{
  "id": 1063181,
  "title": "#OsunDecides2026: Ex-NPC commissioner commends security agencies, INEC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/osundecides2026-ex-npc-commissioner-commends-security-agencies-inec",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T15:11:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/903152-osundecides2026-ex-npc-commissioner-commends-security-agencies-inec.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An ex-National Population Commission commissioner has commended security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission for their roles in the Osun State governorship election. The APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, is expected to win the election, according to the ex-commissioner, as reported by Premium Times.\n\nVoting has concluded in the election, and INEC officials have started sorting and counting votes in polling units across Osun State, Punch Nigeria reports. The results are being recorded on result sheets and will be announced at the polling units before being transmitted in line with electoral guidelines.\n\nDavido, a musician, expressed concern over the delay in uploading election results to INEC's Result Viewing Portal, Punch reports. He urged voters to remain at their polling units until their results had been uploaded and to ensure that figures were entered on the electronic EC8A result form. Davido also encouraged voters to take photographs of their polling unit result sheets and send them to a WhatsApp number.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "#OsunDecides2026: INEC officials, voters flee as violence erupts in Ejigbo LGA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/osundecides2026-inec-officials-voters-flee-as-violence-erupts-in",
        "published": "2026-08-15T14:17:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "#OsunDecides2026: Davido queries delay in uploading results to INEC IReV",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/osundecides2026-davido-queries-delay-in-uploading-results-to-inec-irev",
        "published": "2026-08-15T14:40:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Osun decides: Its 2:33pm – Davido tackles INEC over delay in IReV results upload",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/osun-decides-its-2-33pm-davido-tackles-inec-over-delay-in-irev",
        "published": "2026-08-15T15:38:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}