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The Minister of Interior and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregebsola has travelled to Germany for a national assignment and missing in action at the ongoing Osun 2022 governorship election. Speaking on the development, a media aide to Aregbesola, Sola Fasure, said, ‘Oga didn’t come home for the election.’ But declined to speak further…

No fewer than eight suspected cultists have been arrested by officers of Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, in connection with the attack on the convoy of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, last month in Lagos. Tinubu, who returned to Lagos on Sunday, June 19, 2022, after emerging…

One of the officers deployed to ensure free and fair election in the ongoing gubernatorial poll in Osun has been allegedly caught in a video instructing voter who to cast his vote for . The yet-to-be-identified officer in the video was seen standing at the cubicle while the voter exercise his civic right. Though, the…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have stormed some polling units in Ede in Saturday’s Osun governorship election to observe the election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that personnel were seen moving around the polling units and observing proceedings as voters took turn to get accreditation and cast their votes.…

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the ongoing election in Osun, Hon. Lasun Yusuf said it took him about ten minutes to cast his vote at his polling unit on Saturday. The former Deputy Speaker however said he is optimistic that the process will improve as the election progresses. Recall that some unknown…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke has cast his vote at his ward Ede, Osun State on Saturday. Adeleke, the main challenger to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola cast his vote Sagba Abogunde Ward 2 Unit 9 in Ede North local government area. The election is expected to be keenly contested between the…

Some soldiers on Friday arrested a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Osun State chapter, Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as ‘Asiri Eniba.’ Oyewale, who is the NURTW Chairman, Olorunda unit, was reportedly arrested at his Ojurin, Osogbo motor park office by the soldiers. It was learnt that some other people were also…

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to make compromises, so as to resolve the current nationwide strike by varsity lecturers. Dare made the call when he met with a delegation of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja. According to him,…

The Nation Newspaper A professor in the Nigerian university system will earn N2 million monthly salary, if the Federal Government accepts the recommendations of its committee on the 2009 agreements with university-based unions. The committee also recommended varied yearly allowances for professors. The allowances are for postgraduate supervision, field trip, responsibility and hazard, examination/timekeeper and…