Bukola Saraki gestures during an interview with Reuters at his office in Ilorin November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

Saraki describes Osun re-run poll as charade, urges PDP supporters to be law abiding

President of the Senate and Chairman, PDP Campaign Council on Osun State Governorship election, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reiterated that the recently conducted supplementary election in Osun State, was a charade and an embarrassment to Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki stated that: “Yesterday, […]

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OsunRerun: Fayose condemns election, says ‘democracy’ is dead in Nigeria

Ado-Ekiti-Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has described last Saturday’s Osun State governorship election and the Thursday re-run as show of shame. Fayose who said the only conclusion one Could draw from the Osun’s scenerio is that “democracy is now dead in our beloved country”. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu […]

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OsunRerun: Detailed result of election by INEC

COLLATION OF RESULTS IN OSUN GOVERNORSHIP RERUN ELECTION https://t.co/bsTunN0EEo — Channels Television (@channelstv) September 27, 2018 Result for Osogbo PU 17, Ward 5, voting point 1 APC 162 PDP 82 SDP 1 Voting point 2 votes are being sorted Result of Ward10, PU2, Oyere II, Ife North LG Registered Voters – 353 Accredited – 133 […]

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OsunRerun: Police restore calm at Osogbo polling unit

Armed policemen quickly restored calm on Thursday at one of the polling units, Ward 5 unit 17, Alekuwodo, Osogbo where the re-run governorship election is taking place. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that at about 12 noon while voting was still going on some street urchins and political thugs took over the area […]

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Bye election in 7 polling centers to determine Osun State Governor on Thursday

Following the declaration of the Osun State Governorship election as inconclusive by INEC, due to some identified lapses, bye election will now take place in seven polling units in the state on Thursday, to determine the eventual winner of the election. The election had ended in a stalemate between the candidates of the PDP senator […]

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OsunDecides2018: INEC releases result council-by-council

The Independent National Electoral Commission has begun announcing the results of the Osun State election in each of the 30 local councils of the state. Final collation will be done on Sunday at the state headquarters in Osogbo. Here are the Osun State election results already announced at the council collation centres: Ede South LGA: […]

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OsunDecides: Police arrest another suspect for vote buying in Osun

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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OsunDecides: Adeleke, Omisore, Oyetola wins polling units

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 […]

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OsunDecides2018: Journalist commend INEC, rate election a pass

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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OsunDecides2018: Detailed results of Osun Election

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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OsunDecides2018: We are sure of winning election – PDP

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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