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By Femi Makinde The Federal Road Safety Corps has denied being responsible for the accident which claimed the lives of two mobile policemen along the Osogbo-Ilesa Road. A suspected internet fraudster driving a Toyota Camry, identified as Muyiwa, reportedly drove recklessly and crushed two policemen at a checkpoint to death…
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By NAN A member of the Osun House of Assembly, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, says sustained empowerment programmes would go a long way in tackling poverty at the grassroots. Oyintiloye said this at an empowerment programme he organised for farmers, artisans, widows and the elderly on Thursday at Ilare-Ijesa, Obokun East…
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The plethora of commentaries and armchair analysis on the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, (LAUTECH) unfortunate crisis is as interesting and unpleasant. The situation, no doubt, presents some sworn critics the opportunity to showcase their unwarranted disdain for the workings of the governments of Oyo and Osun, the proprietors…
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By Editor THE Triangular Group of Pensioners in Osun has expressed its utmost displeasure on what it describes as sponsored attacks on the governor and government of Osun by a section of the 2011/2012 pensioners, describing it as an unwarranted ploy to distract and impede the wheel of progress and…
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By Editor Indications emerge on Wednesday in Ibadan that report of the ongoing audit of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (Lautech) Ogbomosho will be presented to the owners states, latest by Friday August 25. Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela made the disclosure while featuring on a…
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By Oluwole Ige SMALL and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business operators in Osun have attributed their inability to assess loan facilities from the Bank of Industry (BOI) to bureaucratic delay in the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) by the state government. Leaders of various associations of small and…
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A 67 year old father, AbdulYekin Salawudeen, his son Salawudeen Hammed 27 and one Sarafa Adeyemo 26, on Tuesday were arraigned before Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly stealing a Toyota Hiace Hummer vehicle belonging to the State Ministry of Justice. The accused were docked on a…
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By Ujunwa Atueyi Vice Chancellor, Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, Prof. Debo Adeyewa, has advised the Federal Government to strategically liaise with authorities of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), corporate organisations, philanthropists, key stakeholders as well as parents to discuss and address the issue of funding the education…
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By NAN Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Wednesday lauded the European Union for establishing a modern Judiciary Research Centre in the state. The governor made the commendation while inaugurating the centre at the Osun High Court premises in Osogbo. He said that the centre was funded by the European Union under…
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By Editor A 21-year-old sales girl, Oluwatobi Blessing, was on Thursday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N285,000 fraud. Blessing is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft. The prosecutor, Sgt. Sunday Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Aug. 7, at…
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