State Of Osun To Create 36 Additional Council Areas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbKD7DbK3RetcQJ1vWL4pwq6IhX7kgbdNCcqubnzA-HJHTOcGrOpFe8BcUDzURAxZ1JTVGTro6FGpJ6_L1ij8_SXzUVEQU2NcuYAVr5K6OiflpoTVpnQMwYs1s5sJ5eBiyl8HL3jEiMcr/s1600/Aregbesola2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbKD7DbK3RetcQJ1vWL4pwq6IhX7kgbdNCcqubnzA-HJHTOcGrOpFe8BcUDzURAxZ1JTVGTro6FGpJ6_L1ij8_SXzUVEQU2NcuYAVr5K6OiflpoTVpnQMwYs1s5sJ5eBiyl8HL3jEiMcr/s1600/Aregbesola2.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Osun State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the bill to create 36 additional local council development authorities to jack the total number of councils in the state to 66.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Speaker said this in a statement made available to our correspondent by his media aide, Mr. Goke Butika, on Wednesday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Salaam said the the lawmakers passed the bill to create the additional councils because of administrative convenience.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement read: “Osun State House of Assembly has finally passed the law creating additional 31 local council development authorities, three Area councils and two administrative units.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “At a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam, the parliament explained that the creation of local governments, Area Councils and Administrative units became imperative in order to bring government closer to the grassroots.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The primary purpose of the creation of the councils and administrative units was for the administrative conveniences, not to hyper-bloat the already existing over-bloated civil and political regimes which have become albatross to the limited resources of the state.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Speaker then urged Governor Rauf Aregbesola to prioritise the assent of the law in order to set up committees that would work out the asset and liabilities for the take off of the new councils and units.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The chairman, House Committee on Local Government, Mr. Wasiu Adebayo, said, “Osogbo being the state capital is bigger and demands to be further split, while Ejigbo has not been split since 1956 despite its size. Odo Otin considered to be the biggest council since 1972 also got two more councils.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He stated that Osogbo, Ejigbo and Odo Otin Local Government Areas were given two more councils each, while some other local governments were split with one council each.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Punch</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? 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State Of Osun To Create 36 Additional Council Areas

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PDP Hoards Invitation Cards To Inauguration Ceremony

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNP6xG3BY4_Vstl0eS_9gqHW_5nm81vf8cjT5YnLDJN0nxKXcycYtVwrzxbZR_XMaxOjrukVWPfe7wTRZwEi84nSfLasx4FsNvLUr-o0AyvrWc39dBsM4R5zBpZWwyxJO4Hg_CAOvgBuwV/s1600/GEJ+Reception.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNP6xG3BY4_Vstl0eS_9gqHW_5nm81vf8cjT5YnLDJN0nxKXcycYtVwrzxbZR_XMaxOjrukVWPfe7wTRZwEi84nSfLasx4FsNvLUr-o0AyvrWc39dBsM4R5zBpZWwyxJO4Hg_CAOvgBuwV/s1600/GEJ+Reception.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cornered nearly 4,000 of the 5,000 invitation cards for the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as President on Friday.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A source on the Inauguration Committee co-chaired by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim and former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, told <i>PREMIUM TIMES</i> on Wednesday that the action to hijack the cards is deliberate.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We don't want President Goodluck Jonathan to be embarrassed during the ceremony as we gather that there are plans to boo the outgoing President during the ceremony", the source said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “It is imperative that we give the outgoing President a cheerful exit,” he added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the source, the development is already generating tension among members of the Committee following spirited pressures by other political parties not to be left out of the ceremony.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile Chairman of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Tony Momoh, has threatened to boycott the inauguration ceremony.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was gathered that all the efforts of Mr. Momoh to secure an access card has failed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "As we speak, the house of Prince Momoh is filled with people asking for invitation cards. Sadly, Prince Momoh does not even have a card to himself."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Furthermore, it was gathered that the APC has 1,300 invitation cards only for its local and foreign dignitaries who have declared interest in attending the ceremony.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Even the APC itself is not left out of the acrimony as there are claims that former Governor Sylva, who represents the interest of the incoming government in the Committee has allegedly absconded with the invitation cards allotted to it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The representative of the APC in the Inauguration Committee is playing hide and seek with his own people as some members of its Presidential Campaign and even top notch of the party are without the necessary accredited access into the Eagle Square venue of the event,” the source said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Sylva could not be reached for comments.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> PREMIUM TIMES gathered that it is complain galore as serving and former governors, serving members and incoming members of the National Assembly, party chieftains including members of the Inauguration Committee itself and media chieftains some of whom had the honour of being part of US President Barack Obama's inauguration have been left out of the Friday handover ceremony.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? 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Jonathan Commiserates With Obasanjo Over Sister's Death

