…elections. The ruling immediately threw the political environment into confusion. With governorship elections approaching in Osun and Ekiti and preparations for the 2027 general elections already underway, questions arose over the fate of candidates who had emerged from the primaries of the affected parties. The uncert…

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has reaffirmed his administration's opposition to negotiating with bandits, insisting that seeking peace deals with criminal groups remains unacceptable in the state. The governor made the remarks during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service. Lawal stated t…

…as of 7pm on Saturday, representing 83.7 percent of total results from the Ekiti State governorship election. The figure represents a significant jump from the 35.5 percent uploaded barely 30 minutes earlier. 2. Residents of Igboho in Oyo State were thrown into celebration after a kidnapped family, including a pregnant…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. The Returning Officer for the Ekiti State governorship election, Adenike Oladiji, made the declarati…

…Dauda Lawal …says those negotiating with kidnappers on their own By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has reaffirmed his administration's opposition to negotiating with bandits, insisting that seeking peace deals with criminal groups remains unacceptable in the state. The governor made the remar…

…All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. The Returning Officer for the Ekiti State governorship election, Adenike Oladiji, who declared the results at about 3:13 a.m. on Sunday, said that Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes. Oladiji, a professor and Vice-C…

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has described his re-election for a second term as a humbling vote of confidence from the people, pledging In a statement issued after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of Saturday’s governorship election, Oyebanji said the people of Ekiti ha…

…years, something biologically inclement would appear to have befallen the former Lagos governor so much so that his campaign for president produced hilarious but painful-to-watch-for-alajobi memes and crude internet jokes. As he accepted his party's nomination, his barely controllable hand jerks were too noticeable to…

…any claim to morality. In recent days, a viral letter addressed to the Northern elite - governors, commissioners, Hisbah boards, traditional rulers, and legislators - has been making the rounds. Written by a fellow Northerner, Dr Zainab Suleiman Buhari, and published in the Daily Trust, it delivered a bitter, hurtful t…

…resulted from the government's refusal to listen to members of the public. 3) The governor's loss of the election resulted from his political insensitivity. 4) The outbreak of cholera resulted from the people's unhygienic living habit. 5) The war obviously resulted from lack of political, religious and racial tolerance…

The victory grants the governor another four-year term and makes him the first Ekiti governor to successfully secure consecutive re-election in a state where incumbents have often struggled to retain power.

…to Her Britannic Maj- esty; and in 1862 H. S. Freeman was appointed the first British Governor of Lagos. Thus Lagos became the first part of Nigeria to come under British rule, and Mr. Freeman the first British official to preside over a colonial regime on Nigerian soil. The Anglo- Nigerian link was now becoming strong…

…implementation of our development agenda for the benefit of all Ekiti people," the governor stated.

Yes, the press in sub-national geography should ask their governors critical questions about how state and local government resources are deployed, just as they must raise same question against the Federal Government. The hypocrisy of Bwala's mission in Ibadan would make anyone want to puke. Isaac Brown, for instance,…

…weeks in captivity while a teacher was beheaded in a most horrendous manner, the state governor not only went ahead to declare a presidential ambition, the relatives of a former Minister who were abducted were rescued in a jiffy while the poor and powerless remained in captivity! The President, however, gave hope that…

Mr Oyebanji was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

The Movement for Credible Elections has called for urgent investigations into allegations of vote buying, pre-thumbprinted ballot papers and the suspected distribution of uncollected voter cards during Saturday's Ekiti governorship election.

The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has written to the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, urging him to constitute a special court for the purpose of trying offences relating to cultism and kidnapping in the state. DAILY POST reports that the governor also requested the Chief Judge to nominate th…

…Posting on X, the presidential aide wrote: "The President is not a prefect to the governors. That is why I talk about federalism. They have State Houses of Assembly. At the centre, whatever the President provides for implementation goes through ministers and the National Assembly, which exercises oversight. “Here, your…

…while simultaneously directing the complainant to appear in court. He also called on Governor Umo Eno to ensure the full enforcement of the Akwa Ibom State Anti-Open Grazing Law and other relevant laws designed to protect farmers and agricultural investments. Akwa Ibom: Journalist raises alarm as court allegedly denies…

…of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who participated in the recent Kwara State governorship primary election, which produced Engr. Yakubu Danladi Salihu, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, as the party’s flag bearer for the 2027 general elections, have petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over what they descr…

…Chairman of Warawa local government area, Lamido Sanusi-Ahmad, commended the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, INEC, and security agencies for the hitch-free exercise. He lauded the INEC for the timely deployment of officials and election materials to 143 polling units in the area. A cross section of Presiding Off…

Hajiya Asia El-Rufai, the second wife of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has raised the alarm that she and her co-wife, Aishatou El-Rufai, are being tracked and monitored. Asia El-Rufai raised the public alarm via an update shared on her Facebook account. According to her, their personal communicat…

…a “marked and significant improvement” in election logistics for the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. Samson Itodo, Executive Director of the civil society organisation, noted a dramatic shift in efficiency compared to the state’s previous poll in 2022. […]

…Congress (APC) recorded a landslide victory at the polling unit of former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, in Saturday’s governorship election. Results announced at Ward 11, Polling Unit 9 (Ogilolo) in Isan-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area, showed the APC candidate, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, dominating the ballot w…