Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP governorship candidate in the Osun election on Saturday may not be qualified to run for the office and his attempt to make things up, has landed him in Police trouble. The police asked him and four others to report today to report to their Special Investigation Panel at the Abuja […]
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Just 11 days to the governorship election in Osun state, the incumbent has released N19.8 billion for the payment of salaries of workers and pensioners. In statement on Tuesday, Bola Oyebamiji, Osun state commissioner of finance, said Rauf Aregbesola, governor of the state, directed the payment of the arrears to demonstrate his commitment to his […]
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Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday, won the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 22, 2018 Governorship election in Osun State. Adeleke polled 1, 569 votes to beat his closest rival, Akin Ogunbiyi, who scored 1, 562 votes, a difference of seven votes! A recount of the votes was required before […]
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Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary, ahead of the 22 September election in the state. In the direct primary which held today, he polled 127,017 votes as against House of Representatives deputy speaker Yusuf Lasun who scored 21,000. Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) primary to elect its candidate for the forthcoming Osun governorship election has been postponed from Thursday July 19, till Friday July 20. The party announced the postponement in a statement issued by Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, its National Publicity Secretary on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement added that a meeting between […]
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The Osun State Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday sealed the Administrative Bock of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, over a N1.8 billion tax debt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials of the service, who came with policemen and NSCDC personnel, put the gates of the block under lock and key after […]
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The South West Zone of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it would hold a rally on Saturday May 5 to show its strength in the zone. The Chairman, Publicity Committee of event, Mr Moshood Salvador told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the rally, to be held in Osogbo, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun has released the timetable for the conduct of the state’s September 22 governorship election. Presenting the timetable on Thursday in Osogbo, Olusegun Agbaje, the newly appointed Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said election activities would commence on June 23 with the release of “Notice of Election’’ by […]
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The senator representing Osun west senatorial district, Ademola Adeleke, has declared his interest to contest the September 22 governorship election in his state. Adeleke made this known in a letter he addressed to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aleleke, who has spent barely a year in the senate, replaced Isiaka, his elder brother, who died […]
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The Osun State Government has declared Monday next week public holiday to enable the workers in the state to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Obawale Adebisi, said in a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, that the holiday was to provide ample opportunity to eligible voters to participate […]
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