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By Joseph Akanbi A bill to amend the State of Osun Local Government creation and administration law has today passed first reading. The bill, State of Osun Local Government Areas Creation and Administration Amendment bill No.4, 2020, was read for the first time at Wednesday’s plenary presided over by the…

Nigeria center for disease control (NCDC) in her constant publication shown that Osun State was one of the top 3 state in Nigeria with COVID-19 cases from March to April 2020. Many will agree with me that in a situation where the world is combating the pandemic, there is high…

By Joseph Akanbi The State of Osun House of Assembly has threatened the disengagement of the services of Chams Plc, a provider of integrated identity management and payments transactional systems for the Government of Osun State. The Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, made this known at…

Personnel of Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have intercepted 35 youths travelling out of the state. State Commandant of the Corps, Adeyinka Oguntuase, told newsmen that two vehicles conveying the youths were intercepted a few minutes after they left Ilesha on Monday evening despite…

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has nominated Barrister Segun Oladitan as the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) The Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye at Tuesday plenary read the letter from the governor seeking the confirmation of Oladitan and other members…

Fifteen days after 27 illegal miners were arrested in Osun State, another 10 Chinese and a Ghanaian have been arrested after raids on four mining sites in the state. The PUNCH reports that on Sunday, May 3, 27 miners – 17 of whom were Chinese expatriates – were arrested by…

The Federal Government has said it has not decided on the location of the new six (6) Colleges of Education recently approved, describing letters purportedly emanating from the Federal Ministry of Education and circulating in the social media as fake. Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr…

Government of the State of Osun on Saturday said it has discharged another coronavirus patient from its isolation and treatment centre, having recovered fully from the disease. This brings the number of cases successfully managed and discharged in Osun to 32, as at 16 May, 2020. The State Commissioner for…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has commiserated with his counterparts in Sokoto and Oyo states, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal and Mr. Seyi Makinde respectively, over the death of their commissioners. They are: Hon. Surajo Marafa-Gatawa, Sokoto State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, and the Oyo State Commissioner…