Osun Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Osun Governorship Tribunal Chairman, Mr Tertse Kume of bias, sell out, sabotage and deliberate undermining of new electoral act, vowing to report the judge to judicial disciplinary bodies. Addressing a world press conference at Osogbo today, the party leadership led by the State Caretaker…
Residents of Osun state have taken over the streets of Osogbo, the Osun state capital to protest judgement of the election petition tribunal declaring candidate of the APC, Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the July 16 governorship election. Our correspondent observed that business centres and shops were under lock and key and major road…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, on Friday explained that he was committed to bringing a new dawn of hope and prosperity to residents of the state if elected in the forthcoming elections. Adediran, commonly known as Jandor, in company with other party leaders and candidates, disclosed this…
Tribunal: This judgement mocks both the law and the facts of the case – Rep. Bamidele The Lawmaker representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun state in the National Assembly has described the majority judgment of the judgement of the Osun State election petition tribunal as completely strange and a total…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded a slight extension to the January 31st deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the swapping of the old naira notes for the new ones in commercial banks of the country. Atiku said the pain caused by this action is one…
Some major roads in Osogbo and Ilesa were on Saturday blocked by protesters, said to be displeased with the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal that sacked Senator Ademola Adeleke as governor. The protesters, who prevented vehicular movement along Osogbo/Ikirun road, also blocked Gbongan/Osogbo road to traffic and beat up many commercial motorcyclists that were…
Opposition political parties have enjoined the Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emeifele not to bow to pressure from desperate politicians who were pushing for a shift in the date for the swap of old Naira notes with the newly redesigned currency. The Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and the Zenith Labour Party, expressed…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) to revamp its operations to initiate ideas that would solve Nigeria’s problem. Osinbajo, who was speaking during a courtesy visit by the trustees of NIPSS to his office, highlighted the need to reposition NIPSS, recalibrate its visibility and attract…
••••Writes INEC over Appeal against Judgement The Executive Governor of Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has addressed the people of Osun state, restating his rejection of the Tribunal judgement and affirming his appeal to higher court. In a statement address to the people of the state, signed by the spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale…
With about 28 days to the general elections, findings by a coalition of ten civil society organisations have identified 22 states with high risks of manipulation and malpractices. The findings also revealed that while 12 states had medium election manipulation risks, three States were classified as having low risk of manipulation. The CSOs stated these…
