Imole Campaign, Osun APC trade allegations over security, police investigation

By John Dike, Osogbo Tension is rising in Osun State ahead of the August 15 governorship election, as the Imole Campaign Council (TICC) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) make fresh allegations over security, policing and the handling of a high-profile criminal investigation. The latest exchanges followed the recent working visit of the Inspector-General […]

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Police arrest three over ex-OGTV broadcaster, guard killing

Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects, including a former security guard, over the murder of a former Ogun State Television broadcaster, Olakitan Oyesiku, and her security guard, Pelumi Adetayo. The state Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Thursday. Ojajuni said […]

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Police recover slain ex-OGTV broadcaster’s stolen car

The late former staff of Ogun State Television, Mrs. Kitan Oyesiku. Ogun State Police Command has recovered a Lexus RX300, which was earlier reported missing from the residence of a retired Ogun State Television broadcaster, Kitan Oyesiku, and her security guard, who were killed in Iyana Agodo Village, Owode-Egba area of Ogun State. This was […]

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Ex-OGTV broadcaster, guard found dead inside Ogun apartment

The late former staff of Ogun State Television, Mrs. Kitan Oyesiku. Ogun State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a former Ogun State Television broadcaster, Kitan Oyesiku, and her security guard at her residence in Iyana Agodo Village, Owode-Egba area of the state. The command, in a statement […]

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Adeleke Appoints Mrs Samson as UNIOSUN Chancellor

New Chancellor, Osun State University, Mrs Victoria Adunola Samson, Mama BOVAS, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, has approved the appointment of Mrs Victoria Adunola Samson, popularly known as Mama BOVAS, as the new Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo. This was in a statement by the governor’s spokesman, Olawale Rasheed. Integrity, hard work, and visionary […]

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Gbenga Daniel says he’ll defeat Abiodun “overwhelmingly” in APC primary election

Gbenga Daniel and Dapo Abiodun Senator Gbenga Daniel has said he will defeat Governor Dapo Abiodun by a wide margin if the APC holds a free and fair primary for the Ogun East senatorial seat ahead of 2027. Speaking Tuesday at an empowerment programme organised by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu–Otunba Gbenga Daniel Movement in Ijebu-Ode, […]

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Daniel camp fires back at Abiodun over 2003, 2023 election claims

Senator Gbenga Daniel with his nomination form for senatorial bid under APC…Photo Credit: X/ OGD A former governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on Wednesday countered Governor Dapo Abiodun’s claims that he handed over his political structure to the senator to enhance his 2003 governorship victory. Abiodun had alleged […]

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Ogun governor joins senatorial race to displace Daniel

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday said he was instrumental to the emergence of Otunba Gbenga Daniel as governor of the state in 2003, as well as to his election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in 2023 as the senator representing Ogun East. Governor Abiodun, according […]

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Payment of N70,000 national minimum wage, suspension of union activities, leaders stalling resumption at RUGIPO

By Banji Ayoola Investigations by The Radiance have shown that the payment of the N70,000 new national minimum wage, and suspension of union activities with their leaders by the Ondo State Government, are the main stumbling blocks to the resolution of the lingering crisis grounding the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, and resumption of normal […]

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Group petitions INEC, seeks Abiodun’s disqualification in 2027 election

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to decline the acceptance or recognition of the Ogun State Governor, Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun as a candidate for any elective office in the next election, pending full legal and factual clarification on allegations against him. This was contained in a […]

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