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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has congratulated governors-elect in the South West region of the country and charged them to work towards raising the standard of living in the region. MURIC also called on the governors-elect to run truly participatory administrations by appointing both Christians and Muslims into their cabinets….
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By Joseph Akanbi Ahead of Friday’s judgment of the govenorship election petition tribunal for Osun State, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have started offering prayers for a favourable ruling. Leading the spiritual warfare for the APC are members of sociopolitical groups, Asiwaju…
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The Osun State University (UNIOSUN), in partnership with the Association of African Universities (AAU), has initiated a research model on how African universities can use ‘stata’ to do analysis on reproduction of research. The initiative was discussed at the second research/training workshop tagged ‘Data Ethics and Skills for Reproduction of…
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By Joseph Akanbi The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Friday, 22nd March, 2019, for judgment in the case instituted by Senator Ademola Adeleke against the election of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. Senator Adeleke who approached the tribunal headed by Justice T.A Igoche, to nullify the victory of…
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As part of measures to avert tragedy associated with building collapse, Oyo State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has ordered that integrity test be conducted on houses suspected to betray structural defects to prevent eventual collapse of such buildings. Oyetola gave the directive at the weekend, following last week’s collapse of buildings…
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Nike Davis-Okundaye, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nike Centre for Art and Culture, says that her centres located in Osogbo, Abuja and Lagos have helped to rehabilitate and empowered several street girls in recent years. Davis-Okundaye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday that the centers…
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Some residents of Ilesa in Osun State, on Sunday, staged a protest on major streets of the town following arrest of some suspects, who allegedly participated in the attack on some employees of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. A statement by the IBEDC’s Regional Communications and Branding Officer, Kikelomo Owoeye,…
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The Pro-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN), has described the 1979 free education policy in Western Nigeria as one of the saddest events in Nigeria’s history. According to him, Western Nigeria embarked on a free education policy without the resources to fund it. Babalakin argued that while there…
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A pregnant passenger travelling from Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State through Osun State to Ibadan, Oyo State, was on Saturday, delivered of a baby while in transit. The woman, Mrs Janis Hannah, went into labour during a stopover in Ikire. A trader at the ‘Naira and Kobo’ junction, Ikire, the…
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China has pledged to assist in lifting the socio-economic growth of Osun State through collaboration in infrastructural growth, education, agriculture, mining and commerce. Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Dr. Zhou Pingjian gave the indication of his country’s readiness to work with the state government during his visit to Governor Gboyega Oyetola…
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