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Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and founder of Idera de Movement in Osun State has described Christmas as a season of great love and felicitated with Christians across the state and Nigeria at large. The PDP chieftain in a statement issued by his Press Secretary,…
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Former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to quietly back out of the 2019 presidential race to avoid a crushing electoral defeat. Oyinlola spoke in Abuja on Monday while receiving the chairmen of 10 political parties that have adopted the presidential candidate of the…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Monday sentenced the former senior lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Richard Akindele, to six years for demanding sex to pass her student, Miss Monica Osagie. The presiding judge, Justice Maurine Onyetenu, passed the judgement after the former…
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The petitioners – the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke – opened their case on Monday at the election tribunal by tendering documents, mostly result sheets. Lead petitioners’’ lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), at Monday’s proceedings, which lasted from 10…
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Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has sought the help of the Federal Government on the completion and repairs of some major Federal roads in the state. The governor, who made the appeal during a visit to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, in his office in Abuja,…
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The people of Fashina community in the Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State have alerted the state government to the dangerous emissions being released into the community by Ife Iron and Steel Company located in the area. The chairman of the community, Rev Jacob Fadare, told our correspondent…
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Nineteen-year-old Kehinde and Taiwo Oladosu, and one other, have been dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court for being in possessionand selling of Indian hemp. The other suspect arraigned alongside the Oladosu twins is 21-year-old Muhammad Jamiu. At the resumed hearing in the matter, the prosecutor substituted the charge and…
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Former Osun State Governor Bisi Akande has predicted victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. He said the Osun Central senatorial candidate, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, will triumph at the next year’s general elections. Akande spoke when the Ajibola Basiru Campaign Organisation (ABCO) paid him a courtesy visit…
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Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr Segun Agbaje on Sunday renewed his plea to the eligible registered voters in the state who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs to come forward to claim them now, saying that nobody would…
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A middle aged woman simply identified as Rukayat Lukman has pleaded with Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court that she is no longer interested in pressing further in the case of assault leveled against one Semiat Azeez. Semiat Azeez was dragged to the court for allegedly pouring hot water on Rukayat Lukman,…
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