Backstory of Osun poll, and what’s next for Adeleke, By Azu Ishiekwene

Multiple sources told me last week that what came across in the governorship poll as a ringing endorsement of Adeleke, especially by civil servants, was actually a defence of group self-interest under a government unwilling or incapable of curbing corruption in the civil service…. “It was a game of rub-my-back-and-I-ru

Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke receives his certificate of return and announces a N500m fund for election violence victims.

…Nasarawa governor says incumbency helped Adeleke retain seat LAFIA — Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has attributed the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) defeat in the August 15 Osun State governorship election to what he described as the intervention of “Abuja politicians” in the party’s campaign. Sule said t