The crisis rocking the Osun State cahapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) turned bloody on Saturday when loyalists of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and his former boss and Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola clashed at the party’s secretariat during the hearing of petitions by the Ward Congress Appeal Committee. Aregbesola handed over to Oyetola, his former […]
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Banji Ayoola Pandemonium broke out on Saturday at the Osun secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) as sounds of gunshots tore through the tense atmosphere at the sitting of the Ward Congress Appeal Committee in Osogbo. The gunshots which ran out about 4.15pm, forced the heavily armed security operatives to rescue some members of […]
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Banji Ayoola The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State degenerated on Saturday as aggrieved members of the party stormed the party’s state secretariat in Osogbo to submit petitions against the ward congress to the Appeal Committee which started its meeting same day. They came in hundreds and besieged the party’s […]
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The Osun Progressives (TOP), a faction within the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that some people within the party and government are planing to attack leaders of the faction. The TOP Chairman, Rev. Adelowo Adebiyi, told a press conference on Thursday in Osogbo, that the planned attack was as a result of […]
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Oyo and Osun State governments on Thursday met in Ibadan to resolve the boundary dispute between them. The Deputy Governors of both states, Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan (Oyo) and Mr Benedict Alabi (Osun) led delegations of their respective states to the meeting. They both appealed to residents of the communities at the boundaries to always live in […]
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Credit: Twitter Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola, yesterday, charged Nigerians to re-dedicate themselves to the unity, peace and security of the nation. He said the country’s oneness must not be compromised for anything regardless of ethno-religious and political differences. He, therefore, urged the citizens to embrace things that are capable of strengthening the existing unity […]
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Hoodlums yesterday robbed two new generation banks in Iree, Boripe Local Council of Osun State. Sources said the heavily armed bandits stormed the community around 3:40 p.m. and raided both financial institutions located around Poly Junction within the town. They were said to have operated for about 15 minutes unhindered. Two persons – a student […]
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Three corpses were recovered from different parts of Osogbo and Erin Osun, Osun State, on Wednesday, as flood ravaged some parts of the towns after four hours of rainfall. The rain, which started in most parts of the state capital late on Tuesday, did not abate until early on Wednesday and caused the destruction of […]
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It was a devastating moment for residents of Osogbo, the capital of Osun, yesterday, as a four-hour torrential rainfall caused flooding which destroyed houses. An eyewitness said the flood destroyed property worth millions of naira, including public utilities. One of the affected places was the Osun State Government House in Oke-fia area of Osogbo as […]
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Three persons were feared dead on Tuesday night when flood swept through Osogbo, capital of Osun State after a heavy downpour. Several parts of the capital, including Ibu-Amon bridge, Jetu stream, Oke-Onitea stream, Rasco area via Old Garage, Oke Baale, Powerline, Testing ground, Obate, and Awesin in Erin-Osun were badly affected. About 25 meters of […]
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