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Osun Election: PDP rejects result, Omisore petitions INEC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of the just concluded gubernatorial election in Osun state. The election…

Gov. Aliyu warns politicians against forcing electorate

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Saturday in Minna warned Nigerian politicians against forcing the electorate to vote for those…

Uduaghan’s aide, traditional ruler die in auto crash

The Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Mr Sunny Ofili, on Saturday died…

Aregbesola reelected governor of Osun State

Rauf Aregbesola has been reelected governor of Osun State. The All Progressives Congress candidate beat his closest rival Senator Iyiola…

Osun Election: APC celebrating fake victory, Omisore is winner – PDP

A spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party candidate Senator Iyiola Omisore in Osun’s election, has described as premature, the victory…

Osun Election: Police confirm arrest, release of politicians

The police in Osun on Saturday confirmed the arrest and release of some politicians in Odo Otin Local Government Area…

Boko Haram survivors stranded on mountain with no food

Hundreds of people who escaped a Boko Haram attack on their town in Nigeria’s restive north and fled to a…

Osun Poll In Pictures: Aregbesola, Omisore and the voters

Photos by Idowu Ogunleye and Emmanuel Osodi/ Osogbo&Ile-Ife

Osun Election: Complete results from the 30 LGAs in Osun

Results from the 30 local government areas (LGA) in Osun state have been complied and incumbent governor Rauf Aregbesola is…

Obama vows to save Iraqis stranded on mountain

US President Barack Obama vowed Saturday to help rescue thousands of civilians besieged by jihadists on an Iraqi mountain, as…

Osun Election: Group commends police, INEC

An election monitoring group, Reclaim Nigeria, on Saturday commended security agents that supervised the conduct of the Osun governorship election…

FG spends N3.5 bn on rehabilitating Zaria-Kaura Namoda rail lines

The Federal Government has spent over N3.5 billion on the rehabilitation of the Zaria-Funtua-Kaura Namoda rail lines, Senator Sahabi Ya’u,…

Army warns Borno residents against street protests

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Saturday cautioned residents of Borno against embarking on street protests,…

Osun Election: Aregbesola in early lead as voting ends

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state has taken an early lead as the gubernatorial election reaches a climax. Cumulative results…

Jonathan wants constitutional age for presidency removed

President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Saturday advocated the removal of the constitutional age limit of 40 years for a…

Zambia bars entry for citizens from Ebola countries

Zambia has banned the entry of citizens from countries hit by the deadly Ebola virus, which is ravaging nations to…

We are under the siege of the gun – Aregbesola

After voting this afternoon at Ifofin unit 1 polling centre in Ilesa, Governor Rauf Aregbesola spoke on the conduct of…

FCT Minister, Health Personnel To Meet Over Ebola

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed will on Monday hold a strategic meeting with health personnel to fashion out measures…

Osun Election: Accreditation, voting in Pictures

By Idowu Ogunleye and Emmanuel Osodi/ Osogbo

#OsunDecides: Five thugs arrested in Osogbo

Gbenro Adesina/Osogbo A man alleged to be a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) identified as Toyin Omotosho alias Akere…

APC Decries Arrest Of Its Members

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the mass arrest and intimidation of its members in Osun…

#OsunDecides: APC take the lead on OAU campus

Akintola Lukman/ Ile-Ife Voting exercise has been concluded at the OAU staff school polling station. The INEC officials have also…

GlaxoSmithKline Ebola vaccine to be ready in 2015

Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month…

Voters on OAU campus affirm tranquility

Akintola Lukman/Ile-Ife Accreditation and voting at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state have been peaceful, voters in the area…

Osun Assembly Majority Leader Arrested

Jethro Ibileke/Ilesa The Osun State House of Assembly Majority Leader, Timothy Owoeye, has been arrested. He was whisked away by…

Nun with Spanish missionaries dies of Ebola in Liberia

A Congolese nun who worked with Spanish Catholic missionaries in Liberia has died of Ebola, the charity she worked for…

Accreditation peaceful in Osogbo as voting commences

Gbenro Adesina/Oosgbo Amidst tight security but without any form of harassment, accreditation exercise at various poling units monitored in Osogbo,…

Uganda gay pride party after law is overturned

Dancing and waving rainbow-coloured flags, Ugandan activists held their first gay pride rally Saturday since the overturning of a tough…