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By Editor   Former Secretary to the Osun State Government, Engr Fatai Akinbade has expressed shock  over the death of Madam Omowunmi Akande, wife of the one time governor of the state, Chief Bisi Akande.   Akinbade in his condolence message Chief Akande, the former National Chairman of APC, bemoaned…

By Editor Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Madam Omowunmi Akande, wife of former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande.   Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, described…

By Editor The Osun State Government has expressed its condolence on the death of the wife of Chief Bisi Akande, the former governor of the state, Mrs Omowumi Akande who died on Tuesday. A press statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Adelani Baderinwa on Wednesday said Mrs…

By Editor The management of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC) has attributed the suspension of two of its staffers to breach of professional conduct. The Director General, Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC), Mr Wale Idowu on Tuesday said the two employees of the Corporation were suspended for acting against…

By Editor The Osun state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has described the Supreme Court decision on the lingering leadership tussle in the party as a good omen for the future of the party and democracy in Nigeria. A statement issued and signed by the Osun State Chairman of…

ABUJA – The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, sacked Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The apex court, in an unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices, handed leadership of the party to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Working Committee, NWC, of…

Omowunmi, wife of Chief Bisi Akande, the former governor of Osun State, is dead. She died today at the University College Hospital in Ibadan. She was aged 73. The cause of death has not been revealed by the family. Omowunmi and Bisi Akande got married 51 years ago, with the…

By Femi Makinde A series of protest by workers and students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, on Tuesday forced Justice David Oladimeji of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ede to reverse a ruling he gave that an ex-Acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof….

By Femi Makinde Two workers of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation have been suspended indefinitely by the management of the corporation for allegedly calling Governor Rauf Aregbesola an unprintable name on a WhatsApp group, You and I. The duo were alleged to have taken to the social media to celebrate…