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OSHOGBO town was thrown into wild jubilation as results of the Osun State gubernatorial election results were being released at the polling units, reports have it that the All Progressives Congress, APC was in the early lead in Osogbo, Modakeke, Ede, Obokun, just as the PDP has won in Ife central, the strong hold of its candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore. …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, [PDP], Femi Fani-Kayode, has responded to claim that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC], Rauf Aregbesola, is coasting to victory in today’s governorship election in Osun state. Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES via telephone, Mr. Fani-Kayode said the tallying of the votes was still going on and that it was therefore too …

Former Governor Oyinlola, Minister of Police, lose polling units Gbenga Olarinoye, Henry Umoru, Dapo Akinrefon and Gbenga Oke Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress, APC was shoving aside a stiff challenge from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Senator Iyiola Omisore as early results from Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Osun State trickled in. Early returns showed Aregbesola to be …

The  celebration of All Progressive Congress in Osogbo was almost marred when a motorist knocked down a 6-year-old boy along Alekuwodo/Okefia road . According to our reporter, the APC faithful took to the streets in wild jubilation as preliminary results from the polling centres across the state capital puts Rauf Aregbesola in early lead. “Motorist knocks down 6 year old …

Collation of results at polling centres have commenced in most polling centres across Osun amidst tight security. Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel  as well as party supporters and agents witnessed the exercise. Voters were still voting in some  few polling units as at 4 p.m., several others had commenced collating their results. At Ward 4, Unit 5 and …

Vote counting in the gubernatorial election in Osun state has commenced with the first results of the election trickling in. Voters across the state  turned out massively as early at 6 AM Nigerian time for accreditation and voting commenced  early in several districts. However, there was massive deployment of soldiers across the state and mass arrest of opposition All Progressives Congress …

American warplanes struck Sunni militant positions in northern Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said in a statement, confirming the first significant American military operation since ground troops left Iraq in 2011. Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon Press Secretary, said that two F-18 fighters dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery target near Erbil. Militants of the Islamic State …

Former deputy governor of Adamawa State, Mr. James Ngilari has prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to order the state chief justice to inaugurate him as the substantive Governor of Adamawa State. In his originating summon, Ngilari hinged his argument  on the ground that he did not formally resign from his office as Deputy Governor as stipulated by …

The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has ordered the authorities of Lagos State University, LASU, to allow students of the institution revert to paying the old school fees. The recent increase in the institution tuition had sparked protests by students which snowballed into an industrial action by the institution’s lecturers. The students had demanded that the governor reduces …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has aired major concern on the Aug. 9 gubernatorial election in Osun State, claiming around half a million unclaimed and misplaced Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), have been duplicated by by fraudsters with intent to rig the process. ”These cloned cards, mostly in the hands of persons from states other than Osun, are to be used …