The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the June 20 Ekiti State Governorship Election, Wole Oluyede, has urged Nigerians to make the 2027 presidential election a referendum on continuity, performance and national development rather than sentiment. The PDP chieftain, who is the Convener of the Oluyede Pro…

…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 State House of Assembly…

…they are jittery, it shows they are afraid. It shows that Tinubu knows that even the governors in his kitty cannot be trusted. He knows that his ministers cannot be trusted. He knows that there will be an internal implosion within the APC,” he said. Melaye also criticised the size and structure of the campaign council,…

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…

…in this interview with 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 attenti…

…presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for January 16, 2027. Also, the governorship and state House of Assembly campaigns would commence on September 9, 2026, and end on February 5, 2027, ahead of the elections scheduled for February 6, 2027. Last week, some presidential candidates signed the National P…

…the efforts of G-100, a group convened by former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, which has been advocating a united opposition front as the most realistic strategy for defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress. However, the positions emerging from the camps of Atiku and Obi sugg…

…which should have been highly industrialized, Delta State is one. Military and civilian governors have ruled the state for various lengths of time without making any impression on the state’s barren industrial landscape. Delta State has organized Economic Summits before. DELTA WITHOUT OIL was the theme of former Govern…

Governors of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory have become the biggest winners of President Bola Tinubu’s petrol subsidy removal, with unprecedented federation account allocations swelling state coffers and ushering in an era of multi-billion-naira monthly revenues. Allocation reached a record N3.007tn in…

…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 Election.…

…Hope Uzodimma of Imo is the Secretary. Sanwo-Olu, who is also Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, will coordinate the party’s campaign activities across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states. The governor is expected to work with APC leaders at the national, zonal and state levels to mobilise support f…

…and presidential aide Ibrahim Masari attended the closed-door sessionSix northern APC governors were present at the meeting before the endorsement was announcedPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! More than 500 Islamic scholars, preachers, and clerics drawn from across Nigeria have endor…

…Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission listed the monthly pay breakdown for governors and deputy governors across NigeriaA Nigerian governor earns a monthly total of N648,560.62, made up of basic salary, hardship, and consistency allowancesRMAFC also listed several other allowances for governors but did not atta…

…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 surrounding Oyetunji…

…political battle is directly against Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the APC governorship nomination processPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!Senator Saliu Mustapha, who represents Kwara Central in the National Assembly, has claimed tha…

…In this exclusive interview 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 sayin…

…than Bola Oyebamiji. Ultimately, it is bigger than Osun. Adeleke won the August 15 governorship election with 511,067 votes against Oyebamiji’s 444,815, securing another term. The returning officer announced the result and the certificate of return followed. But Nigerian elections are no longer judged by arithmetic alo…

…and Governor Ademola 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…

Upon resting the 2018 Osun governorship election in favour of Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, this writer packaged and submitted a memorandum titled: HUMBLE OBSERVATIONS, HELPFUL TIPS AS ASSUMPTION BECKONS. The memo was not a trifling note. It was a proposal on salutary performance strategies for the administration of the incomin…

…signing ceremonyADC's National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, cited the Osun governorship election violence as a key reason for the party's boycottAbdullahi accused the National Peace Committee of failing to hold political actors accountable for inflammatory statements, including those by President TinubuPAY AT…

…the All Progressives Congress (APC) while supporting his uncle during the Osun governorship election. He questioned Davido’s current relationship with the party and urged the singer to use his platform to speak against the APC if he believes Nigerians are tired of the party ahead of the 2027 elections. His words in par…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in last weekend’s governorship election, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, has foreclosed acceptance of his defeat by the incumbent governor and candidate of the Accord Party, Governor Ademola Adeleke. Oyebamiji told State House correspondents after a meeting…

…at the family compound on Tuesday. Speaking during the visit to the scene, the ADC governorship candidate in Rivers State, Gabriel Pidomson, condemned the attack, describing it as unacceptable and contrary to the principles of democratic participation. He urged politicians and their supporters to embrace tolerance and…

…Bola Tinubu met with Bola Oyebamiji at the Presidential Villa days after the Osun governorship electionOyebamiji lost the Saturday, August 16, 2026, governorship contest to the Accord Party's Governor AdelekeThe APC candidate spoke to journalists after he met with the president at Aso RockPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast wi…

…across Nigeria, Ogun State voters face a distinctly narrow field for the upcoming 2027 governorship election. Although the Independent National Electoral Commission has yet to publish its final consolidated candidate list for all states, the contest in Ogun is rapidly consolidating into a high-stakes two-horse race. On…