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By Editor A Gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Adelere Oriolowo, has showered encomium on the Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, over his foresight in honouring the winner of the annulled June 12 Presidential elections in 1993, Late Chief MKO…
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The Police in Osun on Monday arraigned three persons in an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly giving false information. The trio, Saka Semiu 35, Rauf Akeem, 20, and Abdulafeez Busari, 20, were docked on a two-count charge of conspiracy and false accusation. The Prosecutor, Insp Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the…
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An Osun State Magistrate’s court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, has ordered a 20-year-old man, Wahab Shalban, to be remanded in Ilesha prison custody for stealing stabilizer and other items that worth N130,500. He was arraigned on two count charges bothering on felony to wit house breaking and stealing….
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As preparations for the conduct of September 22 governorship poll in Osun gather momentum, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the state, on Monday disclosed that the party’s gubernatorial ticket has been zoned to Osun West Senatorial District, saying development was part of the moves to facilitate electoral success for the…
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The Osun Police Command says it has deployed officers to rescue a Methodist priest and two other persons abducted on the Iwo – Ibadan Road on Sunday by suspected bandits. Mr Mufutau Ayinde, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, made the disclosure in Osogbo on Monday while…
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The Osun State government has said that arrangements have been concluded to provide free train ride for the coming Eid-il-Fitr celebration. The government said that the train will convene passengers on Thursday, June 14, 2018, from Lagos down to Osogbo ahead of the weekend celebration of the end of the…
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By Editor The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Dr. Najeem Salaam has debunked the rumour milling the round that he has ditched his governorship ambition based on Lagos meeting he had with the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in company of Governor Rauf Aregbesola…
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By Editor Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, frontline governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Osun State has called on Police Command to effect the immediate release of three clerics abducted last Sunday and bring perpetrators of the unholy act to book. Dr Ogunbiyi who noted that the state…
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By Editor …expresses optimism of emerging party candidate, gov …there will be no imposition, PDP assures him A former Secretary to the Osun State Government, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, on Monday, formally picked his governorship form from the Peoples Democratic Party headquarters in Abuja. To this effect, Akinbade, a leading…
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