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By Sharon Fatogun The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Monday ordered that all major markets in Ife be closed to encourage traders and other residents to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The traditional ruler said this in Ile-Ife that it was important that traders, artisans…
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By Sharon Fatogun The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that the polling booths in the upcoming Osun State governorship election will be re-designed to avoid vote buying. This statement was made known by The National commissioner of voter Education and publicity, Mr Solomon Soyebi in an…
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The lawmaker representing the Odo Otin Constituency at the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Olaoluwa Oyediran, has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the African Democratic Congress. The immediate past governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, is from Okuku in Odo Otin and he is the one that…
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A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has begun holding meetings with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State in order to solicit the support of the delegates from the state for his presidential ambition. The Coordinator of the Atiku Campaign Organisation in Osun State, Dr Jamiu Yusuf, confirmed…
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By Sharon Fatogun The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday arrived in Iwo, Osun State to launch an empowerment programme for 30,000 traders across the state. The programme tagged ‘Tradermoni’ is an initiative of the Federal Government in collaboration with the Bank of Industry for the…
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By Mustapha Aleem The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader’s cameo with newsmen, shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, has sent voters in Osun State frenzied as many of them took excess to his statement that the All Progressives Congress, was expecting victory from the September 22 governorship…
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By Femi Adesola The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that eight commissioners of police will be deployed to supervise the Osun State Governorship election. The force disclosed on Friday this via their verified twitter handle @PoliceNg. The statement signed by the force PRO, DCP Jimoh Moshood, was in response to…
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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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