The Nigeria Police Force has strongly advised the Osun State Government to suspend the controversial local government elections scheduled for Saturday. The NPF in a statement by its spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said credible intelligence received indicated a high likelihood of violence and security threats should the elections proceed. “The Nigeria Police Force has received credible…
Former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has joined former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in paying a condolence visit to the family of late Pan Niger Delta Forum leader, Chief Edwin Clark. It can be recalled that Chief Edwin Clark, died on February 17, 2025, at the age of 97. Atiku Abubakar shared details of…
An Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo has ordered the State Independent Electoral Commission, OSIEC, to go ahead with the conduct of the local government election scheduled for Saturday (tomorrow). In an enrollment order brought before Justice A. Aderigbigbe on Friday by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP against OSIEC and Its Chairman, Hashim Abioye,…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has announced that none of the 31 requests for state creation in Nigeria have met the constitutional requirements for consideration. Kalu, who also chairs the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, made this known on Friday during a two-day retreat…
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has expressed his concern on the recent incidents in the local government councils in Osun State. A statement from his office said, ”In the light of this development, he has called upon security agencies to take proactive measures to maintain law and order in the state.” Matawalle emphasised…
Results of the 1993 Presidential Election, Won by MKO Abiola but Annulled, as Published in Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s Memoir ‘A Journey in Service’. Recall that former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has said late Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola won the June 12, 1993 presidential election. The June 12 election has been a…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has announced that the local government elections in Osun State will proceed as scheduled on Saturday, despite tensions between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor’s position was made known in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed. The announcement follows…
Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has revealed that he proposed an interim government led by MKO Abiola following the annulment of the 1993 presidential election, but Abiola rejected the offer. In his newly launched autobiography, A Journey in Service, Babangida detailed his attempts to resolve the political crisis, including meetings with Abiola through traditional leaders….
The Osun State Government has responded to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, following his directive to halt local government elections in the state. In a statement signed by Nurudeen Kareem, Special Adviser to the Osun Governor on Legal Matters, the government acknowledged the AGF’s stance on…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has advised the Osun State Government not to proceed with its planned Local Government election scheduled for February 22. Fagbemi argued that “any such election, that may be held, will not only be invalid since the term of office of the…