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Renowned Ifa Priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, has recommended the teaching of Yoruba beliefs in primary and secondary schools to check moral decadence in society Elebuibon, during the inauguration of Ikin Tukun Comprehensive High School, Oke Baale, Osogbo, said the rising immorality in society might be difficult to curb until pupils…
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By Damilola Oni Officials of Segilola Operating Resource Limited were on Wednesday at the Osun House of Assembly to intimate the State lawmakers of their mining activities within the Ijesha axis of the State. The team led by Austin Menegbo, the Country Manager, said his company will next year commence…
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The Governor of the state of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola has said the soon to be constructed ethanol bio-refinery factory would generate 10,000 jobs. The Governor said his administration will leave nothing to chance in its determination to stimulate the economy of the State through a robust and mutually-benefitting Public-Private-Partnership (PPP)…
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Fifty-seven days after the Senate confirmed the nomination of the former Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly, Hon. Adejare Bello and 38 others as ambassadors, the President, Muhammadu Buhari has yet to assign them portfolios. The 39 non-career ambassadors and one additional career ambassador, who were confirmed on July…
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By Damilola Oni The Speaker of the State of Osun House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, has called for calm over the protest that erupted after the death of some youths in controversial police circumstances. Owoeye who spoke during Wednesday’s plenary appealed to families of the deceased to remain calm just…
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Wole Soyinka, playwright and Nobel laureate, says he concurs with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo that Nigeria is drifting towards a failed and divided state. On Friday, Obasanjo accused the Buhari administration of mismanaging the country. “Today, Nigeria is fast drifting to a failed and badly divided state, economically our country is…
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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Busayo Wole Oke on Tuesday said the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, is the best person to lead the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West. Oke said Makinde’s position as the only PDP governor in the zone conferred…
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Governor of the State of Osun, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has congratulated a former Deputy Governor of the State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on the occasion of his 63rd birthday anniversary, describing him as an advocate of good governance. Oyetola in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail…
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The Osun State Government on Sunday said it has commenced investigation into activities of Oroyemi Elizabeth Covenant Home and Care Centre in Ile-Ife, on the suspicion that the facility was being used as a baby factory. The Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Mrs Bukola Olaboopo, said the ministry…
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The Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Anglican Communion, Rev Dr Humphrey Olumakaiye, says the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 is raising controversies because the Federal Government has failed to keep a number of its promises and may not be trusted. The bishop added that the government needed to reconsider the…
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