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Born on the 25th April 1956 into the family of Late Raheem Akanji and Alhaja Samirat Abidemi Oriolowo of the famous Oriolowo family, Molete, Iwo in Osun. He attended D.C School Oke-Ifa (1962 – 1963) and Baptist Day School Oke-Odo, (1964 – 1970) Iwo for his primary school education. He…
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•Tripartite panel submits report to Buhari today •New minimum wage to be unveiled on Tuesday •Partial compliance in varsities as ASUU begins strike Organised labour has called off the nationwide industrial action scheduled to commence on Tuesday (today) to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage. The…
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By Femi Adesola The Vice Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Osun state, Architect Goke Omigbodun has revealed that he and some leaders of the party were not privy to the details of the coalition agreement with the All Progressives Congress (APC). The SDP Chieftain made this known…
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The Osun Government says it has disbursed more than N851 million loan to farmers through its agriculture initiative, Quick Impact Intervention Programme (QIIP) since 2011 till date. Mr Ismaila Jayeoba-Alagbada, the Commissioner For Commerce, Industries and Co-operatives, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Osogbo. Jayeoba-Alagbada said that…
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BY SIKIRU AKINOLA Many would have thought the crises ravaging the Ladoke Akintola University, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, would have ended, especially with the appointment of former Lagos governor and national leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as chancellor of the institution jointly owned by Osun and…
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The South West Governors’ Forum has tasked the Federal Government to create a railway line from Apapa for transportation of goods from the ports in order to ease the permanent gridlock on the roads in the area. The governors of the six states in the region said this in a…
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The Social Democratic Party has described as ‘untrue’ some online publications that the party denied Senator Iyiola Omisore the ticket to contest the election to represent Osun East Senatorial District at the Senate in 2019. The Secretary of the SDP in Osun State, Mr. Taiwo Akeju, said this in an…
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The Osun Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Segun Agbaje, was humiliated and beaten to a coma by some angry youths at the First Baptist Church, Oke Owode, Ikirun, at the burial ceremony of Timothy Ibitoye a former REC of Ogun State…
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Indigenes residents in Ekiti State are to benefit from economic empowerment from the $321 million loot recovered from the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. Two other states in the Southwest, Osun and Oyo, are to benefit from the disbursement of the cash through a cash transfer programme…
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The Osun House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the bill for the establishment of the State Health Insurance Scheme. This followed a motion by the Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Dejo Bello (APC- Boripe/Boluwaduro) and seconded by the Chairman, House Committee on Health, Mr Oyeleke Ogunsola(APC-Ayedire) at the plenary in Osogbo….
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