Politics

CODER, seven other CSOs endorse Osun guber poll, commend INEC

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2018 0

Six civil society organisations have given the recently concluded Osun State governorship election their seal of approval and praised the umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “for exhibiting professionalism and neutrality despite threats, intimidation and blackmail

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Saraki, Atiku describes Osun re-run poll as Charade

Ihesiulo Grace 29 September 2018 0

…Urge PDP supporters to be law abiding As condemnation trails the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola as Osun State governor elect after Thursday supplementary election, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have joined in describing the handling of the election as a mockery of democracy.

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Police deny arresting INEC accredited observers in Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2018 0

Nigerian Police have refuted report that it arrested some accredited INEC Observers and denied them access to polling units in the re-run election in Osun State. Force public relations officer, Mr. Jimoh Moshood said in a statement on Thursday that the police arrested 16 persons in illegal possession of customized INEC Observers’ tags, face caps, […]

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The Election Result They Want In Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

If the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had its way, its candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, would have been declared governor that day. The party is so upset with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the election inconclusive, that it has threatened dire consequences should the […]

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Osun governorship rerun election peaceful, orderly

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

The Osun State governorship election re-run scheduled for yesterday, in seven polling units of Osogbo, Orolu, Ife North and Ife South Local Government Areas of the state took place amid tight security by men of the Nigerian Army and the Police. The governorship election was declared inconclusive last Sunday by the INEC returning officer, Professor […]

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Osun Re-run: Only God Can Help Ademola Adeleke – PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that only God can give Ademola Adeleke victory in the upcoming Osun governorship re-run. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the governorship election which held on Saturday, September 22, 2018 as inconclusive. According to summation of the results, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke of the PDP had 254,698

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Osun gov rerun poll holds today as Omisore backs APC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

…Only 2594 eligible to vote today, PDP alerts Nigerians, cautions INEC Few hours after declaring that the interest the people of Osun State will determine his support in today’s supplementary voting, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has finally decided to give his support to the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]

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Osun re-run: INEC on global spotlight, says group

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

The League of Concerned Democratic Youths of Nigeria, a pressure group, says the electoral umpire is currently on global spotlight as it prepares for the Osun re-run governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the re-run election for Thursday. The National Coordinator of the league, Mr Mike Omoba, has reminded INEC that […]

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Osun Election: PDP’s Call for INEC Chair Unpatriotic – Group

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

The Yoruba Revolutionary Assembly (YORA) has described as not only unpatriotic but illogical, the call by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Yakubu Mahmood, aftermath of the Osun State governorship election. Reacting to the call, in a statement issued and signed by […]

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Osun tie and matters arising

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

With the air across the national space currently fouled up by partisanship, there can never be a consensus on the propriety or otherwise of the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the Osun governorship polls of last Saturday inconclusive. The ongoing babel is certainly not helped by merchant lawyers who probably […]

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2019: Don’t heat up the polity, Gen Abdusalam tells politicians

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar has warned politicians across party levels not to heat up the polity ahead of Tuesday rescheduled elections in some units in the inconclusive Osun State governorship election. Gen. Abubakar who is the chairman of National Peace Committee, said this during a meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

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Adeleke appreciates Omisore, Oyinlola, others

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

Ahead of tomorrow’s supplementary voting in seven polling units across four local governments in the inconclusive Osun State governorship election, the PDP candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has appreciated his opponents in other political parties for their willingness to team up with him to defeat the APC. He commended them for considering the APC and its […]

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EU, UK, US back Osun governorship rerun poll in 7 units tomorrow

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

The Missions of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have declared their support for a credible, violence-free exercise ahead of tomorrow’s rerun for the Osun State governorship election. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the EU, US, and the UK commended the people of Osun for voting peacefully […]

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APC Campaign Council wants electorate to ignore PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

Meanwhile, the APC Campaign Council for the Osun Governorship Election has urged the electorates where rerun election of the state governorship position will hold on Thursday to ignore the jittery PDP and remain focus. The council described the PDP as ‘rantings’ and urged its members to turn up enmass for tomorrow excercise and vote for […]

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Fayemi visits Omisore

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

The Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Dr kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday visited Senator Iyiola Omisore, the Social Democratic Party, governorship aspirant in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Fayemi paid the visit to Omisore in his house at Oduduwa Estate, Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife. Fayemi, however, told newsmen that his visit was not on political issues, but personal. He said, “Don’t […]

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PDP demands resignation of INEC chair, Zakari

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

In a related development, the PDP has demanded the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over his alleged controlling role in the declaration as inconclusive, the September 22, 2018, Osun State Governorship election. Claiming that the election results was characterized by fraudulent manipulations the PDP also called for the resignation

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Osun: Election as Theatre

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2018 0

What is going on in Osun state right now is nothing short of political theatre. It is keeping us all entertained, but it has also turned so many observers into emergency lawyers. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the Osun Gubernatorial election of September 22 inconclusive and has ordered a supplementary election at seven […]

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Oyetola denies rift with Aregbesola Aregbesola, commends Osun electorate

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2018 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola, has denied alleged rift between him and the outgoing Governor Rauf Aregbesola over last Saturday’s election. Oyetola described insinuations in some quarters to that effect as “irrational and present only in the imagination of detractors out to create disaffection

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Osun guber poll: PDP heads for court, wants INEC to declare Adeleke winner

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).to court over what it described as the illegal declaration of the September 22, 2018 Osun governorship election as inconclusive. The party insisted that the polls have already been concluded and results announced in all polling and the collation centers, thus bringing the

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Osun election: APC campaign council hails poll’s conduct

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2018 0

…Slams PDP for grandstanding The All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council for the 2018 Osun Governorship Election has commended the conduct of last Saturday state governorship election describing as excessive and grandstanding the call by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its candidate in the