US, EU, UK on Osun rerun: Voters intimidated, harassed

In their appraisal of the Osun State rerun governorship election, the missions of the United States, European Union and the United Kingdom, who were on the ground to monitor the exercise, said there were incidents of harassment and intimidation of voters. Reading the missions’ joint report, the US Consul General, Mr John F. Bray, said, […]

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Osun rerun: Adeleke vows to retrieve ‘stolen mandate’ at tribunal

Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to retrieve his ‘stolen mandate’ from Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress at the election petition tribunal. He said this while speaking in an interview with journalists shortly before the final figure was announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Joseph […]

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Buhari vows to perform better in second term

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to make a remarkable difference if he is re-elected in the forthcoming general election. He had in 2015, wooed voters with his promises to lift the nation’s troubled economy, end decades of corruption and win the war against Boko Haram. However, ‎the drumbeat changed for the President who declared his […]

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Task before Osun governor-elect, Gboyega Oyetola

Adegboyega Oyetola has operated behind the scenes in Osun State politics for several years. Now, quite precipitously, he is the latest politician on Nigeria’s political centre stage. The 64-year-old All Progressives Congress governor-elect spent the better part of his political foray getting others elected, then helping them implement their policies by applying his vast experience […]

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Osun election: ‘APC did not bribe Omisore’

– Why we axed Shittu, Al Hassan – Oshiomhole The All Progressives Congress, APC has denied that the Social Democratic Party, SDP candidate in the just concluded Osun State governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore, was financially induced to support the APC candidate in the election and governor elect, Gboyega Oyetola. He did not however rule […]

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PDP criticises Buhari over remarks on Osun rerun APC victory

The congratulation by President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Thursday’s Osun State governorship rerun election, Adegboyega Oyetola, has shown that the Presidency is behind the electoral manipulations, outright rigging and bloodletting that marred the process, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged. As reported by Vanguard, the party said on […]

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Osun rerun: Adeleke rejects results

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has rejected the results of the rerun election even before the official announcement. The candidate announced the rejection of the poll results in a statement issued on his behalf by the spokesperson for the Adeleke Campaign Organisation, Mr Olawale Rasheed. The PDP candidate vowed to seek […]

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