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The Chief Medical Director of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Prof Victor Adetiloye, has disclosed that the hospital recorded 14 successful open heart surgeries in 2016. Adetiloye, made the disclosure while chatting with some journalists in his office in Ile-Ife, Osun state. He said that the success…

7,000 students of the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke (OSCOTECH), yesterday graduated at the institution’s sixth combined convocation. The graduands drawn from the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic sessions had passed through National and Higher National Diploma levels in Full-Time, Daily Part-Time and Weekend Part-Time programmes of the college. Also,…

The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has pledged to turn the ancient city around to attract tourists and boost its economy. Oba Ogunwusi, represented by Moses Olafare, his spokesman, made the promise at a news briefing held in his office within the palace in Ile-Ife Osun…

By Mustapha Aleem The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has distanced himself from reports claiming that he ordered the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, Chief Gani Adams, to resign his current post. In a statement released by the Director of Media and Public Affairs of Ooni’s Palace,…

By Mustapha Aleem Violence was said to have erupted in some major areas of Osogbo as students of the Osun State University took over the streets to protest the shooting of some of their colleagues by some yet to be identified men of the Nigerian Police. According to an eye…

By Mustapha Aleem The Osun State indigenous newspaper has shut the production of its newspapers but continues the online version due to the inability to pay its Workers’ salaries since September, 2015. According to a source, who is close to the organisation, the hard copy production stopped in October, 2016….

A member of Osun House of Assembly, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has condoled with families of victims involved in the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann IDP camp in Borno state by the Air Force. Oyintiloye, in a statement in Osogbo on Friday said that the death of the…

A 52-year-old man, Adenle Owolabi , was on Friday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft. The accused is facing a two-count charge of theft and unlawful possession. The Prosecutor, Insp. Taiwo Adegoke, told the court that the accused committed the offense sometime in Oct. 2016 at…

The Oyo and Osun state governments have paid N250 million each to the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) to end the crisis rocking the institution. The Nation confirmed the development from a very top source in the university yesterday. The source said: “Yes, both states have paid the amount…