…Urges Members To Reject Terrorists From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Barely a week to the Osun State gubernatorial Poll, a group under the aegis of Yoruba Community Council in Northern Nigeria has cautioned politicians in Osun State to resist any form of rigging during the forthcoming exercise. They said this in a press statement signed by […]
We read without surprise the TNS-RMS poll in which the embattled Governor of Osun state ,Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was awarded a whopping 73 percent rating in the August 9 poll. The poll is a careless hatchet job by a client for its benefactor and therefore lacking any basis in political reality in which over 90 […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm and alleged that Federal Government (FG) has started terrorizing and intimidating residents of Osun State, ahead of next Saturday governorship election. In a statement issued in Lagos today by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC wondered why the FG deployed to the state, agents […]
The Osun State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has announced its readiness to receive President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday to endorse the ruling party’s flag bearer Senator Iyiola Omosore in the coming state’s governorship election slated for Saturday, August 9, 2014. The Party, in a statement issued on Thursday in Oshogbo by its […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 20 candidates for the August 9 governorship election in Osun State. The commission says it has also accredited 29 local and foreign observers for the poll. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega who disclosed this while addressing journalists promised that the conduct of the Osun election would […]
…Fayose, Femi Fani-kayode,Others Present Oyewale Oyelola The people of Ile-Ife, home town of PDP governorship candidate in August 9 gubernatorial election in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore turn out in large numbers to express their support for their son, as the rescue mission campaign team storms Ife. The rally which started at early hour of […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship flagbearer for forthcoming governorship election in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore will on Wednesday tour the four local government areas in Ile-Ife. African examiner gathered that Omisore will formally receive royal blessing from Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade before going to all the wards in Ife zone. […]
The campaign train of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came under attack at Ilesa rally, as PDP candidate in the forthcoming August 9 governorship election in Osun, Senator Iyiola Omisore and other PDP party leaders narrowly escaped death. Our Correspondent reports that SSS officers attached to Sen. Omisore were injured in the attack. Also, the […]
…As Omisore Pledges Anti-Poverty Programmes Less than twenty days to the Osun state governorship election,the All Progressive Congress on Wednesday lost one of its top chieftain, Colonel Olayiwola Talabi (rtd) who defected with hundreds of his supporters to the People’s Democratic Party. The defection which took place at Ikire , also saw the flag bearer […]
Oyewale Oyelola The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega has assured Nigerians that the upcoming governorship election in Osun state will be credible, free, fair and acceptable to all. Prof Attahiru Jega gave this assurance on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists after Interactive Session with media practitioners on their roles […]
Few days to the governorship election in Osun state, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has launched consultations with Islamic leaders across the three senatorial districts of the state. Reports from the encounters of the governor however indicated that many Islamic clerics in the state are not satisfied with the performance of the governor in the last four […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned prospective voters in the State of Osun that without permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), they will not be allowed to exercise their voting right in the August 9 gubernatorial election. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Olusegun Agbaje gave the warning Wednesday, insisting that PVCs was the […]
Jacob Oyewale Osun state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled 6 prominent members of the party for engaging in anti-party activities. Osun state chairman of the party, Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa made the announcement at the end of the State Working Committee (SWC) meeting in Osogbo. The expelled party leaders, according to Ola-Oluwa includes: […]
Political Campaign towards next month governorship election in Osun State became violent on Monday as supporters of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a violent clash leaving several people injured. Following the violent clash, both parties pointed accusing fingers at each other in a statement made available […]
By Matthew Adejoh Basking in the euphoria of gaining and sustaining the upper hand in Ekiti with its decimation of the support base of the loud but ineffective All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been strutting around like a cock in the midst of female fowls. But do you blame the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the delay in distributing the permanent voters cards to registered voters in the state ahead of the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun State, Nigeria, warning that it might be a ploy to disenfranchise voters. “INEC has been painfully slow in processing the permanent voters cards, and […]
By Jide Akorede The political contest heating up Osun state has many dimensions,the one well known been the myth of Rauf Aregbesola’s governance of the last four or so years. The new angle gaining ground rapidly and assuming upper hand ahead of the governorship election is the rescue mission symbolized by the gubernatorial candidate of […]
Oyewale Oyelola Osun state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended former governor of Osun state, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke and Osun PDP, Deputy Chairman, Dr. Bashiru Salam for anti-party activities The spokesperson of Osun PDP, Mr. Bola Ajao announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday. The statement reads, “The Osun State chapter of […]
Kayode Adelowokan Ahead of the governorship election in both Osun and Ekiti states, the federal government of Nigeria has condemned a group, Oodua Foundation, over its recent publication in the media that the South-West geo-political zone of the country was heading towards serious violence ahead of the governorship elections slated to hold in Ekiti and […]
Oyewale Oyelola The PDP flag bearer for August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun state; Senator Iyiola Omisore has called on Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); Prof Attahiru Jega to remove Ambassador Olutoyin Akeju as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun state. Omisore made this call while receiving his Certificate of Return as PDP […]
