A 26-year-old lady, Rukayat Shittu, has been declared the winner of the Kwara State House of Assembly election. Shittu is a former Senate President of the Congress of Students at the National Open University of Nigeria. In the result announced…
Lagos polls: PDP decries violence, ballot box snatching
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State chapter, on Sunday condemned violence, attacks and snatching of ballot boxes during Saturday’s Governorship/House of Assembly Elections in the state. The Party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeem Amode, in a statement in Lagos, said…
PDP wins 25 Osun assembly seats, APC clinches 1
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun has declared 25 candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winners out of the 26 seats in the state’s house of assembly. The commission also declared that the All Progressives Congress…
INEC declares Tinubu winner of 2023 presidential election
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. The INEC chair made the declaration on Wednesday at…
Supreme Court dismisses suit against Oyetola’s participation in Osun election
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun’s ex-governor Gboyega Oyetola and his deputy Benedict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. A five-member…
Police justify Tinubu rally’s disruption in Niger
The Police in Niger State on Tuesday justified the disruption of a rally organised by Project 774, a political group being coordinated by the Deputy Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. The event was meant to rally support…
Adeleke denies certificate forgery claims, says school made error
On the heels of a ruling by the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying his election, Governor Ademola Adeleke has refuted claims that he forged his school certificate. In a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday, the…
I was never Senate President, Atiku tells Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday that he (Atiku) was never a Senate President. Atiku was reacting to a comment by Tinubu during…
Osun Guber: Adeleke heads to appeal court, says justice assured
Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal that sacked him on Friday as “a miscarriage of justice”. The Election Petition Tribunal in Osun State had declared Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress…
Don’t sack teachers employed by Oyetola, IPAC implores Osun
The leadership of Inter Party Advisory Council in Osun State has called on the Government of Osun State to rescind its decision to sack teachers recruited by the previous administration. This is contained in a statement personally signed by the…
