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The Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole has been appointed into the Board of Stop Tuberculosis Board Partnership, the United Nation High Level Decision body making on TB. The Board has the responsibility of building awareness at the highest level, identifying critical barriers in the TB space and facilitating consensus…
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has assured residents of Osun State the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 22 governorship election, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, will consolidate on the legacies of outgoing Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Adewole spoke during a visit to the Ilerioluwa office of the Gboyega…
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A retired judge of the Osun State High Court, Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, on Wednesday led hundreds of retirees in protest against the non-payment of their gratuities and pensions by Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led administration. The protesters marched through some streets in Osogbo, the state capital, demanding the payment of the money…
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By Femi Adesola Some of the Osun 2018 gubernatorial aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has rejected the outcome of the primary that produced Senator Ademola Adeleke as the flagbearer of the party in the upcoming governorship election, insisting Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi won the election. At a…
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The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has expelled four of its students and also placed eight others on suspension following their involvement in the the post-students’ union election violence on June 13. According to an official statement signed by the Registrar of the institution, Jacob Agboola, and sent to…
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Alhaji Fatai Akinbade has today resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. His letter below; I wish to notify you of my formal disengagement from the Peoples Democratic Party as a member as from today. I made this somewhat reluctant decision after due consultations with my political associates, leaders,…
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The National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has forwarded the name of governorship candidate of its party, Ademola Adeleke, to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of September 22 gubernatorial election. The letter, dated Monday, July 23 and submitted on Tuesday, July 24 was signed by the…
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The Osun State Government has described the protesting pensioners who have for the second day stormed the streets of Osogbo to protest their unpaid gratuity, as mischief makers and blackmailers. In a Press statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Adelani Baderinwa, a copy of which was made…
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By Haleem Aigoro A 27-year-old man, Gafaru Rasaki has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, over alleged sexual assault. The prosecutor, Inspector Elisha Olusegun, told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 11th, 2018, at about 1400hrs at…
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By Haleem Aigoro The Osun State Police Command has arraigned two teenagers Afeez Arole, 18 and Muritala Ridwan, 19, before an Osogbo Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing and house breaking. The two were docked before Magistrate Segun Ayilara on four count charge bearing on felony to wit stealing. …
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