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Some indigenes of Osun State on the platform of Development Advocacy Group have described the Friday protest for Osun West Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state as divisive, provocative and mischevious. Hundreds of students, artisans and traders had on Friday staged a protest in Osogbo against…
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Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State is billed to continue his advocacy for the restructuring of the country at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State. Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement, on Sunday, that Govenor Dickson would deliver a…
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No fewer than 10 people lost their lives in 15 road traffic accidents in Osun last month, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) disclosed in Osogbo, yesterday. The state’s Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Peter Oke, made the disclosure in an interview with LEADERSHIP Sunday, in Osogbo. …
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The Igbajo Polytechnic, Igbajo, Osun State, has sacked its acting rector, Akinola Olaolu, for allegedly presenting fraudulent certificates. PUNCH Metro gathered that the decision was reached after a meeting of the polytechnic’s governing council and board of trustees on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. However, our correspondent was told that shortly after…
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A Magistrate Court sitting in Ile-Ife, Osun State on Friday, remanded 18-year-old Mayowa Segun and 29-year-old Adebowale Wasiu, for allegedly breaking into a shop and stealing various items including beer, soft drinks, bush meat and recharge cards worth N41,950. The Prosecutor, Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the accused committed…
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Ahead of the Osun state governorship election fixed for September by the Independent National Electoral Commission,(INEC) the All Progressives Congress has fixed July 19 for the conduct of its governorship primary to pick its candidate. A statement from its national secretariat and signed by its national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji…
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By Chuks Nwanne Front view of the Bola Babalakin Auditorium in Gbongan Inset: Inside the main auditorium The peaceful town of Gbongan in Osun State was alive recently, as stakeholders in the Nigerian educational sector converged at the newly built Bola Babalakin Auditorium for the 2018 JAMB Policy Meeting. From the…
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Semiu Okanlawon is the Special Adviser to Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. In this interview with ADEOLU ADEYEMO, he spoke on the preparation of the APC towards the state governorship election, the achievements of his boss and why the agitation for the West Senatorial zone in the state is…
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· Blame Omisore for the ongoing internal crisis in Osun The Osun State Chapter of Social Democratic Party (SDP) has urged the public to disregard any state congress being organized on Saturday, July 7, 2018 saying it is an exercise in futility. According to a statement signed by the…
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By Femi Adesola A United Kingdom based financial expert, Mr Babatunde Olaniyi Loye, has officially declared his Governorship intention to succeed the outgoing Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. Loye, who declared amidst pomp and pageantry, stormed the Accord Party Secretariat, Ogo Oluwa area in Osogbo, the capital city of Osun, with…
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