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By Sharon Fatogun Professor Adeolu Durotoye, a gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disclosed that the party is set to take over from the incumbent government of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Durotoye, in an interview monitored by our correspondent on Gold FM…
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By Editor With less than three months to the Osun 2018 Governorship election, our independent poll has shown that the good people of Osun State prefer someone from the West Senatorial District as a replacement for the outgoing Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. An independent opinion poll conducted by our platform…
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A leading governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Adegboyega Oyetola, has described himself as Mr. Continuity. He said he was better positioned than his co-aspirants to sustain legacies of the Rauf Aregbesola administration and also do a lot more. Speaking in…
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Some indigenes of Osun State on the platform of Development Advocacy Group have described the Friday protest for Osun West Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state as divisive, provocative and mischevious. Hundreds of students, artisans and traders had on Friday staged a protest in Osogbo against…
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Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State is billed to continue his advocacy for the restructuring of the country at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State. Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement, on Sunday, that Govenor Dickson would deliver a…
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No fewer than 10 people lost their lives in 15 road traffic accidents in Osun last month, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) disclosed in Osogbo, yesterday. The state’s Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Peter Oke, made the disclosure in an interview with LEADERSHIP Sunday, in Osogbo. …
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The Igbajo Polytechnic, Igbajo, Osun State, has sacked its acting rector, Akinola Olaolu, for allegedly presenting fraudulent certificates. PUNCH Metro gathered that the decision was reached after a meeting of the polytechnic’s governing council and board of trustees on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. However, our correspondent was told that shortly after…
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A Magistrate Court sitting in Ile-Ife, Osun State on Friday, remanded 18-year-old Mayowa Segun and 29-year-old Adebowale Wasiu, for allegedly breaking into a shop and stealing various items including beer, soft drinks, bush meat and recharge cards worth N41,950. The Prosecutor, Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the accused committed…
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Ahead of the Osun state governorship election fixed for September by the Independent National Electoral Commission,(INEC) the All Progressives Congress has fixed July 19 for the conduct of its governorship primary to pick its candidate. A statement from its national secretariat and signed by its national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji…
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By Chuks Nwanne Front view of the Bola Babalakin Auditorium in Gbongan Inset: Inside the main auditorium The peaceful town of Gbongan in Osun State was alive recently, as stakeholders in the Nigerian educational sector converged at the newly built Bola Babalakin Auditorium for the 2018 JAMB Policy Meeting. From the…
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