Rauf Aregbesola
12 Nov
Former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has emphatically backed calls for Nigeria to ditch the presidential system of government and return to the parliamentary system.
30 Oct
The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, yesterday, officially announced the suspension
8 Oct
Police in Osun State have arrested Kamorudeen Adabanija, a loyalist of former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, for allegedly defaming the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola.
6 Jun
The Omoluabi Progressives, a caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, loyal to a former governor, Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday, condemned the mainstream party under the leadership of the current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, that dismissed the caucus and its leader.
26 May
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has described the immediate past Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, as an exceptional whose imprints in the state and country stand the test of time.
15 Apr
A political group, the Osun Democrats for Democracy, has chided the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, for allegedly disparaging Rauf Aregbesola by failing to recognise him as a former governor and leader of the state chapter of Osun APC.
13 Apr
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has omitted Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola from the list of former governors of Osun state. Speaking with newsmen at a media parley in Osogbo on Friday, Basiru missed Aregbesola's name as a former governor of Osun. “Our party is a party of leadership. As of…
11 Jan
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State is worsening as a caucus of the party, Omoluabi Progressives, has accused a former governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, of frustrating reconciliation efforts between President Bola Tinubu and Rauf Aregbesola.
4 Jan
Omoluabi Caucus, a group loyal to a former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, in the All Progressives Congress has said that Gboyega Oyetola lost the 2022 governorship election to Governor Ademola Adeleke
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