Latest
#OsunDecides2022: Voters troop out, check register at polling units
The stage is set for the residents of Osun State, South West Nigeria, to choose who will pilot their affairs for the next four years.
As it is in every democratic setting, the people will exercise their rights to pick their next governor through the governorship election which comes up on Saturday, 16 July 2022.
The top contenders will battle for who becomes the 10th governor of the state since the creation of the state in 1991.
There are 15 candidates in the race for the state’s Government House and one of them is the incumbent Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, who is seeking a second term in office.
READ ALSO: Judgement day as Oyetola, Adeleke, others return to trenches
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, one of the major political parties in the election, has retained the same candidate it presented in the last election, Ademola Adeleke.
Meanwhile, campaigns for the election have not gone down without cases of violence in different parts of the state, especially the capital, Osogbo.
Experts say that about 16 cases of violence has been reported in the state including the assassination of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in one of the local government areas.
-
Latest1 week agoAPC’s Asogwa wins Enugu North senatorial by-election by wide margin
-
Latest1 week agoAPC, PDP clinch key by-elections as INEC declares winners in Kano, Rivers
-
Latest1 week agoOyebanji extends lead as APC dominates Ekiti governorship race with 91% of results uploaded
-
Politics1 week agoPRP presidential primary heads to court as aspirant challenges Donald Duke’s nomination
-
Politics1 week agoWike-backed Lagos PDP extends olive branch to Bode George ahead of 2027 realignment
-
Latest4 days agoAlleged xenophobic attack claims life of Malawian street vendor in South Africa
-
Football1 week agoJapan crush Tunisia 4-0 in historic 1,000th World Cup match as Curacao earns first-ever point
-
Latest1 week agoOyebanji secures landslide re-election as INEC declares APC winner of Ekiti governorship poll