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Backstory of Osun Poll, and What’s Next for Adeleke

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene The money that politicians didn’t spend in Osun during the August 15 governorship election was the money they didn’t have and couldn’t steal. All kinds of figures have been bandied about, in hundreds of millions and billions. It’s difficult to say if these are over- or

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Where is Professor Amupitan?

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2026

By Garba Shehu I don’t know him, and we never met.I have no reason to wish to meet him, either. When they nominated him as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the nation received the shocking disclosure of his 2020 legal brief to the international community in which he claimed that the […]

NEWS

UK Backs Adeleke’s Re-election

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2026

….Flags Vote-Buying, BVAS, Accessibility Issues in Osun Poll The United Kingdom has congratulated Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on his re-election, while raising concerns over vote-buying, voter interference, accessibility for persons with disabilities and the elderly, as well as overcrowding linked to the limited and slow deployment of BVAS devices during

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Osun Decides: From Dance Steps to War Footing

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene Osun State has a reputation for controversies bigger than its size. It ranks 26th nationally in terms of voter population and is six out of six in the Southwest.  From 2010, when the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rauf Aregbesola, toppled Olagunsoye Oyinlola of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) through a court […]

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What Will Really Decide The 2027 Election?

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2026

BY IDUH ONAH AS WE gradually inch our way towards the 2027 general elections, one question deserves more than our many political paradoxes: if socio-economic conditions really determines electoral outcomes, what does that say about Nigeria’s political history; and what might it mean for 2027? In many functional democracies, the logic appears fairly simple. When […]

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Peaceful Election We Want In Osun – CAIDOV

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2026

The Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence – CAIDOV has called on all stakeholders in Osun State to prioritize peace, fairness, and the rule of law as the state approaches its election. As a human rights and justice organization, CAIDOV urged political parties, candidates, security agencies, INEC, traditional rulers, and voters to shun violence, intimidation,