THE 2015 TRACKLIST: N1.5bn missing in Niger-Delta account, PMB will cut down on number of ministries, NNPC gets deadline queries, More stories

EFCC invites judge who called for Aregbesola’s impeachment. YNaija Air Force, Army repel Boko Haram attack on Borno village. Leadership N1.5billion missing from account of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. YNaija IGP says investigation into forgery of senate rules ongoing. Leadership Buhari says he will ‘cut down on number of ministries. YNaija Oyegun says APC... Read More

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August 3, 2015

EFCC invites judge who called for Aregbesola’s impeachment… but there’s a problem

Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, who accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of committing fraud, has been invited to the Abuja headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Punch reports. Oloyede had petitioned the state House of Assembly, asking that impeachment proceedings be commenced against Aregbesola. The judge had written a petition on June 19 to the Speaker of... Read More

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August 2, 2015

Osun lawmaker wants Buhari to revive War Against Indiscipline

During the Buhari/Idiagbon regime, the country experienced discipline in all aspect and there was little or no corruption in the country. In light of this, while reminiscing, a member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to set up machinery that will fight social disorder, indiscipline and all... Read More

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July 27, 2015

Salary-owing Governor Aregbesola says Osun is one of the best places to live in Nigeria

Despite owing several months’ salary in Osun state, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, believes that his state is one of the best places to live in Nigeria. Aregbesola said this in a statement made available on Sunday by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon. His assertion is backed by a 2012 report of the National Bureau of Statistics,... Read More

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July 25, 2015

Aregbesola explains again why he couldn’t pay state workers

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola has again said he couldn’t pay workers because of the drop in allocations to the state from the federation account. Aregbesola said this Friday night during a chat with newsmen at an award ceremony. The award was presented to Aregbesola at Asokoro, Abuja. “I have found it hard to... Read More

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Aregbesola, Federation Account, Osun State, slaries

July 23, 2015

RE: Ogbeni Aregbesola and the 40 thieves

I love the internet. I can’t stress that enough. It gave me a job, puts food on my table and has afforded me unbelievable freedoms. However, I hate when people take undue advantage of its privileges to simply malign a personality or push a selfish agenda. In this article, that is exactly what this gentleman, Mr. Favour Afolabi, did. He... Read More

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July 20, 2015

Aregbesola denies plan to fire 10,000 workers

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola has denied speculations that his administration was planning to sack 10,000 workers. In a statement by his media aide, Semiu Okanlanwo in Osogbo on Monday, Aregbesola said the so-called plan is a figment of the imagination by the opposition party in the state. He said his administration has not signified any intention... Read More

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Aregbesola, Osun State, sacks 10000 workers

July 18, 2015

Favor Afolabi: Ogbeni Aregbesola and The 40 Thieves

Those that begged for RAUF AREGBESOLA to get a Bail Out; claiming “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the one that ‘chopped’ the monies that he should have used to pay the workers” have all chosen to go quiet even after he received the bailout while still refusing to pay the workers and pensioners! These people; self-styled intellectuals,... Read More

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July 18, 2015

Oyedepo donates food items to the needy in Osun state

Diversity in religion shouldn’t be a reason not to help the needy or less privileged and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church worldwide, David Oyedepo has shown just that. Truck loads of food stuff he donated to workers and other categories of people in Osun State, have arrived in the state for distribution. The State... Read More

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July 17, 2015

Impeachment petition: A committee has been set up to probe Aregbesola

The Osun State House of Assembly has set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the allegations of financial recklessness levelled against Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, a serving judge in Osun State Judiciary, had written a petition to the House, asking the lawmakers to impeach the governors based on the allegations contained in her... Read More

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July 16, 2015

Osun Assembly inaugurates panel to investigate petition against Aregbesola

Osun state House of Assembly has inaugurated seven-man committee that will investigate the petition seeking a probe that will lead to the impeachment of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. This was to put a stop to speculations that it was attempting to sweep the petition written against Aregbesola by a serving Judge, Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, under the... Read More

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July 15, 2015

Impeachment call: Aregbesola replies Osun judge’s petition

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has responded to the petition written against him by a serving judge in the State Judiciary, Folahanmi Oloyede. The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, disclosed this in a statement in Osogbo on Wednesday, by his Chief Press Secretary, Goke Butika. Salaam, who said earlier that the Assembly... Read More