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXRHGk55nsg-hpoRh1fu9DUTC-BKpoZsvElo13-JUyai38txnuzh8mHTTvVxGaUzeN6JQnQPxoX3-c5ml_0hgCSbFHqqh3e67DCF-aqaJx0zS9tmqolkj3SfgqnKq1OGUFaidhPZ2XHAb/s1600/GEJ+OBJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXRHGk55nsg-hpoRh1fu9DUTC-BKpoZsvElo13-JUyai38txnuzh8mHTTvVxGaUzeN6JQnQPxoX3-c5ml_0hgCSbFHqqh3e67DCF-aqaJx0zS9tmqolkj3SfgqnKq1OGUFaidhPZ2XHAb/s1600/GEJ+OBJ.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>President Goodluck Jonathan seems to have improved on his relationship with former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, after sending him a rare message of commiseration on the death of his sister, Adunni Oluniola Eweje-Obasanjo.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Since Obasanjo's letter to the president went viral in December 2013, the president stopped all forms of felicitation or commiseration with the former head of state.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Before then, though, Jonathan had "nothing but the greatest respect for Obasanjo" and he had said he would not probe his benefactor.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The president has nothing but the greatest respect for Chief Obasanjo's very notable contributions to national growth and development over many years and far from taking offence or seeking retaliation, will always welcome objective criticism and advice from the very highly-regarded elder statesman", Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, wrote in 2013.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Evidence of a sour relationship between the duo came to fore in December, when Abati, speaking for Jonathan, said Obasanjo's letter was "mischievous, provocative and self-serving".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jonathan ordered his aides not to join issues with the 78-year-old retired general, saying he himself would respond appropriately.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The president himself will, at the appropriate time, offer a full personal response to the most reckless, baseless, unjustifiable and indecorous charges levied against him and his administration by the former Head of State".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jonathan conspicuously avoided sending public wishes to Obasanjo on his birthdays in 2014 and 2015, against his tradition in the previous years.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 2015, Jonathan sacked Martin Luther Agwai as chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) for preaching "change" at Obasanjo's 78th birthday in March.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The latest commiseration with Obasanjo suggests that the bad blood between the two presidents has become history.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The president joins Chief Obasanjo and his family in mourning the late Madam Eweje-Obasanjo who passed away recently at the age of 76", the commiseration message read in part.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "As they mourn her, President Jonathan urges Chief Obasanjo and his family to be consoled by the knowledge that his late sister lived a worthy and very fulfilled life in the service of her family and community.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The President prays that God will grant Chief Obasanjo and his family the fortitude to bear the loss of Madam Eweje-Obasanjo. He similarly prays that God will receive Madam Eweje-Obasanjo's soul and grant her eternal rest."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jonathan and Obasanjo both attended the last council of states meeting, which Obasanjo had boycotted since falling out with the outgoing president.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>TheCable</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? 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Jonathan, Security Chiefs Meet For The Last Time

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroR2MHj5Xg4XMRnZtos8fYx3ILKByYGPt7Zzvddnfys8sFV2C2acBvEkTjbnCQt6QChXyY1reFpn7q4E1CMYdvR_PbQEEIHh6E-uI7VztfFG9VEaM_FlmII6JWjsXCJXZwbMEuie8CaIS/s1600/GEJ+SecurityChiefs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroR2MHj5Xg4XMRnZtos8fYx3ILKByYGPt7Zzvddnfys8sFV2C2acBvEkTjbnCQt6QChXyY1reFpn7q4E1CMYdvR_PbQEEIHh6E-uI7VztfFG9VEaM_FlmII6JWjsXCJXZwbMEuie8CaIS/s1600/GEJ+SecurityChiefs.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday met with security chiefs behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Details of the meeting, which is the last under the outgoing administration, were not made public at the end of the meeting.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> None of those who attended the meeting spoke on the discussions at the meeting.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There was also no official statement at the end of the meeting.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But it was gathered that the President used the opportunity to thank them for their support over the years.</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> on <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? These Luxury Cars Are Superb. CLICK HERE To Rent One.</a></span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT <span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</b></div>

