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Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has congratulated the former Governor of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola on his victory at the Tribunal that declared him as the winner of the July 16, 2022 election. Owoeye reiterated that the All Progressives Congress APC is a party…
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The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor of the state. The tribunal in a split document of two to one declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Adeleke…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has insisted that there is no going back on the January 31 deadline for the old 200, 500 and 1,000 naira notes, as they will cease to be legal tender in the country. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele reiterated the CBN’s stance after the apex…
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Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Friday for judgment on the petition filed by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ademola Adeleke. The tribunal Secretary, David Umar, confirmed that the tribunal has fixed Friday for the judgment.He said…
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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday urged the people of Jigawa State to not give the Peoples Democratic Party an opportunity to return to power. This is even as he charged them to keep faith with the All Progressives Congress-led government for service delivery….
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…..dedicates Award to colleagues The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye on Friday emerged as Nigerian NewsDirect State Speaker of the year at the 12th Anniversary Award/lecture of the Newspaper. The Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi said that the Nigerian NewsDirect 12th Anniversary and Award…
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The Field Commander of Osun State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu, has quit his position in the organisation. Shittu did not give any specific reason for his resignation in a letter addressed to the Secretary to the State Government dated 20th January 2023, a copy…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that only an “unpatriotic and bad Nigerian” would vote for a candidate with bad character. Obasanjo spoke on Thursday in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, while featuring in an interactive session of the Experiential Leadership in Africa with the theme “Executive Decisions, Indecisions,…
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Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said Atiku/Okowa ticket would win South-West in the 2023 presidential polls. A statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, obtained in Osogbo on Thursday noted that Adeleke stated this at the presidential rallies held in Abeokuta and Ibadan. Adeleke noted that Atiku…
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An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife has ordered the Army to pay N200 million as damages to land owners in Kelebe-Omu, Olorunda Local Government Area of the state. Plaintiffs in the land dispute – Chief Amodu Akanbi, Sulaiman Folorunsho, Alhaji Ibraheem Olabode, Rasaki Tiamiyu and Yekini Salawu –…
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