An expatriate on a mining site in Iyere, a community in the Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State who was abducted by bandits, has been rescued. A resident, Taiwo Kolapo, said the expatriate was rescued along the Itagunmodi Road around 6.30pm on Saturday. According to him, the rescue operation involved men of the […]
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Osun State Police Command has clarified that a journalist with The Nation newspaper, in the state, Toba Adedeji, is not dead. However, the police neither took responsibility for the shooting by its officials nor apologise in a statement issued 24 hours after the incident. Police officials deployed to disperse some protesters in Osogbo had shot […]
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Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has condemned the shooting of Osun State’s The Nation correspondent, Toba Adedeji, and another citizen by some police officers at Olaiya, Osogbo, the State capital on Tuesday. Adedeji and a yet-to-be-identified citizen were reportedly shot by some policemen who were trying to disperse a group of people who had gathered […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 16 governorship election in Osun State. Adeleke’s recognition followed the court’s dismissal of a suit filed by a PDP governorship aspirant, Prince Dotun Babayemi, seeking to be declared the party’s candidate. […]
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The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Ademola Adeleke has boasted he was loaded with enough money for the July 2022 Osun governorship election. He bragged that he was well prepared for the governorship race unlike in 2018 when Governor Adegboyega Oyetola defeated him. The PDP candidate in a 55- second video sighted by […]
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Top Nigerian singer Davido has reacted to a viral video where the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, vowed to surpass the financial strength of the ruling All Progressives Congress. While addressing some members of the PDP in Osogbo, Osun State Capital during the weekend, Adeleke had bragged of having enough money […]
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As communities get greedy, the government fails to enforce regulations to ensure those they licensed and illegal miners do not destroy the environment, water, and people’s cultural assets while smiling to the bank. In Osun State, Nigeria, ragged and his skin stained brown, Mr Abu Awwalu emerged with a shovel and axe and climbed over […]
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Oyetola (centre) with delegates from the US Embassy United States Embassy in Nigeria has expressed hope of a credible Osun 2022 governorship poll with a pledge to work with the state government to achieve the objective. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Political and Economic Chief of the US Embassy in Nigeria, Brandon Hudspeth, […]
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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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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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