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The Yoruba Leaders of Thought have thrown their weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid for second term in office. Meeting on Tuesday at the Osogbo residence of Senator AyoFasanmi, one of the few remaining associates of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, they commended Buhari, his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,…
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Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State yesterday assured the people that the state is safe for investment. He promised that government would make adequate provision for security at all times in all parts of the state. The governor described last week’s abduction and subsequent freedom for six employees of Osun…
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A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Arinola Olaiya, has emerged as the best graduating student in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences after obtaining 12 distinctions in her courses. The chairman of Ceremonials Committee of OAU 43rd combined 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 convocation ceremonies, Prof Oluseye Bolaji, disclosed this…
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Three state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with an opposition candidate in the 2018 Osun State governorship election, Iyiola Omisore. The three governors are members of the APC reconciliation committee for the South-west and the meeting held in Ibadan, Oyo State. Mr…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday took a swipe at former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, for accusing striking lecturers of producing ‘vagabonds and unemployable graduates’. Reacting to a statement credited to the politician on the ongoing strike by the university lecturers,…
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Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo A man believed to be the second in command to the leader of the dreaded Eiye Confraternity in Osogbo, Afeez Alade, popularly known as Esubiyi, has been arrested by men of the Osun State Police Command. Alade, it was learnt, was the second in the hierarchy of…
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The Owa of Igbajo Land, Oba Adeniyi Fasade had urged the government of of the state of Osun to consider constructuon of Igbajo – Ada road in its infrastructural development plan. The royal father made this appeal at the public presentation of a book titled Igbajo: History, Culture and Development,…
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The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has described Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola as a man of integrity who the state is lucky to have as its helmsman. The foremost traditional ruler spoke at his palace yesterday when the governor paid him a thank-you visit. Oba Adeyemi atended Oyetola’s…
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Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Osun State, Dr. Ajibola Basiru is the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Osun Central. He also served as Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties in the first term of Rauf Aregbesola’s administration. He speaks on the recent defections in the…
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Chief (Mrs) Grace Titilayo Laoye-Tomori, immediate past deputy governor of Osun State, was last week honoured by her Osogbo community with an award of Golden Ambassador bestowed on her by the Osogbo Progressive Union, (OPU). At the ceremony, which took place at Osogbo City hall, the Ataoja-in-Council also pronounced Mrs….
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