Tag: Omisore

Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara as Speaker is dangerous, potentially disastrous – Jibrin

Embattled former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmummin Jibrin, on Sunday said that keeping Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representative is potentially dangerous. This…

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Omisore returns N100 million to EFCC

Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, has reportedly returned N100 million of the N1.310 billion traced to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to The Nation,…

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Court dismisses Omisore’s bail application

An FCT High Court this morning dismissed a bail application by Senator Iyiola Omisore for lack of competence. Omisore is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…

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EFCC has become ‘APC harassment agency’, says wanted man, Omisore

Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Otunba Iyiola Omisore on Thursday, challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to present all its findings on the alleged receipt of N1.3 billion to…

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‘I don’t know Dasuki from Adam’, says Omisore as EFCC traces N1.3bn to him

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has linked a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, to some accounts where N1.3 billion was deposited. According to the Punch,…

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The late 5: These are the stories that drove the conversation today

Here are the top five stories that drove the conversation today. 1) Osun state High Court approves hijab A high court sitting in Osun, on Friday, ruled that students in…

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Wanted man, Iyiola Omisore to sue EFCC

Embattled former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, on Thursday, denied receiving money from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. Omisore, who was declared wanted by the Economic and…

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

Here are the top five stories we will be tracking today. EFCC vs Omisore The Economic and Financial Crime's Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday declared the former Deputy Governor of Osun…

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N700 million fraud: Omisore is going to war with the EFCC

Following the news reports that he was declared wanted, former Osun state deputy governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore on Tuesday said that the Economic and Financial Crime commission is acting out…

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EFCC declares Iyiola Omisore wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore a wanted man. Relating the information on its Facebook page today, the EFCC…

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Soyinka demands probe of Fayose, Obanikoro, others

    by Ranti Joseph The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday demanded investigation into the Ekiti rigging audio, which appears to show how the military hierarchy and some members…

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“All I said was ‘calm down, calm down,'” Sen. Omisore reacts to #Ekitigate audio (WATCH)

by Anike Jacobs Senator Iyiola Omisore of Osun state has admitted that a tape released by SaharaReporters detailing how some politicians met with a Nigerian army general  to plot the…

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Tunde Fagbenle: #Osun- Winners, losers and lessons

by Tunde Fagbenle There was hardly a tenser election. Nerves frayed, tempers rose, expectations dissipated, predictions conflicted. Nothing was cock sure. From one corner, it was presented as a fight…

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“Osun people collected PDP money & voted for APC” | Our top 10 tweets from #OsunDecides are here!

by S'ola Filani Incumbent Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been re-elected as the governor of Osun State, defeating his closest rival, Dr. Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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Aregbesola wins Osun election (VOTE COUNT)

by Godwin Akanfe At 4:54 am on 10 August, 2014, Prof. Omole, the returning officer declared Rauf Aregbesola winner of the 2014 Osun state elections as predicted by our analysts. Prof.…

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Tunde Leye: Baba Risi’s Court – Osun Decides (Y! Fiction)

by Tunde Leye Omisore jumped up with hands behind him until he got to the microphone and then dramatically brought out two cobs of roasted corn, took a bite from…

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#Osun2014 “PDP candidates are former prisoners” – Five statements Oyinlola made against Omisore yesterday

by S'ola Filani In three days, about a million voters who have collected their Permanent Voter Card in Osun State will be filing out to choose their governor for the…

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Demola Rewaju: Aregbesola should lose, but he won’t (Y! Politico)

by Demola Rewaju Aregbesola insisted from Day One on being addressed as ‘Ogbeni’ (Mister)...perhaps to make us forget he once referred to himself as an Engineer while he was the…

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Opinion: Why the PDP thinks it can win Osun State

by Matthew Adejoh Now, where do all these leave Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who came in through the window by some legal magic in the judiciary, and is…

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Move over Fayose! Omisore knows the BEST way to win an election (LOOK)

by Adeola Balogun Nigerian politicians have come up with really strange ways of campaigning for elections but judging from Governor Fayose's recent "rice victory", it seems that strange is the…

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Aregbesola acquired 20 armoured tanks for Osun poll – Omisore

by Zara Mustapha Osun state Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial aspirant, Iyiola Omisore has accused the the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola of acquiring 20 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to intimidate the electorate…

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Fulani herdsmen kill six, injure 14 in Taraba, Omisore emerges Osun PDP governorship candidate & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo File photo Fulani herdsmen kill six, injure 14 in Taraba Three Tiv and Jukun villages in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba state have been attacked by Fulani…

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Opinion: Osun, Ekiti and the PDP comeback bid

by Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo Aregbesola has also been alleged to be putting the state on a financial precipice with his continual borrowing which is said to now be close to 300…

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Opinion: How much of lies will earn Omisore a governorship ticket?

by Lateef Raji In June last year when Iyiola Omisore threatened to stop the convoy of Governor Rauf Aregbesola to search him for God knows what, not a few Nigerians…

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