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The Osun State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has confirmed the arrest of three suspects who allegedly vandalised and stole power transmission equipment belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Osogbo Substation. The suspects whose names were given as – Adigwe(52), Bomi (39), and…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Saturday visited Iwo town to felicitate the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, on his 10th coronation anniversary. The Sultan, who arrived at the palace of Oluwo around 3:00 p.m., said he came to rejoice with the monarch…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The chairman of the African Democratic Congress in Osun State, Dr Charles Omidiji, has emphasised the need for unity, cooperation and synergy among all leadership structures within the party. The Osun ADC chairman noted that there must be collective priority and focus to ensure that the party…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Angry delegates at the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, convention in Ibadan pulled down posters bearing the images of governors who are absent from the convention. Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke and his counterpart from Taraba State Agbu Kefas are “conspicuously absent” at the ongoing convention of…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) Media Fronts has disclosed that the gubernatorial aspirant has resigned as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). His resignation came ahead of the December 13 primary election of the APC. Although, his resignation was not…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Elder Caucus (Igbimo Agba) of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State has urged governorship aspirants under the party to refrain from purchasing the nomination of interest form. The caucus in a communique signed by its chairman, Engr Sola Akinwumi, on Friday, said a screening committee…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The House of Representatives has demanded the urgent completion of the long-neglected Armed Forces Nigeria Physical and Health School and Games Village in Esa-Oke, Osun State. The abandoned project was initiated by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Defence to enhance the fitness and readiness of…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Thursday, picked the All Progressives Congress’s ₦50 million Nomination and Expression of Interest forms ahead of the 2026 governorship election in the state. Omisore, who is the immediate past National Secretary of the APC, becomes the first…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A former Osun State House of Assembly lawmaker, Hon. Uzamot Adebayo, has said the budget proposal presented by Governor Ademola Adeleke yesterday to the state House of Assembly ‘will be the last one’ before he exits office. Adebayo, who represented Iwo State Constituency during the 7th Assembly,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Osun State, Senator Felix Kolawole Ogunwale, popularly known as Jumokol, has countered the position of a group loyal to the National Secretary of the party, ‘The Omoluabi Progressives’, on where the governorship candidate of the ADC should come…
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