Members of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State have been charged to turn the party’s loss in the governorship election into victory in the 2027 general elections. This was contained in a statement signed and made available in Osogbo on Sunday by a chieftain of the party, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye. The ex-Osun Stat…

The August 15 governorship election in Osun State has been won and lost, but stakeholders have continued to draw lessons for the 2027 elections from the contest that pitched Governor Ademola Adeleke of Accord against Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this report, PHILIP IBITOYE examines the poss…

…PHILIP IBITOYE, speaks on CISLAC’s takeaways from the August 15 governorship election in Osun State and the lessons Nigerians can learn from it against the 2027 general election. WITHh the Osun election in the rearview, what are the things […] The post INEC must know that voters are fully attentive to what they do in 2…

…on competing policies and programmes. For instance, last week’s governorship election in Osun State wasn’t an exception, as no fewer than 40 people were reportedly killed in the pre-election period. This is why, in various conversations with Sunday Vanguard, key stakeholders in the electoral process, including Civil So…

…INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has described the Commission’s conduct of the Osun State governorship election as a benchmark in electoral administration. He also announced that a nationwide mock accreditation exercise would be conducted in November 2026 to assess the Commission’s preparedness for the 2027 General Ele…

…Oyetunji, popularly known as Ero-Arike, over her involvement in the recently concluded Osun State governorship election. In a video circulating on social media, a group of women holding containers of the balm could be seen singing and pleading with members of the public not to allow the political controversy surroundin…

…with Muideen Olaniyi, he spoke extensively on the August 15 Governorship Election in Osun State, lessons from its outcomes and the implications for the 2027 general elections. Excerpts: Governor Ademola Adeleke has just won re-election in Osun. […] The post We are happy Osun people are saying Gov Adeleke is not in a po…

…should not be remembered simply as the election that returned Ademola Adeleke to the Osun State Government House. It should be remembered as an election in which INEC itself was being tested. Not tested on whether it could produce a winner. That is the easy part. The harder test was whether it could produce enough conf…

…Adeleke-led Accord party deployed over N100bn in the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, Saturday PUNCH can report. The funds were channelled into campaign materials, vote buying, payments of agents, canvassers, security personnel and electoral officers in the 3,763 polling units and 332 wards of the state.…

…Fadahunsi remarksThe ADC spokesman pointed specifically to events surrounding the recent Osun State governorship election, alleging that the National Peace Committee stayed silent when Senator Francis Fadahunsi made comments the party believes could incite violence."When Senator Fadahunsi said that they should go out a…

…during the 2027 general elections that he displayed while campaigning for his uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke. Verydarkman said Davido was previously vocal in criticising the All Progressives Congress (APC) while supporting his uncle during the Osun governorship election. He questioned Davido’s current relat…

…received Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun State, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The meeting came days after Oyebamiji lost the Osun governorship election held on Saturday, August 16, 2026, to Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party.Bola Tinubu welcomes APC's Oy…

…to stop treating the party's internal leadership dispute as though it is tied to the Osun State governorship election.Imumolen insisted that the two are entirely separate matters.Imumolen backs Tinubu while fighting for Accord leadership. Photo Imumolen>He said the leadership question within Accord is a national legal…

…been banned from performing in Edo over his online altercation with Okpebholo during the Osun State governorship election. Reacting to the announcement, Israel who is from Edo, declared that Davido can’t be banned from performing in the state. While noting that Davido’s mother hails from Edo State, Israel claimed that…

…made the remark while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday about the visit of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to his residence on Thursday. The FCT minister claimed that Adeleke was now on the side of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and suggested that the opposition would be unable to stop Tinu…

…Isaac Fayose has reacted to the controversies surrounding the recently concluded Osun State governorship election, lamenting the alleged loss of lives and the huge sums reportedly spent by political parties. Taking to his Instagram page, Fayose claimed that 29 people had lost their lives in connection with the election…

In Osun State, I know a man I raised who is nicknamed "Half Salary" - President Tinubu taunts Aregbesola (video) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has brought up the "Half Salary" nickname associated with former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Tinubu made the remark on Thursday, August 20, 2026 while receiving Osun Stat…

The Imole Campaign Council has dismissed reports suggesting that the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, is planning to defect from the Accord Party to the All Progressives Congress, APC, following his recent meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement issued on Friday by the Chairman of the Media and Pu…

…Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State has stated that the recent governorship election in Osun State has strengthened its determination to challenge the power of incumbency in the 2027 general elections. The party’s governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, Dr David Ombugadu, said the outcome of the Osun election had shown tha…

…they are taking pictures together. They are now friends,” he said. Isaac also referenced Osun State’s governorship politics, recalling both the 2022 election and the more recent one held on August 15, 2026. “Look at Osun, 2022. I nearly removed my head,” he said, referring to the personal toll of his involvement that y…

…Triggered Davido's PostThe feud traces back to Governor Okpebholo's campaign visit to Osun State, where he was stumping for the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji. During the visit, he took aim at Osun Governor Adeleke, mocking the politician's well-known love of dancing and questioning hi…

GistReel Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has visited the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja, hours after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. The Thursday meeting with Wike formed part of Adeleke’s consultations in the Federal Capital Territory following…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called on residents of the state to heal from the divisions arising from the just-concluded governorship election and unite for the continued development of the state. Adeleke made the call in a statement posted on his X platform on Friday, following his re-election as governor…

…Monday Okpebolo. Recall that Davido clashed with Okpebolo after the governor went to Osun State just before the election to taunt the singer's Uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke. Okpebholo while campaigning for the APC candidate in Osun state, asked the electorate if they were not tired of their incumbent governor who is…

…blows online with several high-profile personalities during the period surrounding the Osun state governorship election.The Afrobeats superstar threw his full weight behind his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, who was at the centre of the electoral contest. Davido was vocal on his platforms before, during, and after th…