The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), police and other security agencies to ensure that voters freely choose their leaders in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The rights group warned against violence, vote-buying, intimidation…
The result could offer an early signal of shifting alliances and voter sentiment before the presidential race. On Saturday, voters in southwestern Nigeria’s Osun State will choose their next governor. On paper, it is a contest over who will run…
Two candidates in the Osun governorship election — Adebayo Adewale of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Adedamola Adebayo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — have withdrawn from the race and endorsed Ademola Adeleke, the incumbent governor. Adewale announced his…
The organisation also expressed concern over the delayed arrival of sensitive election materials, which it said arrived at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, one of the civil society organisations observing the Osun State governorship…
No fewer than 73 election-related violent incidents leading to 29 deaths have been recorded in the build-up to the election, with Osogbo, the state capital, emerging as the worst-hit. As Osun State prepares for Saturday’s governorship election, the contest has…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has formally excluded a range of non-state security agencies, including the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun), local vigilante groups, the Joint Civilian Task Force (CJTF), hunters’ associations, community-based security groups and neighbourhood watch organisations from taking part…
… and apologose to the good people of Osun Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on Senator Francis Fadahunsi to retract his alleged inflammatory remarks ahead of Saturday’s Osun State governorship election and apologise…
The Osun state police command has summoned Francis Fadahunsi, the senator representing Osun East senatorial district, over his now-viral comment to ‘kill Accord’ members. The summons, seen by TheCable, follows the outrage on social media over the senator’s comments, instructing All…
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing part of President Donald Trump‘s executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress. The ruling by U.S.…
Senator Francis Fadahunsi has dismissed claims of inciting violence ahead of the Osun governorship election, as Governor Ademola Adeleke has requested the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, to arrest and investigate the lawmaker over a comment credited to…
