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Following the impeachment of the Oyo State deputy governor, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, members of the State House of Assembly have subsequently approved the nomination of the chairman of the State Housing Corporation, Adebayo Lawal, as a replacement for Olaniyan. The approval followed the nomination of Lawan by Governor Seyi Makinde who sent his name to the lawmakers for consideration. The nomination was contained in a letter from the executive arm of government to the State House of Assembly on Monday. The House had gone on a short recess after removing Olaniyan from office as the Deputy Governor and resumed to…

Yakubu Maikyau, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has emerged winner of the Nigerian Bar Association presidential election. According to the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA), only 59,392 lawyers – the highest ever – were accredited to vote in the election held on Saturday. Maikyau polled a total of 22,342 to Joe Gazama, senior advocate of Nigeria who polled 10,842 votes, and Jonathan Taidi, 1,373 votes. He was born on February 6, 1965 in Kebbi state. He obtained a bachelor of law (LLB) degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state in 1989, and proceeded to the Nigerian…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Osun governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes beating the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who got 375,027 votes in a keenly contested race. He said, “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen on behalf of the chairman of INEC of the PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and…

Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won 17 of the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the Osun State governorship election. Incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), however, won in the remaining 13 LGAs. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results of the governorship election conducted on Saturday by local governments. In total Oyetola of the APC polled 375,027 votes while Adeleke of the PDP claimed 403,371 votes. The collation exercise, which commenced in the early hours of Sunday, is ongoing at the INEC office in Osogbo, the state capital.…

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been admitted in hospital over leg injury sustained during sporting activity. Mr Osinbajo announced this on his verified Facebook page, saying he sustained the injury while playing squash. “I have been admitted today at the hospital for a surgical procedure on account of a recurrent pain in the leg possibly sustained from an injury while playing squash,” he posted.

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost the Government House polling unit in Osogbo to Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the governorship election score sheet for Agowande/ Oshogbo GRA/ Governor’s office polling unit in Olorunda Local government prepared by Assistant Polling Officer (APO1), Nwachukwu Henrietta Chidinma, PDP scored 117 votes while APC got 106 votes. Other parties and their scores are Accord Party 2, APM 1, PRP 1 and SDP 1.

Yusuf Lasun, governoship candidate of the Labour Party has won his polling unit in the ongoing governorship poll. He polled 177 votes from his polling unit situated at ward 5, Unit 4, Irepodun Local Government Area. His closest rival, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had 199 votes while Ademola Adeleke of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 98 votes. Lasun is a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola has won his polling unit in the ongoing governorship poll. The polling unit has 1457 registered voters. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate polled 545 votes from his polling unit situated at ward 1, LA school, Popo, Iragbiji in Boripe Local Government Area. His closest rival, Ademola Adeleke of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 69 votes. There were eight invalid votes recorded.