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The ongoing mock accreditation exercise organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the August 15 Osun State governorship election suffered a setback on Saturday after the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines developed technical faults across the designated polling units. The exercise commenced as scheduled at about 8:00…
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The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Basiru Ajibola, has said community infrastructure upgrade across the 332 wards in Osun State will be a major priority of the party’s governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, if elected. Basiru stated this on Friday at the palace of the Olufon of Ifon…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the rollout of downloadable and printable Permanent Voter Cards for Osun voters whose PVCs were stolen ahead of the August 15 governorship election. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, made this known on Friday during a courtesy visit to the…
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The campaign council for the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke has faulted the APC governorship candidate in Osun State, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, over his absence from the National Peace Committee’s Peace Accord meeting held in Osogbo on Thursday. The spokesman for the council, Pelumi Olajengbesi, in a statement on Friday,…
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The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a new Commissioner of Police, Mr Samuel Erale, to oversee security operations for the August 15 governorship election in Osun State. The deployment of CP Erale comes weeks after sustained calls by the Osun State Government for the removal of the outgoing Commissioner, Ibrahim…
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The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has urged residents of Osun State to critically assess the state government’s spending and demand value for public resources ahead forthcoming governorship poll. Senator Basiru made the call on Thursday at the campaign rally of the party across the…
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The Gubernatorial Campaign Council of the African Democratic Congress in Osun State, ADC-GCC, has condemned what it described as the “unruly conduct” of members of the ruling Accord Party and opposition All Progressives Congress at the Independent National Electoral Commission stakeholders’ meeting held in Osogbo on Wednesday. The council, in…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke has raised the alarm that Osun State is facing “a progression towards genocide,” alleging that his government and Accord Party members have been subjected to police sanctioned violence and intimidation. Speaking on Thursday at a peace summit on the Osun guber election in Osogbo, the governor said…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said the people of the state will not succumb to intimidation ahead of the August 15 governorship election, expressing confidence that voters will defend their democratic rights at the polls. In a statement posted on his official X handle on Thursday, Adeleke said…
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The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, has promised to restore the 67-year-old Ago-Owu Farm Settlement to its original mandate as a model agricultural hub if elected on August 15. Oyebamiji pledged on Wednesday during a campaign visit to the settlement located…
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