Tag: Governor Rauf Aregbesola
No Going Back On APC — Govs
Nine governors from four opposition political parties on Thursday endorsed the emergence of the budding All Progressive Congress (APC). The…
Gov Aregbesola Has Done Quite Well
Muyiwa Ige, son of the late Chief Bola Ige and Osun State Commissioner for Lands, Rural and Urban Renewal, in…
Aregbesola And The Promise Of History
By Oluwamuyiwa Jimoh Sovereignty resides with the people. Service to the sovereign therefore connotes service to the people. Public servants…
Aregbesola unveils symbol of Yoruba culture
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Saturday in Ile-Ife unveiled an Ife ancestral monument, popularly called Ori-olokun,…
Free uniforms for Osun students, computers on the way
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s State of Osun on Friday distributed school uniforms worth N800 million to students in the…
Aregbesola urges national peace at hometown carnival
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has stressed that peaceful coexistence among Nigerians irrespective of their religion and ethnic groups…
In Pictures: Aregbesola embraces Oyinlola
A rare show of camaraderie, frozen into immortality by the camera: Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun and…
Aregbesola extols Justice Eso at farewell session
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Thursday said in Osogbo that the late jurist, Justice Kayode Eso,…
Oyinlola tackles Governor Aregbesola over women’s centre
Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of the state of Osun, and now national secretary of Nigeria’s ruling party, the…
Justice Eso: Aregbesola declares 3-day mourning
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s State of Osun has in Osogbo declared three days of mourning following the death of…
Osun Assembly passes bill on anthem, crest, flag
The House of Assembly of the State of Osun, western Nigeria, has passed a bill on the state’s Anthem, Crest…
In Pictures: Governor Aregbesola receives Brig. Oluwole Rotimi
From Right, Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Former Military Governor of the Old Western Region, General Oluwole Rotimi…
Aregbesola, Oyinlola appear at probe panel
Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his predecessor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Nigeria’s State of Osun have given testimony before a probe panel…
Contracts: Oyinlola Faces Probe
Former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola and 69 others are to appear on Monday before a panel of inquiry set…
Osun demolishes offices for market
All the courts, including the Chief, the Senior, the Magistrates’ and the Family Courts in the old Governor’s Office in…
Aregbesola hosts Awolowo descendants
From left, Grand Daughter of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Mrs Kemi Aderemi; Awolowo’s first daughter, Rev Tola 0yediran; State of Osun…
Aregbesola approves new council for UNIOSUN
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s State of Osun on Tuesday approved the reconstitution of the council of the University of…
Nigeria’s Untypical Governor
Aregbesola, governor of The State of Osun is the opposite of Nigeria’s regular governor BAMIDELE JOHNSON Favourite music? Fuji. Favourite…
Ex-Senator Omisore sues Nigerian newspaper
Former Senator Iyiola Omisore has sued Global Media Limited, publisher of the National Mirror for N1 billion for alleged libel.…
Aregbesola Slams Omisore
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, southwest Nigeria today described claims that he planned to excise his state from Nigeria…
Free uniforms for State of Osun pupils
About 750,000 pupils in public primary schools in Nigeria’s state of Osun are to benefit from the government’s free uniforms…
ACN To PDP: Stop Using Religion To Destabilise Southwest
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against continuing to play the religious card…
ACN Alleges Threat To Aregbesola’s Life
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised the alarm over ‘credible threats’ to Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s life within the…
Ramadan: Aregbesola Tasks Muslims
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has called on Muslims to spend the 30-day Ramadan period to offer special prayers…
Oyinlola’s Thanksgiving Service Revisited
On Sunday December 5 2010, eminent PDP members from South West and other parts of Nigeria including former President Obasanjo,…
Lagos ACN Chieftain Salutes Aregbesola
People, especially politicians, have continued to hail the courage of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State for treading the path…
Court Strikes Out Charge Against Nigeria’s New Governor
The last chapter  of the  battle over the 2007  Governorship election in Osun state  was brought to a dramatic…