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Police authorities have called on Nigerians to be mindful of the measures put in place by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) as they celebrate Eid-el-Fitr. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammad Adamu, made the call in a statement on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank…

By Joseph Akanbi A bill to amend the State of Osun Local Government creation and administration law has today passed first reading. The bill, State of Osun Local Government Areas Creation and Administration Amendment bill No.4, 2020, was read for the first time at Wednesday’s plenary presided over by the…

Nigeria center for disease control (NCDC) in her constant publication shown that Osun State was one of the top 3 state in Nigeria with COVID-19 cases from March to April 2020. Many will agree with me that in a situation where the world is combating the pandemic, there is high…

By Joseph Akanbi The State of Osun House of Assembly has threatened the disengagement of the services of Chams Plc, a provider of integrated identity management and payments transactional systems for the Government of Osun State. The Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, made this known at…

Personnel of Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have intercepted 35 youths travelling out of the state. State Commandant of the Corps, Adeyinka Oguntuase, told newsmen that two vehicles conveying the youths were intercepted a few minutes after they left Ilesha on Monday evening despite…

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has nominated Barrister Segun Oladitan as the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) The Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye at Tuesday plenary read the letter from the governor seeking the confirmation of Oladitan and other members…

Fifteen days after 27 illegal miners were arrested in Osun State, another 10 Chinese and a Ghanaian have been arrested after raids on four mining sites in the state. The PUNCH reports that on Sunday, May 3, 27 miners – 17 of whom were Chinese expatriates – were arrested by…

The Federal Government has said it has not decided on the location of the new six (6) Colleges of Education recently approved, describing letters purportedly emanating from the Federal Ministry of Education and circulating in the social media as fake. Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr…