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Osun State Government has intensified efforts to stop open defecation so as to ensure proper hygiene and good health of the people of the state. The state government was collaborating with the United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Europea Union-Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme (EU-WSSSRP-II) to sensitize…
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The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused the state Governor; Mr Rauf Aregbesola of hiring a Lagos-based accounting firm to manoeuvre financial books in preparatory to an anticipated EFCC probe. The party therefore, called on all anti-graft agencies to immediately probe Osun finances without further delay, saying…
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Osun State Police Command has arrested a man, Sanusi Rahamon for allegedly impersonating the Nigeria Peace Corps (NPC) and swindling unemployed youths by promising them jobs when Peace Corps becomes a statutory security agency. Sanusi was arrested in Osogbo, Capital of Osun State,on Monday along with eight people and detained…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has announced that prospective corps members, can now go online to print their call-up letters for the 2016 Batch B Stream 1 orientation course. In a post via Twitter on Monday, the NYSC also released the camp registration process. In the series of tweets,…
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Southwest governors will meet today in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on the economic development of the region, it was learnt last night. Expected are Governors Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun). They are to discuss how…
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In Osun, the annual demand notice on Land Use Charge (LUC) is out there. Personal buildings classified for commercial use in the state are subject to the Osun land use charge mill rate, depending on the low–income and high-income zone of the buildings. The classification into the traditional, cultural…
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A 28-year-old man has committed suicide in Mushin, Lagos, on the eve of his wedding. Shakiru, popularly called Jarule, was found hanging from the ceiling of his 56, Oduduwa Street, Mushin home. Relatives told The Nation yesterday that the father of two was being expected in Osogbo, the Osun State capital,…
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There was fear at Kelebe Community in Osogbo, capital of Osun State over a letter circulated in the area apparently by armed robbers, notifying the residents of the community about a proposed attack. The letter which was written in Yoruba language has circulated widely in the community. Daily Trust…
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Despite the call by Nigeria’s House of Representatives for the country’s financial regulator and law enforcement agencies to crack down on pyramid financial scheme called MMM, members of the community across the country have celebrated the first anniversary of the scheme with donations to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other…
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It is almost six years that Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been in the saddle. He was returned to office in November 27 2014, for a second term. Like in other states, Aregbesola met the state in debt with abandoned projects. He however took only sukuk loan at…
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