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By Akeem Oyetunji The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has formally declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola, has the winner of the 2018 governorship election in Osun state. Recall that the governorship election was held on Saturday, September 22, but was declared inconclusive by the Returning Officer, Prof Afuwape, calling for a rerun held today, Thursday, September 27, 2018. Prof Afuwape while announcing the winner, said the APC candidate, Oyetola after the supplementary elections polled a total of 255, 505 to emerge winner. His closest rival, Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung has called on the senior Women’s basketball team the D’Tigress to give him a birthday gift of a FIBA World Cup quarterfinal ticket. Dalung, who is in Tenerife Spain to cheer the players made the request while congratulating the team on their superlative performance at the FIBA Women’s World Cup. On Tuesday, D’Tigress set a new record by becoming the first African team to win two World Cup games back to back. They beat 15th ranked Argentina by 75-70 points in their last Group match and upset Turkey 74-68. After their…
By Dare Lasisi. A yellow butterfly momentarily landed on my right hand while enjoying my dinner at the popular East End restaurant. It was a sign of a strange visitor in my vicinity. A bad but expected omen. I looked around and saw one tall dark-skinned man with an ‘extra-large’ head. He maliciously gazed at me as if to punch my face. I pretended as if I did not see him. I noticed he was a one-eyed man when he removed his sunglasses. It appeared I was in the state of critical hypnotism, I could imagine spirits escaping…
CNET BEST PRODUCTS The world’s biggest search engine is two decades old today. The company’s head of search looks back. BY RICHARD NIEVA When Ben Gomes joined Google in 1999, a year after the company started, he remembers cofounder Larry Page telling him early on that when it came to building their service, search needs to be expansive, and it needs to be fast. “‘Speed matters’ was the message, probably as much to us as it was for the user,” Gomes said in an interview last week to talk about the anniversary of Google search. The message resonated — it’s…
One of the national leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, has pledged the support of the party to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, in the governorship rerun election holding on Thursday. Falae, reportedly called Adeleke on the telephone on Wednesday to disown Senator Iyiola Omisore who had also promised to work for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, to win the election. The spokesperson of Adeleke Campaign Organisation, Mr Olawale Rasheed, confirmed to our correspondent that Falae called Adeleke on the telephone and expressed displeasure about the step taken…
The Branch Chief Education USA, Dr Alfred Boll, on Tuesday said about 47,000 U.S.-accredited educational institutions have expressed willingness to admit more young Nigerians. Boll, who made the disclosure in Lagos at the 19th Annual EducationUSA Career, Colleges and Universities Fair, said young Nigerians would benefit immensely from studying in U.S. The official of the U.S. Department of State said it was imperative for young Nigerians to take advantage of the many educational development options that the institutions were currently offering. “Let me say that promoting international education is of great importance to the United States. Here we have so…
Olujonwo Obasanjo, a son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has spurned his father’s rejection of President Muhammadu Buhari and charged Nigerians to re-elect him as he has positioned Nigeria on the correct path. Olujonwo in a two-page statement of endorsement of the incumbent President, while admitting that no human could be perfect, nevertheless, listed among others what he claimed as the achievements of the Buhari administration. He said the administration had sparked the revival of the steel industry and moved to stop the importation of petroleum products through the relocation of refineries as achievements of the government. Olujonwo’s claims are…
BREAKING: ‘Coup’, not election ongoing in Osun – Adeleke The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, SenatorAdemola Adeleke, has described the ongoing rerun election in seven units in the state as a ‘coup ‘. Adeleke, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone, said that supporters of the PDP were being denied access to ballot papers in the governorship rerun election. “What is happening in Osun State now is not an election. What we have is a coup. That is what we are witnessing now. “Our supporters are being harassed and are not allowed to vote…