…Primary School, Afao-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area, in the ongoing governorship election in the state. Speaking with journalists shortly after voting, Fayose expressed confidence in the chances of Governor Biodun Oyebanji, declaring that the incumbent governor was on course for victory. According to th…

…of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He made the allegation on Saturday as the Ekiti governorship election gets underway. Major contestants in the election are the incumbent, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the APC and Oluwole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In the video he shared on X on Saturday, Fayose a…

…defiance of the restriction of movement ordered by police for the conduct of the ongoing governorship election in Ekiti State. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that even as at 8 a.m., when the accreditation and voting were scheduled to commence, some traders at major markets in the Ado-Ekiti…

…out to vote because she wanted the most qualified candidate to emerge victorious in the governorship election. "I came out to vote because I want the best candidate to emerge," she said. Asked about the security situation in the country, Madam Oyedade urged President Bola Tinubu and state governors to take urgent steps…

Over one million Ekiti voters will participate in the poll, which will be held in 2,445 Polling Units (PUs) spread across the 177 wards of the 16 Local Government Areas in the South-west state.

The Diaspora Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Campaign Council in Osun State has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately freeze bank accounts allegedly linked to a reported N13.7 billion ghost workers' salary scheme in the state. The committee made the c…

…Saturday, June 20, 2026, to select a governor for another four-year term in an off-cycle governorship election. As announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, residents of the state have collected their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, essential for casting a ballot in the election. The latest figures…

…stop Governor Abiodun Oyebanji of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in today's governorship election. Also, four senatorial bye-polls will hold in Enugu, Rivers, Ondo and Nasarawa; and one House of Representatives and one state assembly bye-elections in Kano and Kebbi states. Ekiti governorship candidates Thos…

…of the African Democratic Congress, Mr. Fred Akpewe, has said the silence of the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru over the alleged claim by Dr. Emmanuel Unuafe as the governorship candidate of the Delta ADC is not a sign of weakness or surrender. A statement by party’s publicity secretary said the att…

…time in a long number of years, and in many election cycles, Ekiti will be voting in a governorship election with little or non-existent amount of tension. Let us hope that this would remain till the election is concluded and the people's choice is declared winner. The one million, fifty-nine thousand, three hundred an…

…is the bigger pleasant surprise for me. Kwara South has had only one 8-year shot at the governorship since 1999. That many of them think conceding the governorship to a part of the state that has never produced a governor for even a split second is worthwhile is commendable. You won't appreciate what I am driving at un…

…parties are in the race to stop the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in today's governorship election in Ekiti State, Four senatorial bye-polls in Enugu, Rivers, Ondo and Nasarawa; one House of Representatives and one State Assembly bye-elections in Kano and Kebbi states. Over 1m voters to decide Oyebanji, 10 oth…

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, in the August 15, 2026 Osun State governorship election, Dr Oyelami Saliu, has cautioned against wishing Governor Ademola Adeleke dead, insisting that the governor would live to hand over power after the election. Saliu, a medical practitioner, made the r…

…Mr Yinka Oyebode, has predicted that there would be a good turn out in the Saturday governorship election in the state. He also predicted that the exercise might be one of the most peaceful in the history of Ekiti. Oyebode made the prediction when he received some media executives in Ado Ekiti on Friday. He attributed…

…Adebutu, poses any political threat to the ruling APC in Ogun State, ahead of the 2027 governorship race. Speaking on television programme, Lawal said, Adebutu lacks the political strength and performance record required to challenge the APC in the state. According to him, "Ladi Adebutu is not a threat. He only represe…

…(NWC) of the Social Democratic Party has vowed to participate in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election despite what it described as the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to open its portal for the upload of the party’s polling agents. The party also accused the ruling All Progressiv…

For perhaps the first time since Ekiti State was created in 1996, four former governors-Niyi Adebayo, Ayodele Fayose, Segun Oni and Kayode Fayemi-have publicly rallied behind the same governorship candidate.

…comprehensive security deployments and operational arrangements for the Ekiti State Governorship Election scheduled to hold on Saturday. The police said the deployment covers all 2,545 polling units across the state, as well as critical infrastructure, major entry and exit routes, border communities and other strategic…