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By Tunde Olamilekan President Bola Tinubu has promised that his administration will support major projects in Iwo, Osun State. This was as President Tinubu lauded Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, describing him as a monarch loved by his people. The president stated this on Sunday in Iwo, during the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The lawmaker representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency, Bamidele Salam, has suggested that the Peoples Democratic Party might not be facing the trouble it is currently facing if past presidents under the party were actively involved in party activities after leaving office. Salam…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged Nigerians to look beyond the current economic difficulties and take advantage of emerging opportunities created by the Federal Government’s reforms. The former governor of Osun State made the call on Sunday at the 10th General Assembly…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday, November 11, disrupted a drug syndicate at Orita-Apeje, Araromi-Okeodo Forest Reserve in Ife South Local Government Area of Osun State. A statement released on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, noted that the operatives seized 11,135…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will return to government in Osun come 2026. The former governor of Osun State stated this on Saturday at this year’s Iragbiji day. Oyetola said the candidate of the APC…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called for the swift passage of the Reserved Seats for Women Bill. Speaking at a programme organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja, Oba Ogunwusi appealed to South-West lawmakers to support the bill. The…
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The Osun State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has confirmed the arrest of three suspects who allegedly vandalised and stole power transmission equipment belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Osogbo Substation. The suspects whose names were given as – Adigwe(52), Bomi (39), and…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Saturday visited Iwo town to felicitate the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, on his 10th coronation anniversary. The Sultan, who arrived at the palace of Oluwo around 3:00 p.m., said he came to rejoice with the monarch…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The chairman of the African Democratic Congress in Osun State, Dr Charles Omidiji, has emphasised the need for unity, cooperation and synergy among all leadership structures within the party. The Osun ADC chairman noted that there must be collective priority and focus to ensure that the party…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Angry delegates at the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, convention in Ibadan pulled down posters bearing the images of governors who are absent from the convention. Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke and his counterpart from Taraba State Agbu Kefas are “conspicuously absent” at the ongoing convention of…
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