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OSOGBO, Osun State — Governor Ademola Adeleke is poised to be formally declared the governorship candidate of the Accord Party for the 2026 Osun State gubernatorial election today, Wednesday, December 10, 2025. The declaration will occur during the party's governorship primary at its state secretariat in Osogbo, where Adeleke is expected to be affirmed as the sole aspirant. Osun State Accord Party Chairman, Pastor Victor Akande, confirmed the development, stating that 150 delegates—five from each of the state's 30 local government areas—would participate in the primary. "Governor Ademola Adeleke is our sole candidate for the 2026 governorship election. We are declaring him today," Akande stated. "As you know, he formally defected to our party in November and we publicly announced him on Tuesday." Governor Adeleke had publicly confirmed his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Accord Party during a cere...

A palpable wave of apprehension is sweeping through communities across southern Nigeria, transforming the once-familiar landscape of local forests and farmlands into a source of deep unease. The catalyst is a southward expansion of bandit activity from the northern regions, pushing criminal elements toward new frontiers and compelling state governments to adopt unprecedented local security measures. Residents like Bamidele, a cassava farmer in Olorunsogo, Oyo State, articulate the daily fear. "We cannot sleep with both eyes closed anymore," he confesses. "We see strange faces in the bush that we don't recognize. These are not regular hunters or herders. Something is clearly changing." This sentiment echoes from the dense Oke-Ogun forests to the riverine areas of the Niger Delta, as bandit groups test the boundaries of southern states. Mapping the Southern Frontier of a Northern Crisis Investigations indicate that the movement ...