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July 11, 2015

Opinion: Stop blackmailing Aregbesola #OsunDebtCrisis

by Abiodun Komolafe That Osun has been blackmailed for long on the debt issue and the eventual revelation that the state’s debt portfolio falls far short of what the opposition had fed the media and were never questioned about says much about how much work needs to be done in the newsrooms. I’m not on... Read More

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July 7, 2015

Impeachment rally against Aregbesola will be held today in Osun

Civil Societies’ Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State, will be organising a mass rally today, July 7, to call for the impeachment of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The group disclosed this on Monday, July 6, in Osogbo yesterday, stating that over 20 civil and faith based societies have mobilised their members for the mass rally. The group’s... Read More

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July 4, 2015

Dele Momodu: Dear Nigerians, do not victimize Aregbesola #OnigbeseGovernors

Osun is not the only culprit in this non-payment of salary scandal and it should not be singled out for victimisation. Politics should never be played at the expense and certainly not to the detriment of the people. Fellow Nigerians, let me start with an adage I first heard from the generalissimo himself, Aare Ona... Read More

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June 29, 2015

PDP warns Aregbesola to drop any idea of sacking Judge Oloyede

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola seems to have a lot going wrong for him. An Osun Judge, Folahanmi Oloyede filed a petition for his impeachment and there is news of his alleged plan to sack her. Reacting to this, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned Aregbesola to desist from the alleged plan to... Read More

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June 27, 2015

Opinion: Rauf Aregbesola, common sense and just nonsense

by Bisi Lawrence But not so to Ogbeni Aregbesola. This is the man whose sense of fiscal management would make even a housewife gape. The past governments controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party, at both the federal and state levels, left a record of shame in governance. They mismanaged the financial resources available to them.... Read More

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June 26, 2015

Aregbesola gets lots of love in Osun despite owing 8 months salary (PHOTOS)

Earlier today, Friday, June 26, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, got an unprecedented show of love from the people of his state, Osun, as he went for Jumat service. Normally it wouldn’t be unprecedented- but due to the fact that the state’s workers are being owed 8 months salary arrears, it has become such. See below, photos... Read More

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June 25, 2015

Impeachment: House Speaker receives petition against Ogbeni Argegbesola

The petition for the impeachment of Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has been received and acknowledged by the State House of Assembly, says Speaker, Najeem Salaam. The impeachment petition, penned by Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, called for the impeachment of Aregbesola over alleged financial recklessness. Salam, disclosed on Wednesday, June 24, that the assembly had received the... Read More

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June 23, 2015

APC defends Aregbesola, says he will not sell helicopter to pay workers

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has defended Governor Rauf Aregbesola against the attack by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he should sell the state’s surveillance helicopter to pay salaries. The Chairman of the APC in Osun State, Gboyega Famodun, has restated that Aregbesola will not sell the state helicopter to pay salaries of public workers.... Read More

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June 22, 2015

PDP tells Aregbesola to stop creation of 39 new councils

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, to suspend his plans to create additional 39 Local Council Development Areas. The Director of Media and Strategy of the PDP in Osun State, Diran Odeyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Osogbo on Sunday. Punch reports that according to PDP, the present... Read More

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June 19, 2015

“I won’t respond to your attacks until after Ramadan” | Ben Bruce replies Osun government

Senator Ben Bruce, says he will not respond to the attacks by critics and the Osun state government, until after the Ramadan period is over. Bruce, had on Wednesday, June 17, pledged to donate his wardrobe allowance to the unpaid workers in Osun state. The state government responded by saying that the gesture of the lawmaker is a mockery of... Read More

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June 18, 2015

Osun rejects Ben Bruce’s offer to donate allowance to unpaid workers

The Osun state government is not interested in Ben Murray-Bruce’s offering and has described his gesture to donate his wardrobe allowance to workers in Osun as mockery. The Director Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Semiu Okanlawon, said in a statement, “My attention has been drawn to a tweet by a member of Upper chamber of... Read More

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Aregbesola, Ben Bruce, Osun State, wardrobe allowance

June 16, 2015

“Stop giving Osun money to Lagos visitors” | Omisore comes for Aregbesola

PDP Governorship candidate of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, says the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola has borrowed over N480bn since he assumed office in 2010. Omisore, who has resumed his verbal attacks of Argebesola, stated this at a press conference in Ile Ife on Monday, June 15. Omisore blamed the inability of Aregbesola to pay workers’... Read More

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June 15, 2015

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: NASS in crisis again, Falana might attack Buhari, PDP coming for Ambode, More stories

