•IGP Tunji Disu and Governor Ademola Adeleke  The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, yesterday met with Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke and other critical stakeholders in Osogbo as part of efforts to curb rising political violence ahead of the state’s governorship election scheduled for August 15. The meeting, held at the Gove...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has charged media practitioners in Osun State to treat vote buying as a frontline investigative priority ahead of the August 15, 2026, governorship election, urging journalists to document incidents with the specificity needed to trigger prosecution. This charge was contained in a keynote ad...
With less than two months to the Osun governorship election, a wave of political violence is spreading across the state, raising concerns about the ability of security agencies to guarantee a peaceful poll, reports Sunday PUNCH. The 17th-century poet, John Milton, in Paradise Regained, wrote: “The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the ...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State The chances of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke retaining his seat come August 15th Governorship election in the state has brightened. This is even as loyalists of Senator Christopher Iyiola Omisore, former Deputy Governor and former National Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) collapsed thei...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified Senator Iyiola Omisore and six other contestants from the Osun state governorship race. The six other contestants, who were disqualified ahead of the party primary scheduled for December 13 are, Babatunde Haketer Oralusi, Mr. Oyedotun Babayemi, Dr. Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, Benedict Olugboyeg...

