Tag: osun
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Osun 2018: Aregbesola’s Chief of Staff, Oyetola wins APC governorship ticket
Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary, ahead of the 22 September election in the state. In the direct primary which held on Friday, the incumbent Chief of Staff polled 127,017 votes as against his closest rival and Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun…
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Osun guber: APC postpones primaries
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has postponed the primary election of the party earlier slated for today, July 19. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the party in the State, Barrister Kunle Oyatomi. According to Oyatomi” due to…
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10 die in Osun road accidents in one month – FRSC
No fewer than 10 people lost their lives in 15 road traffic accidents in Osun last month, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) disclosed in Osogbo on Saturday. The state’s Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Peter Oke, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo. He blamed the accidents on reckless driving,…
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Osun 2018: Aregbesola installs countdown beam on office exit
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has installed an electronic beam indicating a daily countdown to the November 17 expiration of his tenure. The beam, installed at the reception hall in the Governor’s Office in Osogbo, indicates on a daily basis, the number of days left for the governor to spend in office. When the Minister…
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Gov. Aregbesola rescues 8 accident victims
No fewer than eight people, who sustained various degrees of injuries in a road accident on the Gbongan-Ibadan Road on Tuesday, were rescued by the convoy of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola. The victims were market women coming from the popular Owode market in Ede, when the accident occured at about 1.30 pm which involved a mini…
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INEC releases timetable for Osun guber polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun has released the timetable for the conduct of the state’s Sept. 22 governorship election. Presenting the timetable to newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the newly appointed Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said election activities would commence on June 23 with the release of “Notice…
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BREAKING: Dancing senator Ademola Adeleke to contest Osun governorship election
Senator representing Osun West Senatorial District (PDP) on the floor of the Senate, Ademola Adeleke on Monday officially declared his intention to contest in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Adeleke made his intention known in a letter written to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Monday. The letter which…
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Tension as Police uncover ritualist den with shallow graves in Osun
There was tension on Friday at the Ilobu area of Osun State as operatives of the Osun State Police Command uncovered a ritualist den with some shallow graves. The ritualist den which is located inside a big house at Molete area of the town was on Friday discovered by a team of policemen led by…
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We are not owing teachers 28 months arrears in Osun – Official
The Statistician-General, State of Osun, Professor Wasiu Gbolagade has debunked media reports making the rounds that the state is owing teachers 28 months salary arrears. Prof. Gbolagade in a media release observed that the claim that the state was owing her teachers 28 months half salaries was inaccurate and totally at variance with the situation…
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Patient who died of Lassa fever not from Osun – Govt
The Osun Government on Saturday dispelled speculations of outbreak of lassa fever in the state. Mr Sola Fasure, media aide to Gov. Rauf Aregbesola, said in a statement issued in Osogbo that a patient who died at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife,as a result of the fever, was not from the state. “A…