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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, effective August 27, 2026. Enitan succeeds Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who is due to retire from the Federal Civil Service upon attaining the statutory retirement age of 60. The…
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The Allied People’s Movement has declared that the outcome of Saturday’s Osun State governorship election is a warning that President Bola Tinubu could lose the 2027 presidential election to the party’s candidate, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The party said the victory recorded by the opposition in Osun, one…
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The Imole Campaign Council of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has denied any political agreement behind the governor’s support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid. The council said Adeleke’s support for Tinubu was based on the President’s performance and reforms, rather than a pre-arranged political deal. The council’s spokesperson,…
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A lawyer, Damilare Adenola, has faulted the declaration by the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, that no presidential candidate should campaign in Osun State ahead of the 2027 general election except President Bola Tinubu. Adenola described the monarch’s declaration as unconstitutional, arguing that the rights of political candidates to…
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The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo, on Thursday said President Bola Tinubu, rather than the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, should resign over the controversy surrounding the freezing of the Osun State Government’s accounts. Adebayo also defended the EFCC chairman,…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately return to court and vacate the order freezing the bank accounts of the Osun State Government. The directive was contained in a personally signed statement issued on Thursday, expressing concern over the circumstances surrounding the…
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Former Abia State governor Orji Kalu has said President Bola Tinubu faces no serious competition ahead of the 2027 presidential election, describing the opposition as too divided and very weak to pose a significant challenge. Kalu, the Senator representing Abia North, made the remarks during Wednesday’s edition of Channels Television’s…
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The African Democratic Congress has condemned the freezing of statutory allocations and bank accounts of the Osun State government, describing it as “political terrorism” and a direct assault on democracy. The ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of using state institutions…
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The Imole Campaign Council has slammed the misinterpretation and falsification of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s clarion call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to enforce free and fair elections in Osun State, denying accusations that the governor attacked the president. In a statement signed by the Director General of Imole Campaign Council,…
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The opposition All Progressives Congress in Osun State has dismissed Governor Ademola Adeleke’s allegations of political victimisation against President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, describing them as “misplaced and frivolous.” The APC was reacting to Adeleke’s comments at a campaign rally in Osogbo…
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