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Eight workers of the Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun Osun State, have been quizzed at the headquarters of the Osun State Police Command in Osogbo, over an allegation that they planned to kidnap the Registrar of the college, Mr Aderiola Adeoti.   The police acted on a petition that…

One of Nigeria’s foremost banks has announced plans to restore its operations in Ibokun community of Osun State a year after it shut down due to a robbery attack. The bank’s plan to reopen operations came after a lawmaker refurbished an armoured personnel carrier stationed in the community and handed it over to…

The Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representative, Hon Lasun Yussuff, has lamented that the overdependence of Nigerians on the government was the major reason why the country’s economy was limping. In a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, Wole Oladimeji, Hon Lasun said…

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2016 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). NECO says 88.51% of the candidates obtained five credit pass and above including English Language and General Mathematics. The Registrar and CEO of NECO, Professor Charles Uwakwe, announced the release of the results on Friday…

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has called on Nigerians to respect all Nigeria’s national symbols. The Agency made the call in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, during a sensitisation parade to mark the 56th anniversary of the replacement of the British national jack flag with the Nigerian flag. Return…

Academic activities at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, will from next week be grounded as the university chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has resolved to embark on an industrial action. Chairman of ASUU in the university, Dr. Biodun Olaniran, while speaking with journalists in Ibadan Thursday, said the decision to proceed on the industrial action was reached at the congress of…

The Government of Osun on Thursday described as fallacious, demand by the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party to justify how the state spent ecological funds in the wake of the flood that affected some parts of the state capital.   The government said it smacks of total ignorance…

By Mustapha Aleem A Regional Director of the United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, Mr Babajide Bewaji, has advised medical doctors in Osun state to look beyond serving in a private organization for their entire life. He said doctors should spend at most 15 years under their employer, saying every…