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THE flag bearer of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the forthcoming September 22 governorship poll in Osun, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, on Friday in Osogbo gave an insight into how former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola prevailed on him to pick the party’s ticket….
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By Sharon Fatogun The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has commenced training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) on Polling and Counting Procedures for the Osun governorship election scheduled for September 22, 2018. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by its Director of Publicity and Voter Education,…
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A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the party has all it takes to win the September 22 governorship election in Osun State. Tinubu said this in an interview with State House correspondents after he led the party’s stakeholders from the South West…
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The Osun State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Mr Emmanuel Attah, has accused some local government chairmen of withholding the imprest meant for the scheme from the state government. Attah said this at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2018 Batch B Stream II corps members held at the…
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The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Osun State, Mr Wakeel Amudah, has said that teachers in the state are fully in support of the three-day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday. The NUT chairman disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in…
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By Mustapha Aleem A professor of Christian Studies, Prof. Afolorunsho Dairo, has called on the Federal Government to establish a Ministry of Religious Affairs, to look into religious crisis in the country. He made the call while delivering his inaugural lecture at the fifth Inaugural Lecture of the Redeemer s…
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By Sharon Fatogun The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, have called for peace ahead of the September 22 governorship election in Osun State. The duo gave the warning in Osogbo on Thursday at a one-day seminar with the…
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THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja has partnered with an Arab billionaire, Hon Sharif Ahmad Bin Jaber Al Natour to establish a commercial venture which would create massive job opportunities for the youths in Yorubaland and Nigeria in general. To create leeway for the smooth take-off of the…
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that Nigeria is the largest contributor to the global annual mortality rate. Adewole, however, said that the Federal Government was committed to ensuring that all Nigerians, particularly women, children and adolescents have access to basic health and nutrition services that they…
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By Femi Adesola The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has pilloried the Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, for allegedly reducing workers in the state to the status of slaves as they were made to work tirelessly without pay. He made this known at his campaign…
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