PDP has a word for Rauf Aregbesola

The Peoples Democratic Party has advised Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, to sell the helicopter purchased for security surveillance and stop wasteful spending in order to raise money to pay salaries of workers in the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Director of Media and Strategy of the PDP in Osun State,... Read More

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Osun State, PDP, RAUF AREGBESOLA

May 23, 2015

Family denies allegations that Osun worker attempted suicide related to unpaid salaries

by Ranti Joseph Remember the civil servant, Femi Owolabi, who almost committed suicide due to unpaid salaries by the state government, his family members have denied the report saying it was a family affairs. Owolabi, a level-4 Environmental Officer in the council, reportedly attempted suicide on Thursday last week by drinking Gramozone in his B 19 Ogbon... Read More

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May 4, 2015

Osun PDP lawmaker-elect attacked while collecting his certificate of return

by Ranti Joseph Some hoodlums attack a lawmaker-elect from Ife East Constituency, Akinwole Akinwale. Akinwale on Monday was about leaving the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) when some miscreants intercepted him and prevented him from leaving the venue. Akinwole in a telephone interview said that those who attacked him were sent... Read More

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May 2, 2015

Doctors say Aregbesola is “unwilling” to pay their 6-month salaries

by Kolapo Olapoju The Doctors in Osun state have joined the civil servants to protest the deliberate non payment of basic remuneration. According to the medical practitioners, the governor is ‘unwilling’ to pay their salaries. The Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association Action Committee in the state, Dr. R.A. Adebayo, wrote a letter to the governor, accusing... Read More

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April 29, 2015

For being unable to pay its workers, Osun APC blames PDP

by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress in Osun state has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government for being responsible for the nonpayment of workers in the state for the past six months. According to the party in the state, corrupt practices, mismanagement of the treasury and looting of the nation’s coffers is the... Read More

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April 24, 2015

Osun to stop free feeding of schoolchildren

by Anike Jacobs The incumbent Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola has set up a committee of nine, to review its policy of free feeding of primary school pupils in the state. Punch newspaper reports that the nine-member committee which comprises permanent secretaries in the state and a level 17 officer, may also recommend that parents... Read More

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April 3, 2015

No chill: Appeal Court tells Omisore to move on, but he’s having none of it…

by Kolapo Olapoju Perhaps it is Nigerian- for one to lose an election then head to court after court till all options are exhausted. Iyiola Omisore, governorship candidate of in the August 9, 2014 governorship election of Osun State, has simply refused to accept that he was defeated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,... Read More

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March 29, 2015

Presidential election results released in most parts of Osun

by Kolapo Olapoju In several Local Government Areas in Osun, the presidential election result has been released. From the early results, the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to have an upper hand. See below those released, while we await the rest of the result: Boluwaduro – APC- 5288, PDP-4413 Egbedore- APC- 9577 PDP- 6507 Ila-... Read More

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March 25, 2015

GEJ’s dollars create confusion in Osun between monarchs and subjects

by Kolapo Olapoju The dollars allegedly shared by President Goodluck Jonathan, during his trip to Osun state, is causing acrimony and distrust between the monarchs in the state and their subjects. According to the Osun state traditional rulers, their subjects are daily making demands for their share of the President’s dollars. The monarchs lamented this... Read More

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March 2, 2015

Jonathan cannot win even if he empties the treasury – APC senator

by Kolapo Olapoju Senator Babajide Omoworare, representing Osun East Senatorial District on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that President Goodluck Jonathan will not win the forthcoming presidential election in spite bribing influential Nigerians to support his re-election. Omoworare made the allegations on Monday, March 2, at a press conference... Read More

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February 27, 2015

NIS steps up search for illegal immigrants ahead of the elections

by Ranti Joseph The Nigeria Immigration Service has begun raiding illegal immigrants in Osun State ahead of the general elections holding between March and April, 2014. The Comptroller of NIS in Osun State, Chris Onunwor, while parading the illegal immigrants arrested by officials of the command in Osogbo on Friday, said they were not going... Read More

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February 6, 2015

Election tribunal dismisses Omisore’s petition against Aregbesola

by Kolapo Olapoju Iyiola Omisore has lost his bid to unseat Rauf Aregbesola as the governor of Osun state. An election tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, seeking to upturn the outcome of the governorship election held in the state on August 9, 2014. The Osun State... Read More

