Why Aregbesola won comfortably

IT is no longer news that Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) comfortably beat Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain his seat for another 48 months in power in weekend’s Osun State polls. What perhaps is news is the avalanche of reasons for Aregbesola’s convincing victory.

The reasons include: Aregbesola’s modest performance in the last four years; mismanagement of crisis in the PDP and failure to pacify aggrieved leaders like former governors Isiaka Adeleke and Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who had to defect to the APC; failure of the PDP to make capital out of the

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Vacancy - ICSS Lead Engineer Needed At AOS Orwell

Career @ AOS Orwell(Oil & Gas)

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AOS Orwell, an integrated indigenous oilfield services company in Nigeria offering well construction

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Six suspected kidnappers paraded by DSS in Ebonyi

SIX persons suspected to be kidnappers were, weekend, paraded by the Department of State Services, DSS, Ebonyi State Command.

The suspected kidnappers were those who allegedly abducted and killed former Coordinator of Okposi Development Centre in Ohaozara Local Government Area, Mr. Ihebunandu Okorie, in March.

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Wives, children stop military trucks conveying soldiers to fight Boko Haram

►Hundreds of women and children weekend forcefully stopped military trucks from conveying their husbands and fathers to the Boko Haram-seized Gwoza by locking the exit gates of a barracks in Borno State, demanding quality fighting equipment for the soldiers.

►Scores of soldiers have been killed by Boko Haram in Borno State in the last few months, and many blame the inferior weapons Nigerian troops are equipped with to fight brutal insurgents.

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Ebola: Don't worry over Saudi Arabia’s visa suspension for W-Africa — Moslem leaders

Some leaders of the Nigerian Muslim Community has called for caution over the reported ban by Saudi Arabia on pilgrims from West African countries, following the death in that country of a patient, who contracted the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, while he was on a business trip to Sierra Leone.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, reportedly suspended pilgrimage visas for West Africa sub-region after World Health Organisation, WHO, and Saudi authorities confirmed the infection from tests that were conducted on samples from the victim.

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FG commences remodelling of railway stations nationwide

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►The Federal Government has commenced remodelling of existing railway stations across the country through Public Private Partnership, PPP, initiative.

►Disclosing this in Abuja during a visit of the body of Permanent Secretaries, Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar said that  the Federal Ministry of Transportation is focused on its mandate particularly in respect of the country’s railway system.

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