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By Tunde Olamilekan The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to asked for an order of removal of four federal lawmakers from Osun state over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are Senators Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East) and Olubiyi Fadeyi…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has dismissed opposition parties’ claim that last Saturday’s bye-election was marred by the late arrival of materials and voter apathy. This was as the Osogbo-born politician said APC is the only party that truly prepared…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, caused a stir over the weekend when he claimed that musician, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, his father, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke have been funding local government workers’ salaries in Osun…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are reportedly working to make a former Commissioner for Agriculture under the administration of former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola the Senatorial candidate of the party for Osun Central Senatorial District. A Chieftain of the party who spoke under condition of anonymity,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Founder and Executive Director of Temvert Empowerment Foundation, Temitayo Olatunde, has announced that the foundation will distribute a total of 10,000 sanitary pads to school girls in Osun and other selected states. The sanitary pad distribution is under the ‘campaign against menstrual poverty among school girls’…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun Council of Obas has lamented the continued withholding of local government allocations for the state, noting that the situation, they said, has paralyzed activities across Osun. This was as the traditional rulers called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene and resolve all matters obstructing the…
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Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun chapter, has raised the alarm over what it described as desperate moves to allegedly hijack local government funds in the state despite subsisting court rulings. At a press conference in Osogbo yesterday, the union recalled that council allocations had been withheld since…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, has faulted the conferment of ‘Okanlomo of Yorubaland’ chieftaincy title on a business tycoon, Dotun Sanusi, a.k.a Ilaji, by Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. This was as the monarch told Ooni to revoke the chieftaincy title within 48…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The family, friends, and relatives of slain Ifon-Osun indigene, Mr Lukman Akorede on Monday protested the alleged plan to release those suspected to be involved in his gruesome murder from Prison. Late Akorede was killed on the 26th of March, 25, at Ahoro-Afin community in Ifon-Osun, allegedly…
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By Tunde Olamilekan As the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) begins today, a House of Representatives aspirant for Ayedire, Iwo, OlaOluwa federal constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Engr. Ademola Adedapo has called constituents to actively participate in the exercise. The Iwo-born politician in a statement on Monday…
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