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By Editor Thirty Eight days after he was taken in, the State of Osun today discharged its COVID-19 index case after testing negative twice for the virus. The case had arrived Osun from the United Kingdom before being taken into the Isolation Centre, and subsequently to the care facility, where…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that the Federal Government and other employers will not lay off any worker without due process amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to a statement by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President, who was represented by the Minister of Labour and…
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Chanel Chin, the ex-wife of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, talks to SAMSON FOLARIN about her marriage to the monarch and the issues that led to her exit from the palace There was an allegation that you cheated on the Oluwo, which led to your separation. Is this…
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By Joseph Akanbi In a bid to ensure support for the state goverment towards providing stimulus for the most vulnerable, Artdeco Interior & Furniture Limited has donated the sum of 250,000 naira to the State’s COVID-19 relief account. The Managing Director of the company, Mrs Funke Ogedengbe, confirmed the donation…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has extended the current lockdown order in the State by 3days, declaring new restrictions which begins on Monday as part of precautionary measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the State. Oyetola made this known in a broadcast message to the…
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has asked the Osun State Chairman of the Party, Hon Soji Adagunodo to step aside. In a letter addressed to him by Senator Usman Tsauri, the National Secretary of the Party, Adagunodo should quit being the chairman of the…
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The Federal Government has ordered civil servants in the country to resume duties effective Monday, May 4. This was contained in a memo signed on Thursday by the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan. In the memo directed to all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, the…
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has disclosed that the local cure for coronavirus has reached an advanced stage. Ogunwusi said this on Wednesday while presenting two locally-made modular motorised fumigators and drone for aerial fumigation to the Ogun State Government at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Ooni added that he had…
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By Joseph Akanbi In a bid to further cement the existing cordiality between Oke-Ijetu community and Kunike International School, the management of the school has embarked on distribution of relief materials to Oke-Ijetu communities as part of their efforts to cushion the lockdown effects of COVID-19. The materials which were…
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By Joseph Akanbi The Speaker of the State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has visited some security checkpoints in Osogbo to ascertain the level of lockdown compliance and thank security agents for their selflessness during this pandemic period. 📷 GBENGA ADENIYI Some of the security checkpoints…
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