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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate in the inconclusive governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has thanked electorate in the state for their kind support in Saturday’s governorship poll. Adeleke led the race with 254,698 votes, 353 votes more than that of Gboyega Oyetola of the APC. The …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the just-concluded governorship election in Osun State inconclusive, while it orders for Re-run of the election between APC and PDP on Thursday, 27th September, 2018. It was scooped that 3498 voters to decide the fate of the parties. Here are the details: …

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has urged members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), serving in the State, to shun acts that could jeopardise the fulfilment of their one year mandatory service to the nation. According to a release signed and made available to the media by …

Ogun State Government says it has received the sum of N17.3 billion which is the last tranche of Paris Club Refund and would be used to offset the backlog of gratuity, Co-operative Deductions, Severance, furniture allowance of its workforce and other social services. The State Commissioner for Finance, Adewale Oshinowo …

“Wealth means nothing to me–it’s what you do with it that is truly important. Yes, I am blessed, but there is really nothing special about me. I’m just a regular guy who has a hunch for identifying opportunities and taking advantage of them.” Mr. Jim Ovia, the man who started …

Indication has emerged that the National Assembly may postpone its resumption to October 9. This is contrary to the September 25 resumption date which was earlier fixed after the federal lawmakers adjourned both chambers of the National Assembly on July 24. A dependable source in the Senate told LEADERSHIP yesterday …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has warned operatives of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Square (FSARS) to refrain from detaining suspects for more than 48hours without arraigning them in court. The IGP warned that operatives who detained suspects illegally for more than 48 hours are at the …

With scores of eminent personalities, including first class traditional rulers across Yorubaland, sons and daughters of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital celebrated the first class monarch, Oba Saliu Adetunji Ajeogungunniso I, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, who clocked 90 years in grand style at the International Conference Centre of the University …

For the records: The Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has advised budding entrepreneurs not to be dissuaded by whatever challenges they might be facing presently, just as he narrated how he founded a bank with N20 million in 1990, despite the uncertain business environment during the military …

BY GODWIN OKORO The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Iliyasu Ahmed has described the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of StarTrend Int’l magazine & www.startrendinternational.com, Elhadj AbuSatar Idowu Hamed as a media guru who has paid his dues in the industry. The erudite police officer made this observation on Sunday August 19, 2018 …