Tag: osun
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We won’t tolerate vote-buying in Osun governorship election – REC
The Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun will be free of vote-buying, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Osun has assured. Agbaje gave the assurance while addressing newsmen at the Osun Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Correspondent Chapel in Osogbo on Thursday. He said toward…
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Civil servants in Osun shun work after Isese, Eid-el-Kabir holidays
There was a low turnout of state government workers in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Thursday after the long holidays for Isese Day and Eid-el-Kabir celebrations in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Isese Day holiday was declared by Osun Government for traditional religion worshipers to celebrate their religion. The Isese…
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Osun 2018: High Court’s judgment vindicates me – Sen. Adeleke
Senator Ademola Adeleke, the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun for Sept. 22 election, said the Wednesday State High Court judgment had vindicated him. Adeleke, while reacting to the court judgment at a news conference on Thursday in Ede, said that the court’s verdict affirmed that the case of certificate forgery could…
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NYSC relocates 202 corps members in Osun
No fewer than 202 Batch B National Youth Service Corps members in Osun seeking for relocation had their request granted. The State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mr Emmanuel Attah, said this on Wednesday in Osogbo while briefing the NYSC Director-General, Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, who was on a visit to the permanent orientation camp in Ede.…
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Certificate forgery: Fresh suit filed against Adeleke
A fresh suit against the Osun State governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has been filed in the state High Court, Osogbo, the state capital. Two PDP delegates, Olagboye Adedamola and Oyetunji Suredi, who accused Adeleke of forging the testimonial and statement of result he presented to the Independent National Electoral…
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BREAKING: Osun APC deputy chairman leads 6,208 members to ADP
The Deputy Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Azeez Adesiji, on Monday led eight members of the State Working Committee of the party and 6,200 members of the party at local government and ward levels to join the Action Democratic Party. The APC leaders and their followers were received by the…
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Osun guber: Aregbesola’s SSG, Adeoti resigns appointment, dumps APC
The Secretary to the Osun State government, SSG, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, who vied for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in the just-concluded primary election of the party has resigned his appointment and dumped the party. The SSG’s actions may not be unconnected with the mode and pattern in which the APC primaries were…
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Osun permanent secretary’s son commits suicide over financial incapability
Tolulope Kolawole, the first son of the late Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor of Osun State, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole, has committed suicide. It was gathered that the young man ended his life because he could no longer make ends meet. Residents of the Halleluya Estate in Osogbo, where he lived…
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Osun PDP primary: Seven aspirants withdraw as election commences
Seven out of eleven governorship aspirants of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Sept. 22 election on Saturday announced their withdrawal from the party’s primary. The primary to be held in Osogbo has more than 3,000 delegates to participate in the exercise. Those who announced their withdrawal from the primary are Mr Adejare Bello, former speaker…
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Osun governorship election will be walk-over for APC – Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described the forthcoming Osun State governorship election as a walk-over for the party, saying it is confident to emerge victorious. Oshiohmole told State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Friday, that APC had…