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The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday demanded the removal of the Commissioner of Police in charge of elections, Mr. Abayomi Oladipo, accusing him of bias against the party. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun PDP acting chairman, Dr. Adekunle Akindele, alleged that the state had…
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The spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, has said Mr Isaac Omoyele, the Chief Security Officer to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has not been transferred from the state. Opalola was reacting to the claim in some quarters that Omoyele was transferred based on a petition…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023.A state Resident Electoral Commissioner who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity confirmed the decision. The PUNCH…
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In furtherance of his contribution to the development of the society and Constituency, the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Oweye has donated 300KVA electricity transformers to Odi-olowo and Oke-Aga community in Ilesa East Local Government. The other communities to benefit after that of Odi-olowo…
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Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Mr Tinubu defeated 17 other candidates who took part in the election. He scored a total of 8,794,726 votes, the highest of all the candidates, thus meeting the first…
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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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