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December 30, 2014

“Wherever you find PDP, you will find misery” – 5 things Gov. Aregbesola wants you to know

by Kolapo Olapoju Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has spewed some scathing words at the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party. Aregbesola says President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible for the continous theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta, while also alleging that the president awarded the contract of securing the nation’s pipelines... Read More

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December 29, 2014

Meet Prof. Comfort Sonaiya, the only woman running for President in 2015

by Kolapo Olapoju In the 2015 presidential election, ten candidates will be contesting for the presidency… including a woman. Prof. Comfort Oluremi Sonaiya, a former lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, is the sole representative of the female gender among the male-dominated candidates. Sonaiya will be contesting under the umbrella of KOWA party,... Read More

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December 12, 2014

Osun bombing suspect sentenced to death by hanging

by Kolapo Olapoju The suspect in the June 14 2007 bombing of the Osun state secretariat has been sentenced to death by hanging. A high court, sitting in Osun on Thursday, December 11, delivered the sentencing of the prime suspect of the bomb explosion, Richard Abayomi Adesanmi. During the investigation into the bombing, the... Read More

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December 2, 2014

How GEJ’s visit to OAU caused protest, chaos and injury (VIDEO)

by Kolapo Olapoju In the wake, of the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to Obafemi Awolowo University, in Ile-Ife, Osun state, several students have been left injured after protests, chaos and fights broke out between undergraduates of the institution. On Friday, 28 November, the President visited the school alongside Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose, at the behest of the... Read More

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October 28, 2014

Aregbesola wants urgent return of Nigeria to Parliamentary rule

by Kolapo Olapoju Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has stated that democracy in Nigeria would thrive more at the federal level, if the country returns to the parliamentary system of government. Aregbesola made the statement on Monday, 27 October, at the official commissioning of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Legislative Building (freedom house) built by the Amuwo... Read More

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September 23, 2014

“He raped me” | “She’s my girlfriend” || 30-year-old man uploads victim’s photo after allegedly raping her

by Azubuike Azikiwe Olaniyan Oluwakayode, a 30-year-old native of Osun state, has been accused of raping a 20-year-old girl and subsequently uploaded pictures from the alleged rape on the social media. The suspect reportedly raped the lady in his apartment at Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos state. According to the victim, after raping her,... Read More

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August 20, 2014

Ogaga Ifowodo: Why are elections military operations?

by Ogaga Ifowodo By all sober reckoning, Professor Attahiru Jega has done quite well in his last two outings as Nigeria’s chief electoral officer and, so, democracy’s chief midwife in our turbulent turbulent country. If Ekiti broke the hearts of progressives, of those who believe that “man does not live alone by bread” — in... Read More

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August 17, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Marching on to 2015 positively

by Simon Kolawole The Osun election has set me thinking about Nigeria’s progress yet again. On the one hand, I was very sad that we needed maximum security to achieve a peaceful election. At a time when Ebola has struck the fear of God into us, it is difficult to find positives around. Someone... Read More

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August 15, 2014

Akin Osuntokun: Omisore paid for his exaggerated sense of self-importance

by Akin Osuntokun In the present political configuration of this country, I’m a committed member and partisan of the PDP. Does this commitment stop short of regretting Omisore’s defeat? Since I’m in no position to categorically rule him in or out of culpability in the death of Ige, the answer has to be yes. I... Read More

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August 13, 2014

Is Weird MC getting a political appointment from Gov. Aregbesola? (READ, TWEETS)

by Kolapo Olapoju Singer, Weird MC campaigned extensively for the re-election of Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, especially on Social Media. Now that he has been re-elected, the grapevine says he just might reward her with an appointment, as Commissioner for Arts and Culture. She fanned the flames of the ‘appointment talk’ when she... Read More

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August 12, 2014

Adekoya Boladale: Forget rice, Aregbesola’s ‘odourless fufu’ is the next big thing

by Adekoya Boladale While the political parties struggled to outshine each other in sharing of emergency ‘social welfare’ packages such as Rice, Odourless Fufu and even Kerosene, the following factors played significant roles in determining the choice of the people. Around the streets of Osogbo, Modakeke, Ife, Ede and even far away in Bourdillonian Circus,... Read More

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August 12, 2014

Finally! Iyiola Omisore Speaks: Blames INEC for election loss [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju Senator Iyiola Omisore, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, says that his defeat at the Saturday, 9 August, election was caused by the malpractices orchestrated by the immediate former Resident Electoral Commissioner Osun state. Omisore released a statement on Monday, 11 August, where he claimed that the... Read More

