By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Police Command has confirmed an attack on officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the ongoing distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state, with armed hoodlums reportedly carting away three packs of the electoral materials. The incident, according to the police, occurred at Oyinlola DC […]
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Adeleke urges registered voters to obtain cards ahead of August 15 governorship election By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has declared Tuesday, July 28, 2026, a work-free day for public servants across the state to enable them collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the August 15 governorship election. The directive was approved […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has declared that he remains fully committed to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidates for the 2027 elections. A statement on Monday by his spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said: “Our attention has been drawn to a deliberately mischievous narrative suggesting that Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa is engaging in “anti-party […]
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NDC National Leader, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson Nigeria Democratic Congress National Leaser and former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has bagged the Pillar of Nigerian Democracy Award. Dickson, who represented Bayelsa West Senatorial District, will be honoured with the award at the Diplomatic Digest 6th Anniversary Lecture, Award and Dinner on Thursday, 30th […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *We shall today be concluding our discussion on the above topic.* *Please consider the following further examples on the subject of presumption :* *E) The Sons of Sceva in Acts 19:13-16 :* *They operated on the presumption that “We can use the name of Jesus like a magic formula to do whatever.”* […]
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Ex-Vice President and ADC Presidential Candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Federal Government to explain what he described as an estimated ₦7.98tn oil revenue windfall, questioning why the administration continues to embark on massive domestic borrowing despite benefiting from crude oil prices far […]
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Five state governments have plans to adopt their existing security outfits as state police once the constitutional process establishing the new policing system is completed. Findings by Sunday Punch show that while Ondo, Kaduna, Anambra, Zamfara and Abia intend to build the proposed state police on existing security outfits, other states are awaiting the completion […]
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APC National Chairman, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda. Photo: APC The All Progressives Congress has constituted its National Campaign Council and several sub-committees ahead of the August 15, 2026, governorship election in Osun State, appointing Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as chairman of the campaign council. The party said the move is part of preparations to coordinate […]
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Ondo APC Chairman, Hon Kolawole Babatunde Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has appointed the Chairman of the state’s Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), Prince Biyi Poroye, as chairman of its reconciliation committee. The party set up the committee following the disputes that trailed the substitution of the winners of its […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The arrest of the Accord Party candidate for Ijesa South Federal Constituency in the 2026 general election, Popoola Alaba, popularly known as Alabama, has triggered a fresh political controversy in Osun State, with the police and the Imole Campaign Council presenting sharply different accounts of the circumstances surrounding his detention. While […]
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