The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, winner of the 2026 Osun State governorship election. Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Accord Party, defeated his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, to secure a second term in office. The returning…
Voting has ended in several polling units across Osun State following Saturday’s governorship election, with electoral officials moving into the sorting, counting and collation of ballots. The conclusion of voting has shifted attention to the announcement of results at polling units and their subsequent collation at ward and local government levels. In several locations, presiding…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Operations Office, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), has received 178 Nigerian returnees from Tripoli, Libya. The returnees arrived at about 4 p.m. on Monday, August 10, aboard an Air Buraq Airlines flight that landed at the Cargo Terminal of…
The Nigeria Police Force has declined to release Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the purported Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), to a House of Representatives ad hoc committee without a court order authorising his release. Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu made the position known on Wednesday during a resumed hearing by the…
ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday drew laughter at the Presidential Press Corps Dinner after jokingly referring to First Lady Oluremi Tinubu as “Iya Alakara” (Mother of Akara Seller), a playful remark widely seen as a response to the recent public debate sparked by her comments encouraging women to embrace small-scale businesses. The President…
The Oyo State Government has officially fixed July 1, 2026, as the commencement date for the implementation of its Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), alongside the approval of a 12 percent employer contribution aimed at strengthening retirement benefits for civil and public servants in the state. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Oyo State…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged winner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC presidential primary election ahead of the 2027 general election after polling 1,846,370 votes. Atiku defeated former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who secured 504,117 votes, and economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who polled 177,120 votes in the exercise conducted across the 36 states…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of innocent people under the guise of religion or financial interest, stressing that no religion supports violence or the taking of innocent lives. Speaking during Eid prayers at the Dodan Barracks prayer ground in Obalende, Lagos, President Tinubu urged Nigerians, particularly Muslims, to embrace the true message of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally affirmed Senator Sandy Onor as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The affirmation took place at the party’s national convention in Abuja, where delegates from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory endorsed him as the party’s consensus candidate. In his acceptance speech, Onor said…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the elimination of a high-ranking official of the extremist organization known as Islamic State during a joint operation carried out by military units from both Nigeria and the United States in Nigeria. This is indeed a very important development in the fight against extremism in West Africa and elsewhere….
