The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) is placing ethics and professional conduct at the centre of its reform drive, with officers across the South-South undergoing intensive training aimed at improving how the Commission handles citizens’ complaints and delivers administrative justice. The three-day capacity-building programme, organised in two phases, brings together officers from Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa, Edo, Delta and Rivers states. The first phase was held from August 4 to 6, 2026, while the second phase is scheduled for August 11 to 13. The initiative, launched under the leadership of the PCC Chief Commissioner, Hon. Bashir Abubakar (MFR), reflects the…
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Professor Abdulkadir Usman Junaidu has emerged as the new Provost of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria (CVSN), promising to reposition the institution as a more innovative, professionally competitive and globally recognised centre for specialist veterinary training. Junaidu, a Professor of Veterinary Public Health at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, was elected by Fellows of the College in an election whose outcome was announced in Abuja by the Electoral Committee chaired by Professor Caleb Kudi. His emergence marks the beginning of a new leadership agenda centred on strengthening specialist training, expanding professional development and making veterinary expertise more responsive to…
Davido Turns Election Night Into Celebration as Adeleke Wins Second Term Afrobeats superstar David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has celebrated his uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of Saturday’s governorship election. The singer’s reaction came moments after the final results were announced early Sunday, confirming Adeleke’s return to the Osun Government House for another four years. “WE DID IT UNC!!! @aadeleke_01,” Davido wrote on X. A video shared alongside the post captured the emotional moment. Davido was watching the result declaration on television with members of his team when…
National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on his re-election, urging his opponents to sheathe their political swords and work with the governor for the peace and development of the state. Dickson described Adeleke’s victory as a significant affirmation of the people’s democratic choice, saying the outcome demonstrated that Nigerians could still assert their will through the ballot despite the challenges confronting the country’s democratic process. Adeleke, who contested under the Accord Party, polled 511,067 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described his re-election as a renewed vote of confidence from the people, pledging to use his second term to accelerate development and transform the state into a stronger commercial hub. Adeleke, speaking after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of Saturday’s governorship election, said the result reflected the electorate’s appreciation of his administration’s record in infrastructure, education, agriculture and other sectors. “This is a victory for the people of Osun who have stood by me and acknowledged the work I have done,” the governor said. According to him, the people…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party, has secured a second term in office after defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, in Saturday’s governorship election. Adeleke polled 511,067 votes against Oyebamiji’s 444,815 votes, giving the incumbent a winning margin of 66,252 votes. The Returning Officer for the election, Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, declared Adeleke the winner at the state collation centre in Osogbo at about 7:50am on Sunday. The final declaration followed the collation and verification of results from all 30 local government areas of the state,…
The Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation has raised fresh concerns over the ongoing collation of results from Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, alleging moves to frustrate the process and force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the poll inconclusive. The campaign council, in a statement signed by the Chairman of its Media and Publicity Committee, Rep. Bamidele Salam, on Saturday, claimed that pressure was being mounted on INEC by unnamed governors and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to halt the declaration of the result. The council described the alleged plot as an attempt to overturn the choice…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has demanded the immediate release of the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Bisi, following his reported arrest by security operatives shortly after casting his vote in Saturday’s governorship election. Bisi was reportedly arrested at his residence in Ilesa after returning from his polling unit, according to a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed. Adeleke condemned the arrest, describing it as an attempt to intimidate members of the PDP and interfere with the collation and monitoring of election results across the state. The governor alleged that the arrest was part…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has maintained his lead in the ongoing collation of results from the Osun State governorship election, with results from 303 of the state’s 332 wards already accounted for. Adeleke had polled 177,572 votes, representing 50.5 per cent of the votes so far collated, while his closest challenger, APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji, recorded 158,588 votes, or 45.1 per cent. ADC candidate Najeem Salaam remained a distant third with 5,917 votes. With collation approaching its final stage, attention has shifted to the outstanding results that could determine the final margin. INEC is expected to formally announce the winner after…
Nigeria’s democracy risks losing the very values that gave birth to it, National Leader and founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, has warned, urging the country to reclaim the political ideals, discipline and sense of public duty that shaped the early years of the Fourth Republic. Dickson spoke in Abuja at a reunion of former Alliance for Democracy (AD) leaders and associates, a gathering that brought together veterans of the political movement to reflect on their role in Nigeria’s democratic journey and the direction of the country’s politics. For Dickson, the gathering was not an exercise…