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There were indications in Abuja on Sunday that the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party might strike a deal with a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, in a bid to win the state rerun governorship election slated for Thursday, investigations by our...

Barely a month to the Osun State governorship election, several members (said to be about 3,000) of the ruling … Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2MmJdrP Get More Nigeria Political News

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the killings recorded around the country need to be addressed carefully to avoid another civil war. Speaking at Greater Nigeria Pastors’ Conference in Osun on Friday, Osinbajo said Nigerians should stop reading religious and ethnic meanings to the killings. He...

There is a palpable confusion and tension among journalists in Osun State, as two leading members of the profession were last week transferred from the newsroom to the classroom. The duo, Mr Adeyemi Aboderin, and Mrs Tunrayo Ayegbayo were both employees of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation in...

In the aftermath of the March 25 congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, in which Mr Soji Adangunodo emerged as the substantive Chairman of the party in the state, a former Deputy Governor and chieftain of the party, Iyiola Omisore is set dump the party. DAILY POST...

Fourteen students of the Ondo State-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo who were arrested by the police during a violent protest over enforcement of order on payment of school fees, were wednesday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in the ancient town. The accused, 13 males and one female...

Many Osun State pensioners on Wednesday took to the streets to protest non payment of their pensions for 13 and-a-half months after a headmaster killed himself over unpaid gratuity. The pensioners operating on the platform of 2011/2012 Forum of Retired Public Servants in Osun State accused the...

A 29-year-old man, Kehinde Ariyo, has been arrested by the Osun Police Command for allegedly raping an 85-year-old woman to coma at Ilesa town in the state. The police commissioner in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Osogbo. Adeoye said the incident happened...

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Caretaker Committee in Osun, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Sarafadeen Ali, on Monday visited the former National Secretary of the party, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to apologise to him, and as well sought for his forgiveness. The delegation met...

According to reports emanating from the Editorial team of Osun State Corps members, a female member of the National Youth Service Corps, yesterday, reportedly got pregnant for a male junior secondary school 2 student in a popular school in Osun State. There are also speculations that the...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, yesterday, commissioned 7 coaster buses worth N56 million to ease inter-state transportation for the people of Ile-Ife. The Oba, while commissioning the Made-in-Nigeria buses at his palace at Enuwa Square in Ile-Ife, urged Nigerians to...

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja 11 is set to declare Ife as a tourism zone by building a N7.6billion Ife Grandma Resort, according to the State official website. The Kabiyesi's newly appointed chief tourism adviser and consultant, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, disclosed that Oba Ojaja...

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to seek the consent of the National Assembly to establish a court for anti-corruption trials. Speaking at the Osun State University, Ifetedo, on Wednesday, Falana highlighted the issues surrounding the various...