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November 20, 2015

APC planning to ship 15,000 mercenary-voters into Kogi – PDP

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claims there’s an existing plan by the governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, to deploy 15,000 persons to Kogi State, to take part in the governorship election, for the benefit of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement released on Thursday, party’s spokesperson, Diran Odeyemi, said the plot... Read More

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November 14, 2015

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Paris under siege, 120 dead | Nnamdi Kanu’s parents unsure if he’s still alive | Urhobo says its not part of Biafra | More stories

Appeal court in Benin upholds APC’s election in Kaduna. Leadership Group warns Aregbesola not to merge Osun tertiary institutions. Punch Nnamdi Kanu parents unsure if he’s still alive. Vanguard 7 Boko Haram killed by troops in Gwoza. Leadership Afenifere says some ministers are round pegs in square holes. Punch Chief Whip tells why Gbajabiamila lost... Read More

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November 2, 2015

DSS wades into rift between Fulani herdsmen and Afenifere

As a result of the ongoing rift between Fulani herdsmen and the leadership of Afenifere, the Department of State Services (DSS), has organised a dispute-settling meeting between both groups. The meeting set up by the DSS, was between Afenifere and Miyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Association over the lingering animosity between two groups in the South-West. The Director of DSS in... Read More

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Hundreds of Osun residents storm Winners Chapel for food (PHOTOS)

Presiding Bishop of Winners Chapel, Bishop Oyedepo did promise to give arms to the people of Osun and that he did on Sunday, as a large crowd gathered to participate. Hundreds of public servants, retirees and other categories of residents of Osun State trooped to the Winners Chapel, Osogbo, to partake of the food aid... Read More

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Osun workers get back to work after a part pay

Workers in Osun resumed work on Tuesday after a seven-week strike called by the state labour unions. The state and local government workers had been working without pay. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that workers in Osogbo Local Government were seen tidying up their offices at the council secretariat that had been locked for... Read More

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Thugs disrupt impeachment protest against Aregbesola

The protest against the impeachment of Osun state governor, isn’t going smoothly. There has been pandemonium in Osogbo when suspected thugs disrupted the protest, which was organized by a group of Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun. The protest was to rally support for Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, a serving judge of the state... Read More

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Protesters in Oshogbo demand Aregbesola’s impeachment (Photos)

People of Osun state took to the streets on Tuesday to demand the impeachment of the governor, Rauf Aregbesola. The Civil Societies’ Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State had said on Monday that it will organise a mass rally to call for the impeachment.

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THE 2015 TRACKLIST: FG considers negotiation with B/Haram, Osun rejects slash in pay, PMB advocates party supremacy, More stories

Buhari says Nigeria is already winning war against Boko Haram. This Day Kwankwaso says he’s not under house arrest. YNaija APC NEC passes vote of confidence on Oyegun. Leadership Osun workers reject 50 per cent salary cut. This Day Presidency says they might negotiate with Boko Haram if they are willing. YNaija APC chieftain says... Read More

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Osun judge seeks Aregbesola’s impeachment

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola has been making the news lately due to his inability to pay salaries, PDP asking him to sell the state helicopter to pay, and him being unperturbed about it. An Osun State judge, Justice Oloyede Folahanmi is coming for him and as such called on the state House of... Read More

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John Ogunlela: Osun and the price of bold development

The present Osun financial crises evoke pity if one takes the time to understand its structural roots. It is hard for those of us who are familiar with the turf watch the governor, a man of an otherwise adored and praised by his people being picked at by an understandably aggrieved public over the turn... Read More

Mahmud Jega: Transition in Nigeria is the political equivalent of Lassa fever

by Mahmud Jega The Federal Government and all 36 state governments in Nigeria are right now suffering from high body temperature caused by a political fever called transition. Fela used to say that different different fever na him dey; this transition fever also varies from one state to another. The first aspect of it,... Read More

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With its new favourite word (triumphalism), PDP blasts Buhari in 5 quotes

by Kolapo Olapoju The Peoples Democratic Party has bemoaned the supposed insensitivity of the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to pertinent national issues that could result in crisis as well as threaten the nation’s unity. From a statement issued on Wednesday, April 8, by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, here are 5 grudges against... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: So far, APC appears to be winning the South-west (LOOK)

by Kolapo Olapoju From early results trickling in, the All Progressives Congress appears to be in a clear lead in the South-west geo-political zone of the country. The main opposition party is winning in 5 out of the 6 states in the South-West zone, Osun, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Oyo, while the Peoples Democratic Party... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: One person killed as violence erupts in Osun

by Chinwe Okafor The 2015 presidential elections have kicked off and so far it has been going on peacefully except in some states such as Enugu and Osun state. Currently, while a bomb blast is said to have gone off in Enugu at a polling boot, Osun has been reported to be witnessing some violence... Read More

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The day political thugs attacked Gov. Aregbesola’s convoy

by Ranti Joseph The governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola convoy was attacked by hoodlums suspected to be hired political thugs in Ilase, Obokun Local Government Area of the state. Aregbesola over the weekend was at Ibokun and Ilase in continuation of the campaign activities for candidates on the platform of the All Progressives Congress... Read More

