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The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Mr. Soji Adagunodo, has said the party is compiling names of its members either killed or injured by hoodlums during the governorship rerun held in the state on Thursday. Adagunodo said the PDP had invited leaders of the party at…
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African Democratic Congress (ADC) yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of leading a government of gangsters, following the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, as winner of the Osun State governorship election. In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mrs. Yemi Kolapo, said…
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Delegations from the Missions of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States said they observed widespread interference and intimidation of voters, journalists, and civil society observers by political party supporters and security agencies during Osun governorship rerun. The observers noted that their findings mirrored those of leading…
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Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, yesterday, described the Osun State governorship re-run election last Thursday as a show of shame. Fayose also alleged that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) have killed democracy in Nigeria with the outcome of what he described as…
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If the reports of bruised heads, the intimidation and arrest of opposition party agents, alleged complicity of security agents and protests which characterised the Osun State governorship rerun elections that produced the All Progressives Congress, (APC) candidate, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola are anything to go by, then the credibility of the…
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Nigerian musician, Davido, was very active and vocal about the Osun election and its follow up rerun which had his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship seat in the state. Following the outcome of the rerun election last Thursday,the Independent…
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The Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, has congratulated governor-elect, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, and his deputy, Gboyega Alabi, on their victory in the just-concluded election. The Oluwo, who also hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Osun State residents for the peaceful conduct of the…
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THE Osun State governorship election was concluded after two rounds of voting, the first widely regarded as very credible but stalemated, and the second decisive but thought to be a little controversial. Yet, it was the second round of voting, the rerun in seven polling units, that determined the outcome…
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By Taiwo Adebulu Some stories are better left untold, for the sour memory it evokes leaves the heart totally repugnant to the most trivial of synonymous narratives. They haunt not only to the soul that harbour them. For a journalist, such stories cannot wither. They must be nourished and told. While…
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The Ark of Noah offered man redemption after God’s anger rained a retributive deluge which submerged the earth and its sins thousands of years ago. Surely, the ways of God are not the ways of man. I remember the hymn, ‘God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform…’…
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