INEC clears 15 candidates for Osun governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the July 16 governorship election in Osun state. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, said under section 32(2) of the electoral act 2022, any party that observes that […]

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INEC publishes final list of Osun governorship candidates

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates contesting the Osun governorship election in compliance with the Electoral Act. The Commission enjoined any political party whose candidate is missing from the list to notify it through a letter duly signed by the Chairman and Secretary, respectively. A statement by INEC […]

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PDP alleges Oyetola blocks Adeleke’s campaign billboard

Governor is too civil, democratic to do that – Akeju Campaign organisation for the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, accused Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of using the state advertising agency to prevent the opposition candidate from erecting his billboard in the state. A statement by Olawale Rasheed, the […]

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Oyetola upgrades Ilesa College of Education to varsity

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has given the nod for the upgrade of Osuntate College of Education Ilesa, the hometown of Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to a university. He announced this while commissioning the Ijesaland Geriatric Centre, Ilesa on Thursday. He said: “Having looked into and examined carefully the request made by prominent sons […]

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Osun Governor Oyetola, APC new National Secretary Omisore welcome OSHA Speaker Owoeye, Deputy Majority Leader Akande to party’s Convention in Abuja

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, flanked on both sides by his wife Alhaja Kafayat Oyetola and APC new National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, welcoming Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Rt Hon Timothy Owoeye (2nd right) and the Deputy Majority Leader Hon. Kunle Akande (1st right) at the party’s just concluded National Convention in […]

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Osun 2022: PDP shuns Babayemi, issues certificate of return to Adeleke

The Peoples Democratic Party has presented the Certificate of Return to the winner of the Osun Primary elections, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The presentation took place at the National Executive Council Hall of the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja on Thursday. This is as the PDP’s National Working Committee shunned Dotun Babayemi who also emerged […]

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OAU student: Adedoyin, six others in Osun for trial Thursday

Hotelier, Ramon Adedoyin, and six other suspects in the death of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, student, Timothy Adegoke, have arrived in Osogbo, Osun State, for trial today. Counsel to Adegoke’s family, Femi Falana, demanded that the matter be transferred to Osun after the suspects had been arraigned before a Federal High Court, Abuja. The hotel […]

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End Ede killings, vigilance group urges Oyetola

The Commander General of the Harmonised Vigilante Group, Ridwan Hussein, has urged Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to intervene and end killings and other criminal activities in Ede town. Ede town has come under series of attacks lately, which have resulted in loss of lives and destruction of property. One Rasidi Oko’lu has, however, been […]

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Aregbesola’s man asks court to void Oyetola’s victory

The battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has shifted to the court. Moshood Adeoti, who lost to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in the primary election at the weekend, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare him winner of the shadow poll. In the direct primary […]

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