urges residents to participate in voter’s registration, as APC holds stakeholders meeting vows to construct more roads, complete ongoing projects Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the state to close ranks, intensify mobilization, and canvass more supporters in preparation for the 2027 general election in […]
Continue ReadingPro-Palestinian demonstrators take part in a “March for Gaza” in New York on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / Leonardo Munoz / AFP) The killing of journalists in Gaza by the Israeli military has further jolted a world reeling from the daily carnage and destruction in the Palestinian enclave. Five journalists, four of […]
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By Olusola Adeyegbe We live in an age of constant chatter. Words flow endlessly in conversations, on social media, in the news, yet much of them lacks depth, truth, or sincerity. This phenomenon, which can be rightly regarded as the “talking epidemic,” has become one of the most damaging habits of our time. It is […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has debunked alleged fraud in the number of registered voters released for Osun State in the latest nationwide Continuous Voter Registration, CVR. According to INEC’s figures, Osun State alone recorded 393,269 pre-registrations, the highest in the country. But stakeholders including political parties in the […]
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Contractors move to site next week By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has clarified that Governor Ademola Adeleke approved the reconstruction of Iwo–Osogbo Road since January 2025, dismissing reports suggesting that the project was only initiated in response to public agitation. A statement signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the Governor, the government […]
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Osun State Information commissioner, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, has been named the Best Information Commissioner in Nigeria by the National Leadership Award Committee. The honour was conferred on him during the 2025 investiture ceremony held on Thursday, August 28, at Merit […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The police have arrested six suspected cultists believed to have been terrorizing residents of Osun State. A statement by the state police spokesman, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said the arrests were made in separate operations by the state command’s Anti-Cultism Unit, acting on credible intelligence. It said that on August 21, 2025, […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has raised an alarm over an alleged plan by the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the forthcoming 2026 governorship election through irregular voter registration tactics. In a statement on Friday by the its Publicity and Organizing Secretary, Abosede Busayo Oluwaseun, […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked claims by a political party’s spokesperson suggesting that the high number of online voter pre-registrations in Osun State contradicts historical trends and demographic realities. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi made […]
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By Abdu Rafiu What is new in the life of Dr. Patrick Dele Cole in the last five years when he turned 80 that makes him deserving of public attention and tribute as he turns 85 years this month on this planet earth? He was 85 on August 4. Drums were not rolled out. There […]
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