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The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has on Wednesday escaped being assassinated by people suspected to be political thugs. It took the gallantry of the men of Department of State Services (DSS) and the Police officers attached to the office of the Speaker that repelled…
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has said the party is in support of the position of its governors on the naira redesign policy. The governors under the party had prayed that the supreme court declare the directive of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd),…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Patrick Kehinde Longe, not to treat the last Friday’s killing of a member of the party in Ilesa-East Local Government Council Area of the state, Ebenezer Alaro, with levity. In a statement…
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In his final rally before Saturday’s election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has told Nigerians that he will fulfill his promises if they vote to elect him. The former vice president, who was speaking at in Yola, venue of the grand finale presidential rally…
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Some Deposit Money Banks on Saturday opened their branches to customers for the purpose of collecting old N500 and N1,000 notes for deposit into their accounts. This was contrary to the claim by the Central Bank of Nigeria that it did not instruct the banks to continue to collect the…
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Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the All Progressives Congress will win the February 25 presidential election, because it is the most popular party in Nigeria. Keyamo, also a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, stated this when he appeared at the…
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has reassured of his commitment to the completion of the abandoned Osogbo-Ikirun road. The administration of Rauf Aregbesola, now Interior Minister, started the road projects with a promise to complete them from Osogbo to Ila-Odo, the border of Osun and Kwara State. While inspecting the…
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LESS than one week to the presidential and National Assembly elections, the G-5 governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State have failed to adopt a presidential candidate, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Wike, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and their counterparts from Abia, Enugu and Oyo states; Governors Okezie…
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The AIG in charge of Zone XI Command Osogbo, Acting AIG Sikiru Akande, has advised all parents and guardians to warn their children and wards against involvement in any forms of violent protest. Akande in a press release issued by the PPRO, SP Benjamin Ayeni said violence has never helped…
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The Speaker Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has condemned the killing of Ebenezer Alaro, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ilesa on Friday. The Speaker in a statement by his Media Aide, Kunle Alabi called on the Nigeria Police Force Osun State Command…
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