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Doctors are battling to save a 16-year-old girl after she was knocked down by a hit and run driver in Osogbo area of Osun State. The driver of the car with registration number Lagos EC 310 SMK on Saturday rammed into the New Orisunbare Market at MDS area in Osogbo, and…

The Deputy Speaker, Nigeria House of Representatives, Lasun Yussuf, on Saturday called for massive mobilisation of Nigerian youths to embrace agriculture, to boost employment generation and food production. Yussuf, who represents Osogbo/Olorunda/Orolu/Irepodun Federal Constituency, made the call during the presentation of three tractors to farmers in Osogbo. He said agriculture…

By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The plaintiff, Oba Kadiri Adeoye in the application filed by his counsel, Mr. Soji Oyetayo against the Iwo monarch, Oba Akanbi Adewale in magistrate court Osogbo has been withdrawn by the monarch’s counsel. During the sitting of Magistrate court Osogbo, Osun State presided on by Olushola…

The Oyo State Government plans to reopen the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, on January 15, an official said after a meeting with student leaders. The university, jointly owned by the governments of Oyo and Osun states, has been shut since June 2016 after teaching and non-teaching staff went…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a 16-member new Federal Government team to renegotiate the 2009 agreement with unions in federal universities, federal polytechnics and federal colleges of education in order to ensure sustainable peace and industrial harmony in tertiary institutions in the country. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, in…

A lawmaker in Osun State House of Assembly, representing Ife North State Constituency, Mr Babatunde Olatunji, has organised a football competition which he said was aimed at promoting unity and discovering young talents. At the final day of the game Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola promised his administration’s full commitment to the development…

The police in Osun State have dragged a 43-year-old artisan, Ifeanyi Adamu, before an Osogbo Magistrate Court for allegedly beating and biting his wife, Tinuke Ademola. Explaining how the scuffle began, Tinuke said she had grabbed her husband’s manhood and squeezed his scrotum to enable her to escape from him…

THE Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to turn the state to a model of civilised administration in the country. He said his government had not relented in its determination to achieve 25 years works within 8 years. Governor Aregbesola gave the assurance on Thursday…