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Governors, Headlines, Niger, Osun, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014
Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, on Monday ascribed the victory of Rauf Aregbesola, in the Osun State governorship election on Saturday governorship to hard work and commitment to grassroots politics. Aliyu who made his position known in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel Ebije, in Minna, […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014

The Governor of Osun State and the All Progressives Congress candidate, Rauf Aregbesola, polled a total of 394,684 votes to emerge the winner of the state governorship election held on Saturday. Aregbesola won in 24 local government areas of the 30 local government areas in the state to maintain a clear lead. His closest rival […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News
Friday, August 8th, 2014
A total of 1,407,222 voters, comprising 661,394 males (47 per cent) and 745,828 females (53 per cent), were registered by INEC to vote in Saturday’s governorship election In Osun. An Information kit on the election issued by the commission indicated that there were 332 wards, 3,010 polling units and 3,379 voting points across the 30 […]
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Latest Politics, Osun, State News
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Panic gripped residents of Osun State on Wednesday when operatives of the Department of State Service in about 50 Toyota pickup vehicles fired into the air as their convoy rode through the capital city. The officials, some of whom wore masks, were fully armed and were conveyed round Osogbo in the siren-blaring vehicles. They […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Osun, Party Politics, State News
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Osogbo Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode said on Tuesday in Osogbo that his decision to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was well-thought-out. Speaking with newsmen, Fani-Kayode said it was better for him to “return home’’. The former minister said he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he did not like the way […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said engaging Governor Rauf Aregbesola in a public debate may be risky because the governor may attack him. Omisore said this in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo. Aregbesola had earlier challenged Omisore to a public debate to tell […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, Remi Oyeyemi, State News
Thursday, July 17th, 2014

By Remi Oyeyemi | NNP | July 17, 2014 – “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.” – Blaise Pascal (1623-1662),French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist. “…most voters do not base their decisions on its utility value by adding up the costs and benefits of taking a particular decision. The political brain, ………is […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Some traditional rulers from Osun State have given reasons why Oduduwa State must be listed among the 19 states recommended by the National Conference for creation by the Federal Government. The proposed states listed by the conference to be created are Aba, from the present Abia State, Katagum from Bauchi State, Ijebu from Ogun State, […]
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Borno, Kaduna, Osun, State News
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima and an injured victim of Maiduguri Monday Market explosion…on Tuesday | credits: Borno State Government. A suicide bomber, suspected to be a member of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, early on Tuesday detonated an Improvised Explosive Device at the popular Maiduguri Monday Market, killing no fewer than 17 persons. […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the All Progressives Congress lost the Ekiti State governorship polls due to fraud but maintained that it was impossible to rig him out in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun. The governor spoke in Ikirun on Tuesday during the continuation of his campaign which […]