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By Tunde Olamilekan Two former speakers of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adejare Bello and Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, have mourned the passing of the 30th Owa of Igbajoland, Oba Adegboyega Famodun. Similarly, the lawmaker representing Ife Federal Constituency, Hon Taofeeq Ajilesoro, expressed shock at the death…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Mr Sunday Bisi, on Monday, said Governor Ademola Adeleke, may not seek re-election under the party. According to Bisi, the crisis rocking the party at the national level where factions have emerged, has made it difficult for…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has announced a total lockdown of Igbajo community with the imposition of a 24-hour curfew. Governor Adeleke said the curfew was necessitated following the breakdown of law and order last night till the early hours of today in the town. A statement by the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said his administration has impacted positively on all sectors of the state. The governor stated that Osun and its people have been experiencing impactful governance in the last three years. Adeleke, who arrived back in Osun on Sunday morning, after about…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A former secretary to the Osun State government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, has resigned from the Omoluabi Progressives, a group loyal to the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. Adeoti, who was the deputy leader of the group, announced his resignation in a letter…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has commiserated with the opposition, All Progressive Congress (APC), over the death of the immediate past chairman of the party, Adegboyega Famodun. osun.life reports that Oba Famodun who was the 30th Owa of Igbajoland, died on Friday after a brief illness. In a statement…
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A political group, Osun Ajose, on Saturday presented the All Progressives Congress governorship nomination form to the former deputy governor of Osun State, Benedict Alabi. The group, led by Mr Moruf Adekunle while presenting the form which it bought to Alabi at his residence in Osogbo, on Saturday, said the…
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The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has said the issue of security in the Southwest should be a collective effort. Adams stated this on Friday at the palace of Olufon of Ifon-Osun, Oba Peter Ipadeola. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the monarch, Akeeb Yusuf,…
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The Gbeleru Royal Family of Igbajo, on Sunday, confirmed the death of the 30th Owa of Igbajoland, Oba Gboyega Famodun. Famodun who was the immediate past chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, died at the age of 67. A statement signed by Prince David Adekunle Famodun on…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Omoluabi Progressives, a group loyal to the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has clarified a rumour that the ADC has picked former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam as the party’s candidate for the August 08,…
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