The Chief Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Bamidele Omole, has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Osun State governorship election, Rauf Aregbesola, as winner of the poll. Omole said while announcing the result in Osogbo on Sunday that, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and…
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Police Arrests TVC Reporter In Osun
Aproko247 has learnt that a journalist with the Lagos-based Television Continental, TVC, has been arrested in Osun State. The journalist, Ayodeji Morakinyo, is the Ondo State correspondent of the TV station. He was picked by some heavily armed policemen in Oshogbo on Thursday afternoon after covering a news rally in the town. A journalist in…
Boko Haram Takes Over Gwoza As Army, Residents Flee
The rocky border town of Gwoza in Borno State has been taken over by members of the terrorists group called Boko Haram, Aproko247 has learnt. In the early hours of Wednesday, the insurgents stormed the town, dislodging some military officers guarding the community, before attacking residents of the community, who later flee to safety on…
Oyinlola Is A Serial Traitor–Omisore
Former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who recently left the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been described by the governorship candidate of the PDP in the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial poll in Osun, Iyiola Omisore, as a “confirmed serial betrayer.” Omisore, reacting to Oyinlola’s defection, alleged in…
Jonathan Will Contest 2015 Poll
Tony Anenih, Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that President Goodluck Jonathan will run in the 2015 presidential election. The renowned politician said the President will contest at the polls on the platform of PDP. “I want the National Chairman [of the PDP] to go home with a…
Osun Guber: NSCDC Boss Speaks Tough, Warns Infiltrators
Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ade Abolurin, has warned miscreants planning to foment during the August 9, 2014, governorship election in Osun State to have a rethink as the Corps will not tolerate anyone thinking of truncating the electoral process. The NSCDC boss reiterated that irrespective of political affinity, all…
Nigerian Nurse Die Of Ebola In Lagos
A Nigerian nurse who was among those that treated the Liberian infected with the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, has died. Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, confirmed the development. “Yesterday (Tuesday), 5th August, 2014, the first known Nigerian to die of the EVD was recorded, and…
Nigeria Confirms 7 Cases Of Deadly Ebola Virus
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has revealed that seven cases of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, have been confirmed in Nigeria. The Minister, in a statement issued on Wednesday, disclosed that, “The first one was the index case-the imported case from Liberia of which the victim is now late,” adding that on Tuesday, August…
Military Officers Die Over ‘Fake’ Female Officer
Punch reports that two military officers lost their lives at a club in Lagos over a woman. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday, but the police were able to bring the situation under control when a distress call was put to them by a concerned citizen in the area. “There was confusion on Sunday morning…
I’ll Turn Osun To Dubai—Aregbesola
Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that he will ensure the state becomes a world tourist attraction like the city of Dubai in the United Arabs Emirates. He made this disclosure on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at the mega rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC, held in the state. While addressing the…