Members of APC faction in Osun state backed by the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday stormed headquarters of Osun State Police Command in Osogbo, protesting alleged bias of the operatives against the group. The protesters led by Rasaq Salinsile, the chairman of Aregbesola’s faction, carried placards with different inscriptions. They accused the Commissioner of […]
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Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has launched a scathing attack on his erstwhile ally and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun State, while addressing party loyalists in Ijebu-jesa on Monday, said he acquiesced to Tinubu’s handpicked candidate as his successor in 2018 because it was agreed […]
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Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on the presidency to caution the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. It made the call in a statement by its Chairman, Gboyega Famodun, on Tuesday. The PUNCH had reported that there was panic in Osun State on Monday when the convoy of the Interior Minister, […]
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Aregbesola’s security men shooting without provocation – Police Security men repelled attack on minister’s convoy – NSCDC Osun State Police Command has said security men in the convoy of Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, were behind the shooting that occurred at the Old Garage end of Osogbo on Monday. During the incident, gunshots were heard, causing […]
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Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, lambasted his erstwhile political leaders and associates. The former governor spoke in the Ijebu Jesa area of Osun State while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress ahead of Saturday’s governorship primary election in the state. Aregbesola, who was governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018, declared […]
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A video footage of a former Osun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, launching a verbal attack on the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Sunday attracted different reactions from supporters of the two factions of the All Progressives Congress in the state. Alimi, a staunch supporter of the Minister of […]
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Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the Deputy Majority Leader of the state’s House of Assembly, Hon Kunle Akande greeting during the submission of his nomination form to aspire for a second term in office to the headquarters of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja
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There was panic on Thursday around Coca Cola Area of Osogbo, where Oranmiyan House used as campaign office by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, is located, following an attack on the premises by armed men. The gunmen reportedly arrived at the area around 5.30pm in two vehicles which were parked opposite the building, facing […]
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Salinsile Factional chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Alhaji Rasaq Salinsile in this interview with Timothy Agbor in Osogbo, spoke on why reconciliation of factions has been difficult, seven months to the governorship election and disclosed that genuine members of APC will not allow the party to lose the election to the […]
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Dr Wale Bolorunduro served as Commissioner for Finance during the first term of ex-Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola. He is also a member of The Osun Progressives, a faction in the state APC backed by Aregbesola. Bolorunduro, in this interview with Bola Bamigbola, calls for genuine reconciliation between Oyetola and Aregbesola factions before the […]
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