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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…

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…

#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…

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…

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,…

INEC completes accreditation on OAU campus, begins voting

Akintola Lukman/Ile-Ife Independent Electoral Commission began accreditation of eligible voters by 7:300 a.m. in Obafemi Awolowo University community, Ile-Ife, Osun…

Lagos asks for volunteers to fight Ebola

Authorities in Lagos appealed Saturday for volunteers to help fight an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in this Nigerian…

Not all Ebola victims will die, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday said it was wrong for people to believe that those who were…

Lai Mohammed, Sunday Dare released by security operatives

After hours of interrogation, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Sunday Dare, media…

Lai Mohammed, Tinubu’s Media Aide Arrested In Osun

By Eromosele Ebhomele The tension in the State of Osun, western Nigeria heightened Friday night, just few hours to the…

Osun Election: Masked soldiers terrorise APC members, threaten to kill

Masked soldiers have plagued Osun state threatening to kill members of the All Progressives Congress. Former Commissioner of Tourism and…

Osogbo hotels raided by police ahead of election

By Gbenro Adesina/Osogbo Heavily armed policemen on Friday raided some hotels in Osogbo, capital of Osun state, demanding from the…

US steps up response to Ebola in Nigeria

United States health authorities said Friday they are sending extra personnel and resources to Nigeria, which has declared a national…

Police arrests, detains Osun APC chairman

All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman for Ifedayo Local Government Area (GRA), Mr. Dapo Biola, and Dr. Atolagbe, a Member of…

Ebola: Ogun bans wildlife hunting

By Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta In a bid to ensure that the Ebola Virus Disease does not make its way to Ogun…

Ebola: Nigeria doctors in crisis

As Nigeria declared a national emergency over Ebola Virus on Friday, the association of local medical doctors which should lead…

#OsunDecides: Police Comm. withdraws orderlies from ‎politicians

By Simon Ateba/Osogbo Less than 24 hours to the governorship election in Osun state, the newly deployed police commissioner in…

Osun Election: APC accuses Police boss of bribing security agents to rig for PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the new Police Commissioner in Osun state, of distributing cash to police personnel…

Ebola: NNPC Clinic Shut down In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu on Friday said the clinic belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum…

Ebola: Stop Cheating On Us, Nigerian Women Beg Husbands

Eromosele Ebhomele Following the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, Nigerian women have started pleading with men to think…

Shehu of Borno optimistic insurgency will end soon

Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, on Friday expressed optimism that the Boko Haram insurgency would end soon. Garbai…

Lagos Bridge In Danger, Says Gov. Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has raised the alarm that the Apapa/Ijora bridge is in grave danger and…

Osun Election: 2 Men Nabbed With Ballot Papers

Simon Ateba, Jethro Ibileke, Gbenro Adesina/Osogbo & Adebobola Alawode Two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Obokun…

Osun Poll: Survey Gives It To Aregbesola

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola will be returned as governor of Osun State. This is according to the latest…

INEC registers 1.4m voters for Osun guber poll

A total of 1,407,222 voters, comprising 661,394 males (47 per cent) and 745,828 females (53 per cent), were registered by…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

LASU fee cut: PDP not impressed

Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the reversal of the Lagos State University,…

Benin reports 2 possible cases of Ebola, one a Nigerian

Benin said Thursday that it has placed two patients, one of them a Nigerian, with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation and…