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Mrs. Ayo Omidiran, an All Progressives Congress member of the House of Representatives, has stated that the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, would not dump the ruling party as widely reported lately. There has been reports that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State was teeming up with Atiku…
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Webisco International Federation of Women Entrepreneurs and Tourism of Nigeria, has concluded plans to build a world-class mini city tourism resort centre in Ikirun, Osun in 2017, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. According to the agency, Margaret Fabiyi, president of the tourism firm, disclosed this in an interview with in…
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Few days after a warrant of arrest was issued on him by an Osun State Chief Magistrates’ Court, the youthful Oluwo of Iwoland in has, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has come out firing from all cylinders, calling the magistrate mentally retarded. The first-class traditional ruler who was accused by another monarch…
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Subscribers of different telecommunication companies in Osun State have lauded the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for its promptness in curtailing the excesses of the service operators. The subscribers including students of higher institutions of learning, members of National Youths Service Corps, market women, artisans, and civil servants and others who…
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The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Osun State chapter on Wednesday installed the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, as its patron. At the presentation of the certificate of installation at Oduduwa House in Ile-Ife, the Chairman of the chapter, Adeyemi Aboderin, said the Ooni’s choice was in…
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A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, the Capital of Osun state, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 48-year-old policeman, Pius Felix, in prison custody for allegedly killing a commercial driver. Felix, who is attached to Awo Police Station, Ede, is facing a count of murder. Magistrate Olubukola Olowolagba, ordered…
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For the second year running, the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has failed to personally present the state budget before the House of Assembly. A budget of 138.2 billion naira was formally placed before the lawmakers for perusal and approval by the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Budget and…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has urged residents to keep hope alive and cooperate with Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The party said what the governor is preoccupying himself with is how to minimise the pains caused by the recession and still keep significant development going. In a statement…
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No fewer than five people lost their lives, while others sustained various degree of injuries in an auto crash at Akinlalu, in Osun on Ife/Ibadan Expressway. Mr Alhassan Abu, the Ife Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday…
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The executive arm of Osun State government has presented a budget of 138.232 billion Naira for the 2017 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration. The estimate, which was presented at the plenary on Wednesday, has recurrent expenditure of 75.823 billion Naira and capital expenditure of 62.409 billion…
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