NASS in a new battle. YNaija PDP wants Ambode to declare his assets. Vanguard APC senators makes impossible demand as Saraki moves for peace. YNaija Kukah tells Buhari not to discard confab report. Vanguard Buhari gives Jonathan kudos over peaceful transition Premium Times Sylva in another fresh fraud charges. Vanguard Falana wants Buhari to withhold... Read More

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June 15, 2015

“Before the end of June, workers would be paid their salaries” – Gov. Aregbesola

Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun state, has promised to pay workers the salaries they are being owed before the end of June. He made the promise in a statement issued in Osogbo on Sunday, June 14, by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon. Aregbesola stated that he had a dream to develop the state and make it... Read More

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June 13, 2015

How Ogbeni Rauf can pay his workers (TWEETS)

We all know our favorite onigbese, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, is having a little trouble paying. Not to worry , Ogbeni Rauf. The brilliant Akin Oyebode has the perfect solution. I've been harassed to comment on Osun State's salary obligation by a number of bots. Not paying workers is unacceptable but solutions exist.... Read More

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June 10, 2015

Angry pensioners protest in Osun state (PHOTOS)

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Osun state protested lately over the non-payment of their pensions for the past seven months. In a speech on Wednesday by the Chairman of NUP in the state, Dr. J.A. Olunlade, he lamented that many of his colleagues die because they lack money to buy food and drugs. The... Read More

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Aregbesola, Osun State, pensioners, protest

June 9, 2015

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Aregbesola tells why Osun state is broke, Court crushes Kashamu extradition proceeding, Labour says passage of 46 bills in 10 minutes was reckless, More stories

Aregbesola tells why Osun state is broke. YNaija Court crushes Kashamu extradition proceeding. ThisDay Saraki denies snubbing APC meeting called by Osinbajo. YNaija Labour says passage of 46 bills in 10 minutes was reckless. ThisDay Jega will remain in office til June 30. Leadership PDP adopts Saraki, Dogara as Senate President. YNaija Military moves command... Read More

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June 9, 2015

Why Osun state is broke || An account by Governor Aregbesola

By Rauf Aregbesola Osun state, is hemorrhaging under a mountain of debt and has found it difficult to pay its workers’ salary for the past few months. From various quarters, Governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, has gotten a lot of stick for not adequately managing the resources of the state. However, in a speech... Read More

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THE 2015 TRACKLIST: N1.5bn missing in Niger-Delta account, PMB will cut down on number of ministries, NNPC gets deadline queries, More stories

EFCC invites judge who called for Aregbesola’s impeachment… but there’s a problem

Osun lawmaker wants Buhari to revive War Against Indiscipline

Salary-owing Governor Aregbesola says Osun is one of the best places to live in Nigeria

Aregbesola explains again why he couldn’t pay state workers

RE: Ogbeni Aregbesola and the 40 thieves

Aregbesola denies plan to fire 10,000 workers

Favor Afolabi: Ogbeni Aregbesola and The 40 Thieves

Oyedepo donates food items to the needy in Osun state

Impeachment petition: A committee has been set up to probe Aregbesola

Osun Assembly inaugurates panel to investigate petition against Aregbesola

Impeachment call: Aregbesola replies Osun judge’s petition

Opinion: Stop blackmailing Aregbesola #OsunDebtCrisis

Impeachment rally against Aregbesola will be held today in Osun

Dele Momodu: Dear Nigerians, do not victimize Aregbesola #OnigbeseGovernors

PDP warns Aregbesola to drop any idea of sacking Judge Oloyede

Opinion: Rauf Aregbesola, common sense and just nonsense

Aregbesola gets lots of love in Osun despite owing 8 months salary (PHOTOS)

Impeachment: House Speaker receives petition against Ogbeni Argegbesola

APC defends Aregbesola, says he will not sell helicopter to pay workers

PDP tells Aregbesola to stop creation of 39 new councils

“I won’t respond to your attacks until after Ramadan” | Ben Bruce replies Osun government

Osun rejects Ben Bruce’s offer to donate allowance to unpaid workers

“Stop giving Osun money to Lagos visitors” | Omisore comes for Aregbesola

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: NASS in crisis again, Falana might attack Buhari, PDP coming for Ambode, More stories

“Before the end of June, workers would be paid their salaries” – Gov. Aregbesola

How Ogbeni Rauf can pay his workers (TWEETS)

Angry pensioners protest in Osun state (PHOTOS)

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Aregbesola tells why Osun state is broke, Court crushes Kashamu extradition proceeding, Labour says passage of 46 bills in 10 minutes was reckless, More stories

Why Osun state is broke || An account by Governor Aregbesola

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