…about 117,000 of them presented at a party gatheringA former PRP chairman, about 20 ex-local government chairmen, and a former House of Representatives member were among those who defected to the APCThe party said it would verify and integrate new members into ward and local government structures as more registration r…

…All Progressives Congress, who scored 444,815 votes. Adeleke won 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, while Oyebamiji won 11. The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, came third with 17,180 votes. The result secured Adeleke a second term after he was elected governor in 2022 on the platform of…

…candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815 votes. Adeleke won 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, while Oyebamiji won 11. The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, came third. The result marked Adeleke’s return for a second term after he left the Peoples Democratic Party, the platform on whi…

…Victor Adetula. The organisation said its observers monitored the election across all 30 local government areas, 332 registration areas and 3,763 polling units in the state. It explained that the assessment was based on reports submitted by its field observers, as well as reviews of credible media reports from differen…

…woman and injured two others in an attack at Gana Ropp village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Credible security sources told security analyst Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 10:45 p.m. on August 14, 2026 when troops of Sector 4, Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP), responded to a…

…candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815 votes. Adeleke won in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, while Oyebamiji won 11. The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, came third. SERAP, in a petition dated August 16, 2026, and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, urged INEC, EF…

…INEC for the halt in the election results upload. It is recalled that Osun State with 30 Local Government Areas has 3,673 designated polling units and 332 Wards. Tallied results from the uploaded results had Adeleke’s Accord leading with 69,122 votes having polled 455,254 votes. Oyebamiji’s All Progressives Congress’s…

…the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has lost his Ilesa East local government to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji. According to the results announced from the local government area, Oyebamiji’s APC emerged victorious in Ilesa East with 16,208 votes while Ade…

Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party secured 18,458 votes in Ejigbo Local Government Area in the 2026 Osun governorship electionAdeleke's closest rival, APC's Bola Oyebamiji, polled 16,195 votes, leaving a margin of 2,263 votes between the two candidatesNajeem Folasayo Salaam, the ADC candidate and ally of form…

…on Saturday. INEC’s move came hours after the election concluded across the state’s 30 local government areas. State Retuning Officer: Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, VC Federal University, Oye Ekiti 1. Boluwaduro LG Returning Officer: Prof Sola Omotola A: 7,118 APC: 7,050 ADC: 179 Accredited voters: 14, 662 Total valid votes:…

…on security agencies to stay alert as results moved from polling units to wards and local government areasThe governor also urged INEC to maintain the highest standards of integrity throughout the collation processPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed…

…election. The Hub said it deployed 823 accredited observers across the state's 30 local government areas 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 p…

…votes, with results in from 3,633 of the state’s 3,763 polling units across the 30 local government areas. The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Najeem Salaam, trailed a distant third with 16,513 votes, representing 1.7 per cent. The remaining parties on the ballot shared about 14,500 votes between the…

…failed to print properly due to a shortage of ink at several polling units in Ilesa West Local Government Area. It further expressed concern over reports of vote buying and other forms of electoral inducement, urging political actors to respect voters’ freedom to make independent choices. The coalition, however, commen…

…polling unit.At former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola's polling unit in Okuku, Odo-Otin local government area, the Accord Party pulled in 125 votes against the APC's 85, a result that quickly circulated online.Davido comments on early Osun election results as Governor Ademola Adeleke’s party records a win in a polling un…

…election in Osun State.The incident happened at the Lado Hill polling unit in Boripe Local Government Area, where one of the APC-affiliated individuals, wearing an APC tag, approached INEC officials and demanded that ballot papers cast for Accord be voided.Suspected APC agents allegedly disrupt vote counting at the Lad…

…urging them to remain vigilant as results are collated from polling units to wards and local government areas. “The safety and protection of our people is paramount. I commend the security agencies deployed for this election and urge them to remain vigilant as we move into the collation of results; from polling units t…

…paving the way for a new framework for sharing revenues among the Federal, state and local governments. The commission also said it had concluded the review of remuneration for judicial office holders, while the review of salaries and allowances for executive and legislative office holders had reached an advanced stage…

…flagged off the distribution of the funds to the beneficiaries on Saturday in Akwanga Local Government Area, said the gesture would strengthen small businesses, improve traders’ access to capital and stimulate grassroots economic growth across the district. The governor, who commended the NSUBEB chairman for giving bac…

…reported for the unit.Counting and collation of results from other polling units and local government areas across Osun State were ongoing at the time this report was filed.Osun 2026: List of 3 major contendersEarlier, Legit.ng reported that Osun State is heading into its most watched political contest in years, with 1…

…a 27-year-old man in connection with the alleged murder of a woman at a hotel in Girei Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued on Saturday, the command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the incident occurred at No Vex Hotel, Girei, on Friday. “Following a report of an altercation at No Vex Hotel,…

…election after casting his vote at Sagba Abogunde Ward 2, Unit 9, in Ede North Local Government Area. Opposition candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, who also voted at his Ward 09, Unit 011, Ikire, in the Irewole Local Government Area, expressed confidence in victory while speaking…

…Yiaga Africa, said it deployed 823 accredited observers across polling units in all 30 local government areas to monitor the election, which was contested by 15 candidates. Of 2,339,233 registered voters, 1,906,390, representing 81.50 per cent, had collected their Permanent Voter Cards and were eligible to vote, the Hu…

…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 parties and…

…food and drinks while waiting to cast their ballots. The election was held across the 30 Local Government Areas of Osun State, with varying reports of voter turnout across communities. NAN reports that voting commenced early in some polling units, while some areas experienced delays. Voting was still ongoing in some lo…