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Some medical experts in Nigeria are asking the government to empower the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to enable people at the rural areas have access to affordable medical treatment. They believe that the decision would cushion the effect of recession in the health sector. The Provost of the College…
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In a bid to boost the revenue base of the government, Osun State Board of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has absorbed 100 of its revenue marshals into the service of the state. The revenue board secured the approval of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in absorbing the revenue marshals into the service…
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The Vice Chancellor of Redeemers University (RUN), Ede, Osun State, Prof. Debo Adeyewa, has condemned the exclusion of private universities from the benefits of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). Adeyewa described the omission as an aberration since all tertiary institutions were contributing to the nation’s manpower development. TETFUND is…
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The attention of the Government of the State of Osun has been drawn to disturbances by some yet-to-be identified individuals in some parts of Osogbo, the state capital leading to commotion and tension on Sunday. The disturbances have halted normal activities in the affected areas of the state capital. However,…
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As part of efforts to avoid loss of property to fire, the Osun State government has released emergency numbers for residents to call in distress times. The Chairman of the state’s Committee for Fire Safety Matters, Honourable Oguntola Toogun, who released the numbers to reporters over the weekend, stated that…
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Transforming Africa’s economic for the growth of the continent cannot be totally successful without reviving the glory of cocoa production in enough commercial quantity of improved varieties in Nigeria and other nations. This forms part of the consensus at the end of a three-day regional symposium for participants in Central…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola, of “scheming to divert funds from Paris Club deductions” paid to the state recently and meant to offset workers’ arrears of salaries and pensions. The opposition party in a statement by its spokesman in the state, Prince…
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The public outrage that followed the exchange of words between His Royal Majesty, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo Kinigdom and His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, The Ooni of Ife, over the unveiling of Moremi Ajasoro statue in Ile Ife, has elicited the response…
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A Professor of Humanities from the University of Texas, United States of America, Prof. Toyin Falola, has called on the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Olugbo of Ugboland, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, not to allow the historical issue of Moremi to cause disaffection between them. He said the…
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A former Senator Mudashiru Hussain, who represented Osun West Senatorial District in the 7th Senate, has explained that Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s creative approach to governance remains the pivot of his success story as the Governor of Osun State. Husain made this disclosure during a media chat with some correspondents. He…
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