…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…

…Ojetokun, Hope Uzodimma>The election took place on Saturday, August 15, across all 30 local government areas in Osun state, with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) uploading polling-unit results to its IReV portal as collation continued.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.…

…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…

…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…

…providing N50,000 each to 300 people selected from Wamba, Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Areas. Our correspondent reports that some of the beneficiaries, including Usman Mohammed, Peter Joe and Ahmed Usuf, appreciated the SUBEB chairman for remembering the less-privileged people in the area and prayed for…

…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…

…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…

…Adeleke, seeking re-election. The election is being conducted across the state’s 30 local government areas amid heightened political interest and security arrangements. The outcome of the exercise will determine who governs Osun State for the next four years. The post Osun Election: INEC begins sorting, counting of vot…

…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…

…governor alleged that armed thugs were disrupting the exercise in Olorunda and Irewole Local Government Areas. He specifically named a man he identified as Enuku as one of those allegedly intimidating residents.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!"Right now, there are compla…

…of the election. He said the alleged non-recognition of party agents occurred in 10 local government areas, prompting him to report the matter to relevant authorities, who, he said, were looking into it. “We converse with the people, we let them know our programmes, and that is exactly what we do. Vote buying is out of…

…Constituency, was confronted at the residence as voting commenced across the state's local government areas. A video of the encounter spread widely on social media, showing uniformed and armed police officers questioning Ibrahim while the large group sat on the floor of the compound.Ibrahim told officers the property b…

Voting has commenced across polling units in Osogbo and Olorunda local government areas of Osun State. DAILY POST observed that despite the initial fears of voter apathy due to pre-election violence, there is massive turn out of voters. In Ward 2, Units 3 and 5,Olorunda local government area, voters turned out enmasse…

…of INEC officials, security agencies, party executives and delegates from the 14 local government areas of the state. The organisation said Gusau was subsequently declared the winner by the chairman of the ADC governorship primary election committee. It questioned the emergence of Shinkafi's name on the INEC portal, al…

…Election 2026. #OsunDecides2026 happening today, August 15, 2026, across the 30 local government areas of the state, is the last off-cycle election to the 2027 general elections. Today, over 1.9 million eligible Osun residents have collected their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) out of the over 2.3 million registered voter…

…the killings, several others were wounded and were receiving treatment across different local government areas of the state. Akande, in a statement on Friday, alleged that several houses across the state had also been attacked, vandalised and looted, while some had been pencilled for attack ahead of the election. He sa…

…which would run from August 17 to August 31, would cover projects across several local government areas, including roads, bridges, healthcare facilities, educational infrastructure and other public facilities. He described the projects as tangible evidence of the governor’s commitment to transforming communities and ad…

…across Osun State between October 2025 and July 2026, with 12 deaths reported in 14 local government areas.This is according to a new assessment published days before the Saturday, August 15, 2026, governorship election.73 violence incidents occur in Osun as campaigns heat up ahead of the governorship poll. Photo Adele…

…factor working in the APC's favour.The party has been running an active campaign across local government areas, reaching communities that could prove decisive in a close contest.3) Cross-party support broadens Oyebamiji’s coalitionPerhaps the most striking factor, however, is the consolidation of political interests be…

…victims and foiled attempted terrorist attacks on communities in Mariga and Rijau Local Government Areas of Niger State. The operations, conducted as part of intensified offensive operations against terrorists and other criminal elements in the brigade’s area of responsibility, also led to the recovery of arms, motorcy…

…The command also pledged to sustain its statewide enforcement exercise across the 31 local government areas of the state. A statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Timfon John, in Uyo on Friday, advised motorists to comply strictly with existing traffic laws and regulations, stressing that ignorance…