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August 12, 2014

Femi Aribisala: Don’t get it twisted, APC lost the Osun election

by Femi Aribisala A dishonest party will tend to presume dishonesty in others, especially when it discovers that its traditional channels for manipulating elections have been blocked. The only way the APC could have won the Osun election is by rigging it. My first impressions are usually mistaken. If I have a good first-impression about... Read More

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August 11, 2014

Dika Ozoemena: Why the PDP is responsible for Omisore’s loss

by Dika Ozoemena While internal factors which worked against Omisore was self-inflicted, PDP, his party, is responsible for the external factors which worked against the controversial politician. Congratulation to Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola for his deserved Osun state gubernatorial election victory. He did so well to sell brand, his works & his party to the good... Read More

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August 9, 2014

CAPTION THIS: What’s Gov. Aregbesola discussing with his son, Kabiru?

by Kolapo Olapoju It has to be strategy, no? The Osun governor, Rauf Aregbesola and his son, Kabiru stands at the balcony of their native home in Ifofin, Ilesha. Only a matter of hours, guys.

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August 9, 2014

LIVE UPDATES: We’re liveblogging the #OsunDecides election here

The Osun State governorship election holds today 9 August, 2014. Twenty candidates representing 20 political parties are vying for the right to reside at the Osun Government House in Osogbo, but our analysts say that the contest is between Rauf Aregbesola, the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Candidate (APC) and Iyiola Omisore,... Read More

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August 9, 2014

#OsunDecides: 10 things you SHOULD know about Lai Mohammed’s arrest (READ)

by Isi Esene After its embarrassing loss to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Ayo Fayose in Ekiti, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is apparently throwing all it has into the Osun gubernatorial elections where the incumbent governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola meets stiff opposition from the formidable Sen. Iyiola Omisore. The Party, in a last ditch... Read More

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August 8, 2014

#OsunDecides: Osogbo goes dry as early curfew kicks in

by Godwin Akanfe The restriction of movement announced by the Osun state commissioner of police, Austin Ekhavbahbokun, has kicked in. Announcing the restriction on Friday, the police boss said that it will continue up until after tomorrow’s elections in order to enable security agents maintain law and order during, and in the immediate aftermath of the polls. ”The... Read More

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PDP has a word for Rauf Aregbesola

Family denies allegations that Osun worker attempted suicide related to unpaid salaries

Osun PDP lawmaker-elect attacked while collecting his certificate of return

Doctors say Aregbesola is “unwilling” to pay their 6-month salaries

For being unable to pay its workers, Osun APC blames PDP

Osun to stop free feeding of schoolchildren

No chill: Appeal Court tells Omisore to move on, but he’s having none of it…

Presidential election results released in most parts of Osun

GEJ’s dollars create confusion in Osun between monarchs and subjects

Jonathan cannot win even if he empties the treasury – APC senator

NIS steps up search for illegal immigrants ahead of the elections

Election tribunal dismisses Omisore’s petition against Aregbesola

“Wherever you find PDP, you will find misery” – 5 things Gov. Aregbesola wants you to know

Meet Prof. Comfort Sonaiya, the only woman running for President in 2015

Osun bombing suspect sentenced to death by hanging

How GEJ’s visit to OAU caused protest, chaos and injury (VIDEO)

Aregbesola wants urgent return of Nigeria to Parliamentary rule

“He raped me” | “She’s my girlfriend” || 30-year-old man uploads victim’s photo after allegedly raping her

Ogaga Ifowodo: Why are elections military operations?

Simon Kolawole: Marching on to 2015 positively

Akin Osuntokun: Omisore paid for his exaggerated sense of self-importance

Is Weird MC getting a political appointment from Gov. Aregbesola? (READ, TWEETS)

Adekoya Boladale: Forget rice, Aregbesola’s ‘odourless fufu’ is the next big thing

Finally! Iyiola Omisore Speaks: Blames INEC for election loss [DETAILS]

Femi Aribisala: Don’t get it twisted, APC lost the Osun election

Dika Ozoemena: Why the PDP is responsible for Omisore’s loss

CAPTION THIS: What’s Gov. Aregbesola discussing with his son, Kabiru?

LIVE UPDATES: We’re liveblogging the #OsunDecides election here

#OsunDecides: 10 things you SHOULD know about Lai Mohammed’s arrest (READ)

#OsunDecides: Osogbo goes dry as early curfew kicks in

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