while inspecting facilities at the Imo International Airport in Owerri. The Vice President among other things visited Eze Imo, Samuel Ohiri, after which he proceeded to a birthday celebration organized by […]
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The Nigerian police have arrested another PDP agents for votes buying during the Osun governorship election. Mr Adeagbo Wasiu, a suspected PDP Chieftain at Ward 8 Unit 9 Fiwasaye Area of Osogbo according to police was apprehended in the act of votes buying and the sum of One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand (116,000) was recovered […]
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The candidate of All of Progressives Congress APC, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola is on the lead in Saturday governorship election in Osun state according to the unofficial results received by our correspondent, he was closely followed by the PDP candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke and Otunba Iyiola Omisore of SDP . Though, all the candidates did very […]
Read More The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the Osun governorship election. According to the Preliminary Report made available on Saturday by the CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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As voting ends in many polling units across Osun State, these are results from some polling units according to Premium Times Centre for Investigative journalism in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development These results are the official results as announced by INEC officials at the various polling units. From the polling units, the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed optimism of winning the governorship election in Osun State despite the attempt by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to undermine its governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Prince Diran Odeyemi spoke with Vanguard while casting his vote at Polling Unit 002, NUD […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will today (Sunday) depart for New York to participate in the 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA73) which officially opened September 18, 2018. The theme for this year’s Session is: “Making the United Nations relevant to all People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies.” The […]
Read More Vote buyers are having a bad day in the Osun governorship election as Security agents attached to polling units have effectively barred voters from taking their smart phones into voting cubicles. In past elections, voters took their smartphones into the cubicles and then snapped their ballot papers to present to vote buyers in exchange for […]
Read More Senator Ademola Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the Osun state election just cast his vote at his polling unit, Abogunde Compound, Unit 009/02, Ede North LGA. Also the PDP has reported Card Reader failures: At Ward 7, Unit 6 in Osogbo LG, the @inecnigeria card reader malfunctioned, could not capture the thumbs of […]
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A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presiden-tial aspirant and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has assured that he would ensure that the call by a segment of Nigeria for the restructuring of the country becomes a reality if elected as president in 2019. Tambuwal, who spoke in Ado Ekiti yesterday while meeting with PDP […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged members of the public to disregard the allegation that it created illegal polling units in Osun ahead of the Saturday governorship election in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi made the call in an interview on Friday in Abuja. Oyekanmi, stated […]
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The stage is set for today’s governorship election in Osun State with 48 candidates accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to contest the polls. However, five candidates are expected to be the major contenders in the election which is the last major poll before the 2019 General Election. The five top contenders as […]
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