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The Chairman of Board of Management of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC) Mr. Kola Akanji, has said that the contribution of the national leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu to the nation’s democracy was very weighty and must be acknowledged. Addressing a press conference on the 25th…

The Bank of Industry (BoI) and Oduduwa Foundation have unveiled N1 billion financing scheme for youths and small businesses within the state as part of measures to address youth unemployment and poverty in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the bank will provide loans to youths and…

The newly appointed Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Osun State University, Professor Labo Popoola, says machineries have been put place to fight any form of indiscipline among lecturers and students of the institution. This is against the backdrop of a recent case of sex scandal involving a lecturer of the…

The Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said it had arrested a Bullion Van concealed with imported smuggled rice. The command said it also made some seizures which included 30 fairly used vehicles at different locations in the area. The Area Controller, Mr Tolutope Ogunkua, who disclosed…

In its bid to stem the rate of prevalence of cancer in the country, the Glorious Youth Empowerment Centre (GYEC), a non-governmental  organisation (NGO), in partnership with Marie Stopes International, Nigeria, the Osun State and the Federal Ministry of Health, has held a cancer sensitisation and screening programme in Osun State for women. No…

The management of Osun State University, Osogbo has said that a lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Dr. Olabode Wale Ojoniyi who engaged in illicit sex with a female student, Miss Mercy Ikwue, has been sacked because of his immoral act that embarrassed the university. A member of…

Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe and his Osun State counterpart Rauf Aregbesola, have urged traditional rulers to explore concrete and effective means of maintaining peace in their domains. Gaidam gave the charge at the weekend during the installation and presentation of staff of office to the Emir of Ngelzarma, Alhaji…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) have urged the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the unpaid salaries of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) workers. The Chairman of NLC Lagos State Council, Idowu Adelakan, said it is high time government intervened…

A 29-year-old man, Fatai Aliyu, was on Monday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrates Court in Osun for stealing 10 bowls of rice and four bottles of wine. The convict pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of theft and break-in when he appeared before Magistrate Olusola Aluko….

President Muhammadu Buhari, may have asked the Senate to probe Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola and other governors over how they spent the bailout disbursed to them by the Federal Government. Subsequently, the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has ordered the Senate Committee on State and Local…