Jonathan, Security Chiefs Meet For The Last Time

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My Rise From Motor Park Tout To Governor-Elect Divine - Ortom

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ITFWbQqd3Dp30z17QeWhqk3muVCesq4sQ6vCnt3-MIeGsnmeDZ8VWGQyb71z4q4VphhhyaMi5LJbDJET8U15VfGAa2y-42U2TcI_OAHBFVIbSl5dF2WJArWsmTx4hCuC0a1FXnf6sF70/s1600/Ortom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ITFWbQqd3Dp30z17QeWhqk3muVCesq4sQ6vCnt3-MIeGsnmeDZ8VWGQyb71z4q4VphhhyaMi5LJbDJET8U15VfGAa2y-42U2TcI_OAHBFVIbSl5dF2WJArWsmTx4hCuC0a1FXnf6sF70/s1600/Ortom.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Benue State incoming Governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, has said his sojourn from motor park tout to an elected governor is a divine arrangement.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ortom, who spoke to <i>The PUNCH</i> in an interview in Makurdi on Wednesday, said his elevation from grass to grace was due to hard work and his firm belief in the grace of God.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said: “My journey from motor park tout to an elected governor is purely a divine arrangement. I cast my mind back to when I dropped out of school in Form Two; but I remained hardworking and I did not engage in crime to survive or fend for myself.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “One thing I know is that hard work pays and you must keep faith in God; power belongs to God and He alone gives to whomever he will.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment said he dropped out of secondary school due to lack of funds to pay school fees but that he did not go astray or engage in criminal activities to survive.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ortom, however, alleged that some party leaders manipulated the delegate list of the People Democratic Party (PDP) for the last April election in the state to thwart his bid to become the state governor.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said: "The process of selection of delegates in the last PDP governorship election was manipulated by the leadership of the party to thwart my ambition and frustrate the people who all supported me. But God vindicated me and blessed me, and now, I am an elected governor.”</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> on <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? These Luxury Cars Are Superb. CLICK HERE To Rent One.</a></span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT <span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</b></div>

My Rise From Motor Park Tout To Governor-Elect Divine - Ortom

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JUST IN: Aregbesola Wins, Omisore Loses At Supreme Court

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOnKLwDWqpuuQ4jbxyYdyU2a0ifMO7PB3pqfmo6JHmuBiPah8SYL5K7cPT9ZCPF1Cfi5HJ5j3t2z9c3Bomgh504AYyI1rUVao-bgOVf3n8KVnZ3Hph9XuEvv0_LoWact1RUxF7Yg3R3kB/s1600/Aregbesola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOnKLwDWqpuuQ4jbxyYdyU2a0ifMO7PB3pqfmo6JHmuBiPah8SYL5K7cPT9ZCPF1Cfi5HJ5j3t2z9c3Bomgh504AYyI1rUVao-bgOVf3n8KVnZ3Hph9XuEvv0_LoWact1RUxF7Yg3R3kB/s640/Aregbesola.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, against the election of the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, the incumbent Governor Rauf Aregbesola.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The seven-man panel of the apex court, led by Justice John Fabiyi, affirmed the concurrent judgments of the Court of Appeal in Akure‎ and the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal, which had both affirmed Aregbesola the winner of the election.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Justice C.C Nweze, who read the lead judgment, resolved six out of the seven issues formulated by the appellant against him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Only one was resolved in his favour and against the respondents.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The seven-man panel unanimously held that the appeal lacked merit and was bound to be dismissed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Omisore, who was personally present in court during the hearing, urged the apex court through his counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), ‎to set aside the concurrent judgments of the two lower courts.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Omisore and his party had filed the appeals against the decisions of the Justice Gana Mshelia-led panel of the Court of Appeal ‎in Akure which on April 2, 2015, affirmed the earlier judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime-led‎ tribunal had on February 6, 2015 dismissed Omisore’s petition for lacking in merit and affirmed Aregbesola’s victory.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Punch</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> on <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? These Luxury Cars Are Superb. CLICK HERE To Rent One.</a></span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT <span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</b></div>

JUST IN: Aregbesola Wins, Omisore Loses At Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the August 9, 2014 governorship e...

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