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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Osun, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2022
Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo One policeman was reportedly injured when some uniformed soldiers engaged with policemen in gun duel at the popular Ajegunle Spare parts market, Area, in Osogbo, the Osun State Capital Spear parts dealer, traders residents around the area scamper for safety as some soldiers and police officers clashed following a minor disagreement that […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Friday, August 12th, 2022
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | August 12, 2022 – “You (Governor Oyetola) are doing well. You will complete this term and do another term.’ – HRM Oba Munirudeen Lawal, Timi of Ede As a young boy growing up, back then in the village, under the tutelage of his paternal grandmother, yours sincerely was […]
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Akwa Ibom, All Peoples' Congress (APC), Benue, Ekiti, Elections, Elections 2023, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Lagos, Latest Politics, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Party Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Battleground 2023: Like Osun, crises threaten APC in 20 states By Charles Kumolu, Dayo Johnson,Bashir Bello, Chioma Onuegbu, Shina Abubakar,James Ogunike, Ugochukwu Alaribe& Haruna Aliyu • Things fall apart in Kaduna, Kano, Ogun, Kwara, Imo, A’ Ibom, Ekiti, Rivers, Kebbi, Yobe, Zamfara, others If the claim by the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Sunday, July 24th, 2022
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | July 24, 2022 – When we were growing up, we were treated to the fact that, whether things were convenient or not, elections, globally, were contests; that membership of a political party was a thing of pride; and that, in a contest, ‘you win some, you lose some.’ […]
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Governors, Headlines, Osun, State News, Wole Soyinka
Monday, July 18th, 2022
By Ifreke Inyang Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has said that the defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Osun governorship election, is “the voice of Bola Ige resounding from the grave.” This was contained in a statement Soyinka released on Sunday. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the […]
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Governors, Headlines, Osun, State News
Monday, July 18th, 2022
By Ochogwu Sunday The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has congratulated Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for winning the just concluded gubernatorial election in Osun State. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Sunday declared the former lawmaker winner of the just concluded election. Adeleke emerged the […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | June 21, 2022 – In a matter of weeks, voters in Osun will again cast their ballots to elect a governor who will run the affairs of the state for the next four years. With governorship candidates drawn from different political parties fighting hard to occupy ‘Bola Ige House’, […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | June 21, 2022 | In 2018, I wrote a piece on the then governorship candidates of the leading political parties in Osun State. In the article, entitled ‘Osun: Picturing into the future’ (ref: The Nation, September 18, 2018), I tried to showcase each candidate’s quality as well as […]
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Headlines, Osun, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun governorship election slated for July 16 2022. The judge dismissed a suit filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi, seeking to be declared the candidate of PDP. He nullified the […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Friday, April 15th, 2022
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | April 15, 2022 – Not long ago, Osun State Government launched a feedback platform to further bridge the gap between policy implementation and the experiential realities of the residents of the state. The website, www.civicengagement.os.gov.ng, was launched through the state’s Civic Engagement Centre. According to Olatunbosun […]
