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By Tunde Busari After the passage of Oba Williams Ayeni, the Orangun of Ila, Oba AbduWahab Oyedotun succeeded him in May 2003 in a contest which had 12 princes vying for the throne. Despite the tempo of the contest, Oba Oyedotun told TUNDE BUSARI he was sure of emerging because…
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By Editor The Osun State Government has explained how they disbursed the second tranche of their Paris Club loan refund received from the Federal Government. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa, who spoke with journalists yesterday in his office in Osogbo, said N5,131,680,567.59 was expended on full salaries…
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By Editor A special publication on the historical perspectives of the royal ascension of the present Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and associated history of Obaship in the Yoruba land is scheduled for launch in Lagos tomorrow. The event holds at the Nigeria Institute of…
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By Editor The State Government of Osun has engaged 5,000 women in the area of local soap production with a view to empowering them and indirectly connecting them to the international markets. The programme conceived in partnership with an offtaker, Kasmo Industries, an indigenous soap making company in Osogbo, is supported with…
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By Editor The Government of the State of Osun considers it imperative to correct the mischief, delivered constant disturbance of public peace and the misleading conduct of the supposedly senior citizens who are tiny group of the acclaimed 2011/2012 retirees over the payment of pension and gratuity. In a statement…
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By Odunayo Ogunmola A traditional ruler in Ekiti State and the Olukere of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin, has praised the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi for promoting Yoruba culture in notable countries . Obasoyin said Oba Ogunwusi has done the Yoruba nation proud with his recent visits…
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By Oluwole Ige THE Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, has said that his command has adopted intelligence gathering and due prosecution of culprits as an approach to stemming the tide of ritual killings in the state. For the past few months, residents of Osogbo, the state capital,…
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By Editor The newly constituted governing board of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso has pledged to restore normalcy in the institution. A former Head of Service of the federation, Professor Oladapo Afolabi who is the chairman of the board made the pledge at the inaugural meeting held…
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Former Osun State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Chief Sunday Akere, had one of his worst moments in life with his remand in prison custody by the powers that be after what he described as framed up charges. According to him, it all seemed like a scene from a horror…
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The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun is one of the prominent traditional rulers in the South West. In this interview by TUNDE BUSARI, he speaks on the forthcoming Osun-Osogbo Festival, the crime rate in the town and efforts being made to chase criminal elements out of Osogbo, among other…
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