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Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Despite the late arrival of the officials of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the national headquarters for the primaries into the 32-seat Oyo State legislative arm, the election was successful with loyalists of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, winning most of the seats. Among those that emerged as winner is Mr. Jimoh Fadipe, the lawmaker who […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, State News
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
AS security men continue to make efforts to halt the fresh crisis that engulfed the city of Jos on Saturday, silent killings are still going on in some parts of the city while more houses were burnt in the early hours of Sunday. Nigerian Tribune learnt that after peace returned to Jos after about five […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Minister of Interior, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho (retd.), on Sunday said it was too early to link the bomb blasts at the mammy market beside Mogadishu Military Barracks to the Christmas Eve explosions in Jos, Plateau State. He stated that investigators were still collating evidence and working hard to apprehend the perpetrators, noting that it would […]
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Oyo, State News
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
At least three workers of Bus-Lakson Filling Station, said to be owned by a factional leader of the state council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (a.k.a. Tokyo), were reportedly injured during an attack on the filling station by some hoodlums on Sunday evening. The filling station is located in […]
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Abia, Imo, Niger, Oyo, Plateau, State News
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was at the weekend being threatened with exodus of prominent members displeased with the procedure set for the forthcoming legislative and gubernatorial primaries. As at weekend, major names exiting the party included Senators, former Governors and members of the House of Representatives with erstwhile Senate Leader, Senator Olusola Saraki; […]
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Oyo, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, weekend, disclosed reasons why he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and opted for Accord Party. This came as he vowed to do everything possible to make his former party be a forgotten after the April poll. Ladoja, who will slug it out with his successor in […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]
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Nigerian Police, Oyo, State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
SECURITY was yesterday beefed up in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, by men of the State Police Command for fear of reprisal attack by supporters of the murdered National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.ka. Eleweomo). This came as the police authorities announced the arrest of two persons in connection with the […]
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Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News, Top Stories
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
The Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress elections ordered by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) turned bloody yesterday, with the killing of the factional leader of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.k.a Eleweomo). Salako, said to be one of the party delegates from […]
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Headlines, Oyo
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
GOVERNOR Adebayo Alao Akala of Oyo State has declared that he is ready to drop his immunity and subject himself to questioning by law enforcement agents over his alleged complicity in death threats said to have been issued to some prominent citizens of the state. The governor, who said this while speaking with newsmen in […]