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February 20, 2015

Osun NUT is worried about cult activities in secondary schools

by Chinwe Okafor The Nigeria Union of Teachers has pinpointed the involvement of pupils in cult-related activities as one of the factors causing unrest in secondary schools in Osun State, the state NUT Public Relations Officer, Mr. Boye Abolurin, revealed in an interview with Punch. According to him, teachers no longer discipline their pupils because of... Read More

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February 14, 2015

Osun shuts down 2 schools after students’ protest

by Ranti Joseph Osun Deputy Governor, Titi Laoye-Tomori, has ordered the shutdown of Government Technical College, Osogbo, and Osogbo High School, indefinitely over disturbances by the students. Students of both schools embarked on a protest on Thursday. This was disclosed on Saturday in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Osun State Ministry of Education, Lawrence... Read More

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January 30, 2015

Bodies of 2 students found floating in River Osun

by Temitope Onitiju Corpses of two students of Ifeolu Secondary School, Osogbo, were found floating on River Osun by a woman who had gone to fetch water, on Thursday, January 29. The pupils, Samson Obasanjo and another, simply identified as Kabiru, were students of Junior Secondary School 2, in the school located in the Ijetu... Read More

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January 14, 2015

Today’s Daily Brief: Forget Goodluck, Buhari is Nigeria’s best luck | GEJ, 13 others sign undertaking | 906,024 Edo voters get PVC, and more

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said his administration will do everything to free Nigeria from the cycle of corruption, unemployment and insecurity. Buhari said this on Wednesday at the presidential campaign of the APC held at the Osogbo City Stadium. The rally, which was billed to hold... Read More

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January 14, 2015

Buhari is the best luck for Nigeria – Aregbesola declares

by Akan Ido Ahead of the February 2015 general election, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential nominee Muhammadu Buhari signed a peace pact alongside his presidential opponent President Goodluck Jonathan in a bid to make the upcoming general election scheduled to take place on 14 February a violence-free and pledged his commitment to a peaceful... Read More

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January 2, 2015

Yorubas don’t know Osinbajo, he can’t win South-west for APC – PDP

by Anike Jacobs The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) as running mate to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd). While speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Thursday, the Chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Gani Olaoluwa, said Osinbajo cannot save the All Progressives Congress (APC) from defeat in... Read More

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December 31, 2014

Tolu Ogunlesi profiles Adamu Muazu: The PDP chairman is a game changer (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)

by Tolu Ogunlesi Adamu Muazu knows what it’s like to fall out of favour with the powers-that-be, after having himself once been among them. He spent the time between mid-2008 and late 2010 in exile, having fled an attempt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to bring him to justice following accusations he had... Read More

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December 30, 2014

Tragedy: 2 teenagers drown at a Christmas party in Osun

by Temitope Onitiju Two teenagers reportedly drowned in the swimming pool of an hotel during a Christmas party, in Osogbo, Osun. The incident occurred on Tuesday, December 23, when the teenage group from a Christ Apostolic Church in Ile Ife organised a picnic for members as part of activities marking the Christmas celebrations. The... Read More

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December 18, 2014

2 men sentenced to death for stealing fowls

by Temitope Onitiju When Nigerian politicians get away with stealing billions of naira, two thieves are on death row for poaching fowls… For stealing fowls, two men have been condemned to die by a court, in Okuku, Osun. The convicts, Olowookere Seguana and Morakinyo Sunday were found guilty of breaking into the home of Balogun Tope... Read More

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December 6, 2014

Nigeria’s primary school net attendance ratio drops

by Tunji Andrews Indications have emerged that the primary school attendance ratio in Nigeria dropped by 2.3% between 20012 and 2014. In a report published by the National Bureau of statistics titled 2014 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Survey Report and designed to track the Nation’s specific MDGs using specific indicators. It will be recalled that... Read More

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November 21, 2014

There is a plot to assassinate me – Omisore cries out

by Kolapo Olapoju Gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore has alleged that there is a plan in place to have him assassinated. Omisore cried out on Thursday, 20 November, that in order to cover up the “electoral heist perpetrated on August 9,... Read More

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October 28, 2014

No votes recount in Osun, says APC

by Akan Ido The All Progressives Congress have denied reports claiming that the Election Petition Tribunal has ordered a recount of the votes cast during the Osun State governorship elections which took place on August 9, 2014. Kunle Oyatomi, the party spokesman in the state said, “The APC calls on residents to disregard the online report.... Read More

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October 25, 2014

@adekoyabee: Aso Rock is waiting to be stolen

by Boladale Adekoya With the recent declaration of President Jonathan to run for a second term, the political atmosphere of Nigeria is now fully charged. While the major opposition party continues the foot dragging on who to present against the president come 2015, it is important to say that the 2015 race maybe the fiercest... Read More

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October 24, 2014

There is nothing wrong with Islamic Jihad – Aregbesola

by Kolapo Olapoju Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has stated that he sees nothing wrong with the practice of Islamic Jihad, which he explained to be a concept that has the aim of promoting the establishment of a personal relationship between Muslims and Allah. Aregbesola made the comments in Ile-Ife on Thursday, 23 October, while delivering a lecture... Read More

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October 22, 2014

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Peter Obi has some explaining to do | Guess who wants to be president under the MPPP | Fayose is on a sacking binge | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. Ex-Gov. Obi has some explaining to do. Vanguard That ominous moment when the APC would “not be comfortable”. Vanguard APC cries out over Dokubo’s threat to Lai Kohammed. Leadership Guess who wants to be president... Read More

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