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The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) team of the Osun State Police Command has arrested 15 members of a cult group that has been fomenting trouble in Ede, Osun State. Confirming the arrests, the State Police Spokesperson, SP Folasade Odoro, said the cultists were arrested when they were planning to strike their target…
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The Federal Government has declared Monday, Dec. 12 , as public holiday to mark the Muslim festival of Eid-El-Maulud, to celebrate the birth of Prophet Mohammed. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja. In…
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Governors of the six Yoruba States comprising Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Lagos States on Thursday in Ibadan bemoaned the dwindling fortunes of Odu’a Investment Company Limited. They have started a Rejuvenation Agenda to re-invigorate the business empire into a global conglomerate. It was on the occasion of the…
Read moreA civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has declared that the National Assembly has the right and power as part of its oversight functions, to probe the State government finances under the watch of Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola in line with section 62(1&2)…
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An Osun based lawyer, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola on Tuesday, December 6, 20116 instituted another suit against the state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, making his actions in the law court against the governor six in number. The rights activist lawyer in the fresh legal action filed at the Osun State High…
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The Government of the State of Osun has charged Council Managers in the State to work assiduously towards generating revenue through the Land Use Charge (LUC) which is the hope of sustaining the governance especially at this critical period. The Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Olayinka Owoeye made this charge…
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The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, commenced her 42nd Convocation Ceremonies for undergraduates and postgraduate students on Wednesday with 6827 students graduating. The Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Anthony Elujoba who presided over the ceremony gave an very insightful lecture on “The philosophy of doing things right.” He remarked in…
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Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, has lauded the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) for picking the gauntlet against divisive tendencies among the Yoruba traditional rulers in the last one year of his ascension to the throne. Speaking to newsmen in his office at the…
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The Government of Osun has described the protest and actions of some few pensioners in Osogbo on Wednesday as an attempt by their sponsors to gag the truth. The Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, in a statement said those behind…
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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka were among prominent personalities that witnessed yesterday in Ile-Ife the first year coronation anniversary of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II. Oba Ogunwusi on December 7, 2015 received his staff of office from Osun Stste Governor,…
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