The All Progressives Congress (APC) has defeated the African Democratic Congress (ADC) at the polling unit of former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, in Saturday’s governorship election. The result represents a major symbolic setback for Aregbesola, who served as governor of the state from 2010 to 2018 and is now the national secretary of the ADC. Results uploaded on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing (IReV) portal showed that APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji polled...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has charged political parties and the judiciary across Africa to strengthen democratic institutions and protect the will of the people, warning that democracy could become a mere façade if its foundational principles are weakened. Jonathan, Chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), gave the charge on Tuesday at the closing of the 2026 GJF Democracy Dialogue in Bauchi, with the theme, “Beyond Elections: Can Political Parties and the Judiciary Save Africa’s...

… Faults End-of-life Operating System Poses Severe Cyber, Operational Risks Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has expressed concern over what he described as outdated Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) for the 2027 general elections, stressing that an outdated operating system will pose severe cyber and operational risks. According to him, the Osun State mock-accreditation failures of August 1, 2026, and Monday’s revelation by the Independent National...