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The government of the state of Osun has assured the relations of all victims of the 14th April, 2007 Gubernatorial/ House of Assembly Election in the state of Osun that their death as a result of bravery will be in vain.   Speaking to reporters last Monday on the occasion of the 8th Anniversary of the bloodiest election in the history of the state, The State Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Sunday Akere said that everything possible will be done to immortalize them as heroes and martyrs of democracy.   According to him, the memory of the harmless young men that were killed at various polling units across the state while defending ballot boxes from being forcefully hijacked and carted away will not rest until free, fair, credible and transparent election is entrenched as the order of the day not only in Osun but all over Nigeria. It would be recalled that about twelve people lost their lives in Ikirun, Igbajo, Ila Orangun, Ile-Ife, Ilesa and some ot...

The ancient town of Iwo stood still for several hours on Friday asmembers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Iwo gathered withone voice to adopt the second term bid of the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. It was a fully packed playing field of the DC Elementary SchoolAraromi, venue for the programme as members and followers of the partyin their thousands gathered to express their appreciation for theGovernor. Prominent among the sons and daughters of Iwo land who spoke at the event was the "Ekerin of Iwo land" who was also a onetime commissionerfor Information, Otunba Bayo Aremu who stressed that, the achievementof Ogbeni Aregbesola in the last three and half years isunprecedented. According to him, "Aregbesola's government is incomparable, noadministration in the history of Osun has performed as much as he hasdone, he has transformed not only Iwo land but the whole of Osun" he stressed. "For Aregbesola to pick the SSG, the Commiss...

The Governor of the State of Osun, Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has been unanimously returned as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Osun gubernatorial election slated for August 9, 2014. Governor Aregbesola, who is eyeing his second shot in the governorship seat of the state, received an overwhelming support across the thirty Local Government Areas and Ife East Area Office of the state emerging as the consensus candidate of the party. In his acceptance speech titled: Building a New Nigeria, Governor Rauf Aregbesola thanked members of the party for the confidence they repose in his government saying his second term in office will open a new vista for the state of Osun. Governor Aregbesola, who said the rebuilding process of a new Nigeria should be vital to any responsible, responsive and courageous leader in the country today, said APC will cause a monumental change at the federal level of the country come 2015 considering the array of eminent political gladiators w...

Nigerian youths have been charged to make use of the nation's recently rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which placed Nigeria as the nation with the largest economy in Africa and 26th in the world as announced few days ago, to better their lots. The Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Education in the State of Osun, Mrs. Grace Titilayo Laoye-Tomori, gave this charge as a guest lecturer at the conferment of an Award of Excellence on Professor Afolabi Ojo, the founding father of the Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife tagged; The Role of Geography in Contemporary Nigerian Society which held at the University campus. In her speech titled: Recognition as Motivation, Mrs. Laoye-Tomori urged every young university lecturer to emulate Professor Ojo in the discharge of his/her duties, to display leadership traits together with commitments to service, stating further that, a day for being rewarded like Professor Ojo is just around the corner. She said that, ...

The state of Osun House of Assembly has called on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to petition the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)at the appropriate quarters, over the recklesness and exesses exhibited by the party's stalwarts at its gubernatorial primary election last weekend.        Speaking on behalf of the honourable members who had earlier strongly condemned the act at a plenary session, the Speaker, RT Hon Najeem Salaam described the incident where a former Governor of the state was openly molested as unfortunate. He said the ugly incident is an indication that certain elements in the Party are out to truncate the peaceful athmosphere which had hiterto been in existence since inception of the present administration in the state.    While promising that the present administration will do everything possible to resist lawlesness, the Speaker called on the Federal Government to call police to order, saying police should n...

Justice F.E Awolalu of Court 2 High Court of Justice Osogbo today dismissed the case instituted against the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) and ten others which include the State Governor, Atttorney General and Commissioner for Justice and others. The case was instituted by Hon. Akanfe Atidade, Ademola Abioye, Hon, Mutiu Abiola, Hon. Segun Amure Lawrence for themselves and on behalf of Chairmen and Counsellorship aspirants of the People Democratic Party and Accord Party in the State. Delivering her judgment, Justice Awolalu considered the issues raised by the plaintiff by way of originating summon and preliminary objections raised by the defendants before finally dismissing the case of the plaintiff in its entirety. The court dismissed the case which was instituted against the OSSIEC , the Governor of the State of Osun, the House of assembly and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice among others. The court found that the issue in ...

Poverty, unemployment, get rich quick syndrome and security lapse have been identified as the major causes of untold nefarious activities being perpetrated by people in the country. This observation was made in Ibadan by the Special Adviser to the Governor of the State of Osun on Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Comrade Biyi Odunlade, when he led a team of officials of the Department of Special Needs of the Ministry on solidarity visit to Oyo State Government on the atrocities committed by yet-to-be identified ritualists at Soka village on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Comrade Biyi Odunlade said that, the visit was to sympathize and show solidarity with the Oyo State Government on the evil act and to identify citizens of the State of Osun who were among the rescued victims, with a view to bringing them to the state for rehabilitation as directed by Governor Rauf Aregbesola. He added that, the 'O' Rehab programme of the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was create...