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The Osun State Police Command has denied allegations of partisan conduct levelled against it by the state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. It would be recalled that Adeleke on Monday urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to call the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan to order, over…
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The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has directed all state coordinators of the party’s ongoing nationwide electronic membership registration to register all party members or face removal. The national chairman urged the registration coordinators to fulfil their responsibilities. Yilwatda spoke yesterday during an…
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has urged the Federal Government to conclude the process of reinstating the dismissed resident doctors in Lokoja and to capture and implement outstanding professional allowances in the January budget, among other demands. In an exclusive interview with PUNCH Healthwise, the President of NARD, Dr…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Twelve (12) political parties in Osun State have disclosed that they will work together and adopt a single consensus candidate for the August 08 gubernatorial election. The parties stated this in a communiqué, signed by their chairmen, after a meeting held on Friday, in Osogbo, the Osun…
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A retired Customs officer, Emmanuel Owolabi, who was kidnapped by suspected bandits at his residence in Ora, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State last month, has regained freedom. osun.life reports that Owolabi was kidnapped from his home on December 16. In a press statement issued on behalf of the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone D has endorsed the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the August 08 election in Osun State, Mr Bola Oyebamiji. The NANS Southwest Zone D Coordinator, Comrade Taiwo Owolewa, who spoke on behalf of the students,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has accused the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, of unlawful arrests and detention of one of his aides, Abiodun Adegoke. The governor said Adegoke, has been repeatedly denied bail over a defamation petition affecting the governorship candidate of the All…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has expressed optimism that the party would have over 9 million registered members within the first two weeks of the party’s digital membership registration exercise. The National Secretary of the party, Senator Ajibola Basiru who spoke on behalf…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ife Branch, on Sunday celebrated Ife indigenes and awarded outstanding dignitaries in the law profession. In his welcome address, Prof. Sola Olawoyin, SAN, who hosted the NBA, said the gathering was an opportunity for lawyers from Ife and beyond to network and rally round to…
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A PACT aimed at strengthening industrial harmony, improving teaching and learning conditions in the university system are to be sealed by the Federal Government with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), it was learnt yesterday. The agreement would also advance sustainable development within the Nigerian university system, the government…
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