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Major General Auwalu Mahmuda on Monday assumed duty as the 56th General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army’s 2 Division at the Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment in Ibadan, Oyo State. Mahmuda took over from Maj. Gen. Chinedu Nnebeife, who has been redeployed to command the newly established 10 Division in Jalingo,…
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The Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Osun State on Monday inaugurated a new 9-man executive led by Dr Tosin Odeyemi of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, DLA. The parties said the action was necessary to fill a leadership vacuum ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Fifteen of the 22…
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The Osun State Police Command on Monday announced the arrest of three suspects during a routine intelligence-led raid at a criminal black spot in Osogbo as part of its ongoing operations to combat crime across the state. The Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, in a statement on behalf of the…
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Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has “defeated himself” ahead of the 2027 general election, insisting that the current administration is waiting to complete its four-year term. Adebayo, who spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, argued that…
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Southwest leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have reaffirmed their support for the party’s campaign in the build-up to the August 15 Osun State governorship election, pledging unity and coordinated efforts to secure victory. The meeting, held on Sunday at the Lagos State House in Marina, brought together the…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has issued fresh guidelines for prospective corps members ahead of the forthcoming orientation exercise, urging them to avoid travelling at night and outlining key registration requirements. In a notice shared on its official X account on Monday, the scheme advised prospective corps members to…
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The South-West leadership of the African Democratic Congress has rallied behind the party’s National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, dismissing allegations against him as false and insisting that the National Executive Committee, not the National Secretary, approved the party’s South-West candidates for the 2027 general elections. The zonal leadership, led by the…
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Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has argued that the current administration’s claims of economic recovery are contradicted by worsening living conditions and the declining state of Nigeria’s manufacturing sector. In a statement issued on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank…
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde met on Sunday with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, alongside former governors of Ekiti and Osun states, Kayode Fayemi, and former Osun governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The meeting, held behind closed doors, took place at Obasanjo’s Penthouse residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential…
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A former lawmaker who represented Obokun State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called on the police to remain neutral during the forthcoming Osun State governorship election and deal decisively with anyone who attempts to cause trouble, irrespective of status. This was contained in a…
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