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March 6, 2017 “Anybody who could plant banana in the desert and make it thrive is my friend. Anybody who could turn saline swamps into fertile, arable land is my friend.” Chief Obafemi Awolowo made that statement in an elaborate interview marking his 72nd birthday. In those two sentences is…
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By Hameed Oyegbade No fewer than 425 children and 50 adults were dewormed free of charge at Bode-Osi community via Iwo in Osun State by the Ayofe Health Awareness Initiative, a non-profit group as part of efforts to promote healthy living in rural areas in the state. The group conducted…
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By The Nation The Old Students Association of the Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State, has hailed the government’s effort in ridding schools of cultism and other social vices. Handing over a block of classrooms renovated by the 1989 set, the President of the set, Prince Ademola Adedapo, said it…
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By NG Tribune The Supreme Court of Nigeria has resumed hearing of the appeal brought before it by Alhaji Maroof Adekunle Magbagbeola and 13 others challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal which heard an appeal challenging the choice of traditional king makers that appointed him as the Olufon…
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By NG Tribune Suspected members of a gang which specialised in hijacking articulated vehicles laden with petroleum products have been arrested by the Osun State Police Command. Disclosing this during a press briefing, the state Commissioner of Police, Olafimihan Adeoye said that the gang members hijacked a white DAF truck…
Read moreBy NG Tribune IT was indeed a mournful realisation for foremost Osun traditional ruler, the Oloni of Eti-Oni, Oba Taiwo Dokun Thompson, whose 84-year-old mother, Olori Margaret Olatunde Thompson, died on Monday, February 27, 2017. Tribune Online gathered that the passage of the octogenarian occurred after she was taken to…
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A row has broken out over the students union election at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Some students accused the management of meddling in the poll. But others described the election as free and fair. GABRIEL OGUNJOBI (400-Level Social Studies Education) reports. Mixed feelings have continued…
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Public secondary school pupils in Osun State have lauded the Volunteer Corps Tutoring programme, a private intervention to help less privileged pupils improve through extra lessons. The programme aims at preparing SS3 pupils adequately for public examinations such as the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African…
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By Mustapha Aleem The Omoluabi Giants forced the Harmony Boys of Kwara to a barren draw in a friendly match on played on Wednesday at the Osogbo City Stadium. The match, witch started slightly behind schedule, was watched by an impressive number of football enthusiasts from within and outside Osogbo….
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By Mustapha Aleem The chairman of the Osogbo branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Asafa Sanusi, has instructed legal practitioners under his umbrella to not allow any process to be filed on the heels of the ongoing protest against hike in filing fees. The Chairman made this known in…
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