A Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday upheld the judgement of the lower court which affirmed Osun State Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for last Saturday’s governorship election. Dotun Babayemi, a PDP chieftain, had contested the party’s governorship primaries at the High Court […]
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Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola may engage no fewer than 50 lawyers, including senior advocates, to challenge the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, in last Saturday’s governorship election in the state. A member of the governor’s legal team, Kunle Adegoke, gave this indication in an interview on Tuesday just as the […]
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PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, Davido, and Ademola Adeleke at the PDP Mega Rally in Osogbo, Osun State before the governorship election. Photo: Twitter (OfficialPDPNig) The Independent National Electoral Commission has faulted a musician, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, nephew to the Osun State Governor-Elect, Senator, Ademola Adeleke, over the timeframe for the issuance […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has given reasons why the party lost the Osun State governorship election on July 16. He said the crisis within the APC led to the loss, and not that the party was not capable of winning. He disclosed this in an interview with BBC Hausa […]
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Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said that he would have lost last Saturday’s election to Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, if President Muhammadu Buhari had not signed the amended Electoral Act 2022 into law. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Adeleke commended President Buhari for reaching out to him […]
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All aggrieved members constitute danger, we are talking to Babayemi – PDP spokesman The camp of the Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, is worried over a suit filed by his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary, Prince Dotun Babayemi, at the Court of Appeal, Akure. Members of the group, in separate interviews on Monday, […]
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By Peter Dada After Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, our correspondent, Peter Dada, who visited Iragbiji, the hometown of the outgoing state Governor, Gboyega Isiaka, on Sunday, captures the mood of the town after the defeat of their son. The social activities in the ancient town of Iragbaji, the headquarters of the Boripe Local […]
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By Sola Fasure Saturday July 16, 2022, loss of the Osun governorship election by the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party was long in coming. It will take naivety or dishonesty or both not to acknowledge this. It was an election the APC could have won hands down for many reasons. The first […]
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By Temidayo Akinboyo Four years ago, Ademola Adeleke said he would dance to Osun State Government House, should he be elected governor of the state. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2018 governorship election had made the statement against the backdrop of his now famous spontaneous dancing steps, which his opponents were using […]
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Superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has noted that President Muhammadu Buhari will leave a lasting legacy. This is as the singer said a prayer for the president after the latter congratulated his uncle and winner of the Osun State governorship election, Ademola Adeleke. Buhari, in a series of tweets on Sunday, had said […]
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