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Nigeria’s first Institute of Advanced Studies, IAS, will commence operation this month at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, in Osun State, it was announced yesterday. Prof. Jacob K. Olupona, who is championing the institute, is a professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School, and Professor of African and African…
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Now that the dispute over leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has been laid to rest, Segun James sets the agenda for the party struggling to regain its lost glory If 2015 was the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) dry season with prolonged famine, 2019 may end up becoming the party’s…
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By Oluwole Ige The remains of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor, Osun State, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole, who was abducted and murdered by suspected kidnappers along Okenne-Abuja road, on Thursday, have arrived Osogbo. The ambulance sent by the state government to Abuja, brought her corpse…
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The government of the Canada has intensified her efforts in the contest for the membership of the Security Council in the United Nations by urging the Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, to rally Nigeria and other African countries to support the country in her bid for the…
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Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and younger brother to late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, Otunba Ademola Adeleke defeated Mudashiru Hussein, the candidate fielded by his former party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Osun West by-election. ADEBIYI ADEDAPO chronicles the development and its implication for future polls. e Independent…
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The outcome of the bye-election in Osun West senatorial district, Osun State penultimate Saturday wasn’t just the result of a contest between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, but the manifestation of a discreet power tussle within the ranks of the ruling party APC. Olawale Olaleye writes…
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By Oluwole Ige Ahead of next year governorship poll in Osun State, a group, identified as Osogbo coalition over the weekend rallied support for the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Governor Rauf Aregbesola, saying that eligible voters in the city were ready to deliver their votes for the electoral victory…
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By Adesoji Adeniyi The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has applauded the people of Osun West senatorial district for conducting themselves well before, during and after the last senatorial bye election in the area. He commended the electorate for not allowing violence to mar the process of the…
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SOMETHING unNigerian, unstudent and unGreatIfe (permit my neologism liberty) is manifesting in the alleged corruption trial of the immediate past Acting Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Anthony Elujoba, by EFCC. I should know because I’m an alumnus. Even men, who had led the institution in various capacity,…
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A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and the Vice Chancellor, Redeemer’s University for All Nations (RUN), Ede, Osun State, Professor Debo Zachariah Adeyewa, has tasked graduates of Christ the Redeemer’s College to always strive for excellence. He stated this at the 16th valedictory service for the…
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