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Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Sonde Ojeikere. As the battle for who succeeds Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State in 2016 continues, a group known as Chris Ogiemwonyi Movement for Edo is lobbying the former Minister of State for Works, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi to run for the exalted position. The President of the group, Mr. Osberth Agho made this plea …

In line with the commitment of the government of the State of Osun to use technology to improve planning, allocation of resources and service delivery in its education sector, a first-of-its-kind Smart Identity Card with biometric features was launched for all public school students in the state recently at Salvation Army School, Alekuwodo, Oshogbo, Osun State. An initiative of Chams …

According to Sahara Reporters On Tuesday, spokesperson of the State Security Service (SSS), Mrs. Marilyn Ogar, accused “a certain political party” of offering two SSS officials a combined bribe of N14million to influence the Osun State gubernatorial election, won by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Ogar, who was speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, an SSS director was offered N4million while …

ABUJA‑ THE Presidency yesterday tongue-lashed the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for asking President Goodluck Jonathan to forget about contesting in 2015 if by October, he fails to produce the Chibok secondary school students kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect in April. The presidency said Jonathan does not require any threat or ultimatum from the north or any group of persons …

It was a battle they inherited from their ancestors. The faceoff that emerged yesterday between Afenifere, the Yoruba Socio Cultural group and the Northern Elders Forum, NEF over the feasibility and competence of President Goodluck Jonathan’s reelection was a recall of the mutual suspicion that existed between Nigeria’s first indigenous regional leaders. While the conflict of the forefathers was essentially …

Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was, yesterday, locked in a meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta in a 30 minute encounter that flagged off his nationwide consultations on prospecting his candidacy in the 2015 presidential election. The meeting, meanwhile, stirred concern about a possible pull-out of the number four man from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Tambuwal and …

Boston – By Emman Okuns. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Retired Colonel Mohammed Dasuki Sambo told the world in Boston Friday that the central casualty of the lingering Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria was government’s diversion of scarce resources that could better support the development needs of the country to security issues. He also said that government …

Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko will, on Thursday, August 14, 2014, collapse his political structure, ‘Iroko Frontiers,’ for a new structure to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in 2015. The new platform has been named ‘Believe Nigeria, Trust Goodluck’. Mr Idris Usman, National Coordinator of the new structure, said the mission of the political group is to promote Mimiko’s commitment …

LAGOS — IT is no longer news that Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) comfortably beat Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain his seat for another 48 months in power in weekend’s Osun State polls. What perhaps is news is the avalanche of reasons for Aregbesola’s convincing victory. The reasons include: Aregbesola’s …

OSUN GUBER – RESULTS FROM #OSUNDECIDES S/N LGA APC PDP Winner 1 Aiyedaade 12,801 11,255 APC 2 Aiyedire 7,724 7,813 PDP 3 Atakunmosa East 9,287 6,294 APC 4 Atakunmosa West 6,928 5,142 APC 5 Boluwaduro 4,891 5,035 PDP 6 Boripe 12,723 9,344 APC 7 Ede North 15,403 10,427 APC 8 Ede South 11,738 7,462 APC 9 Egbedore 10,615 7,024 APC 10 …