…governorship election. The NYSC coordinator spoke in a statement issued on Monday in Osogbo. The Osun NYSC boss disclosed that while monitoring the exercise, he visited polling units in Alajue 1 and Alajue 2, Akoda/Oloki and Isibo/Buhari-Isola wards, among other locations, to assess the safety and welfare of corps memb…

…governor secured victories in 19 of the state's 30 local government areas, including Osogbo, Iwo and Ife EastPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! Former President Olusegun Obasanjo paid an unannounced congratulatory visit to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Sunday, August 16, hours…

…elected governor of Osun State on Sunday, 27 November 2022 by the State Chief Judge at Osogbo Township Stadium. ‎ ‎On 16 August 2026, he was re-elected governor under the Accord Party. INEC declared him winner after polling 511,067 votes to defeat APC’s Bola Oyebamiji who got 444,815 votes. ‎ ‎Watch video below…. ‎

— Calls for stronger security, action against vote buying By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Election observation organisation, Yiaga Africa, has commended voters in Osun State for their resilience during the governorship election held on Saturday. The organisation also praised residents who not only participated in the electio…

…Verification for Transparency (PRVT) statement on the election released on Sunday in Osogbo, said its statistical estimates closely matched the official results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, indicating that the figures declared at the state collation centre reflected the votes counted at p…

…term. The result was announced in the early hours of Sunday at the collation centre in Osogbo.Doris Ogala dances and praises Governor Ademola Adeleke after his re-election in the Osun governorship election. Photo: doris_ogala/aadeleke001>Doris Ogala, who holds the African Action Congress (AAC) ticket for the 2027 Abia…

…the reported attempts by suspected thugs massing around the collation centre in Osogbo, in an apparent bid to scuttle the declaration of the winner, describing it as “a disturbing trend” in Nigeria’s elections. “This is gradually becoming a norm and it is a disturbing trend. Kwankwaso did it in Kano in 2023 before Gov.…

…DAILY POST recalls that Davido had, during the collation of the election results in Osogbo on Saturday, alleged that Faleke was putting pressure on INEC to alter the outcome of the poll. "Hon. James Faleke, stop putting pressure on INEC to change Osun election result. Respect the wishes of Osun people. We don't want Oy…

…the winner of the August 15 governorship election at the commission’s headquarters in Osogbo. According to him, Tinubu had called Adeleke to congratulate him on his victory before INEC formally announced the result. The election had been preceded by a tense campaign characterised by accusations between the ruling Accor…

…authentication. It said such problems were reported in Irepodun, Ejigbo, Obokun, Osogbo, Olorunda, Ola Oluwa, Ede North and Ede South local government areas. The organisation called on INEC to ensure that functional backup equipment and rapid technical assistance are available whenever BVAS devices develop problems. Th…

…added. Large turnout despite fears Across Ejigbo, Ilesa, Ede, Iragbiji, Ile-Ife, Ikire, Osogbo, and other parts of the state, voters were seen arriving at polling units early, many checking their names on the displayed registers ahead of accreditation. In Ejigbo, a significant number of voters were observed at various…

…10622 Accredited voters: 25424 Total vote cast: 23890 Total valid votes:23438 12. LGA: Osogbo Returning Officer: Udueke Maximilian A: 36480 ADC: 1503 APC: 30474 Accredited voters: 70840 Total vote cast: 70785 Total valid votes: 69307 13. LGA: Oriade Returning Officer: Dr Olabode Olajide A: 21343 ADC: 423 APC: 14863 Acc…

Sporadic gunshots were heard in parts of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Saturday night, sending residents and road users fleeing in areas around some election result collation centres in the city. At about 9:45 p.m., gunshots were heard around the Ataoja D, Ward 4 collation centre in the Fakunle area of Osogbo, cau…

Sporadic gunshots rang out at the Ataoja D Ward 4 collation centre in Osogbo on Saturday night, August 15, during the 2026 Osun governorship electionSecurity personnel fired shots into the air and released canisters within the Union Baptist Primary School premises for over 15 minutesThe shooting sent residents and peop…

…to monitor the election. Presenting the Hub's preliminary election-day statement in Osogbo, the executive director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lanre Arogundade, said observers monitored the opening of polling units, availability of election materials, voter accreditation, turnout, participation of women an…

…the closing stages of the count. The margin held as fresh results arrived from Ife, Ede, Osogbo and Iwo local government areas, leaving Oyebamiji with no realistic path to overturn the deficit. The outstanding polling units, numbering about 130, include a number of units where voting was cancelled, and are not expected…

After what seemed to be a tranquil election in the Ogo-Oluwa, Golf Junction region of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, armed thugs, allegedly hired by the All Progressives Congress, APC, reportedly began shooting sporadically, in an effort to hijack the ballot box at Polling Unit 1, Ward 2. While the votes were still be…

…903 out of 3,763 units have been uploaded Results announced so far: 1. Ward 4, Unit 39, Osogbo Local Government Area ZLP - 1 AA - 1 AAC - 1 ADC - 2 APC - 43 Accord Party - 65 Presiding Officer: Oyeranmi Deborah 2. Ward 4, Unit 13, Osogbo Local Government Area Accord Party - 134 APC - 75 ADC - 4 ADP - 1 AAC - 1 APGA - 1…

…School, Ejigbo, and PU 29-30-06-015, opposite No. 22 Oke Ola Street, Okanla Area, Osogbo. On the accreditation process, 608 of 726 observed polling units, or 83.7 percent, had polling officials with a full complement of both sensitive and non-sensitive materials between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. A further 75 polling units o…

…(INEC) have commenced the sorting and counting of votes at Polling Unit 39, Ward 4, in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State. The exercise began shortly after the conclusion of voting in the ongoing Osun State governorship election. INEC officials were seen sorting the ballot papers according to the political part…

…State governorship election. Oyebamiji polled 177 votes at Polling Unit 003, Alagba, Osogbo, where Basiru voted, defeating Accord Party candidate and incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, who secured 60 votes. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Najeem Salaam, received three votes, while candidates of the Ac…

Several voters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, have not been able to cast their ballots in the ongoing governorship election after discovering that their names were missing from the voters' register despite having voted at the same polling units in previous elections. At Polling Unit 017, Olaniyi Kafayah said her na…

…after casting his vote alongside his wife, Mrs Abibat Basiru, at Ward 7, Unit 3, in Osogbo […] The post #OsunDecide2026: Senator Basiru hails INEC, security agencies appeared first on Tribune Online.

…covering politics, elections, public affairs, and governance in Nigeria and Africa.Osogbo, Osun state - Security operatives in Osun state have detained roughly 100 people suspected of being brought in from outside the state to disrupt the 2026 governorship election, with police confirming the arrests took place over th…

…Says he’s confident of victory— Osun people are ready for change By Dayo Johnson, Osogbo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Osun State, Najeem Salaam, has reportedly escaped an alleged assassination attempt in Ejigbo, Osun State. According to the party’s Publicity Secretary, Abosede Busayo…