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The police in Nigeria has destroyed a large expanse of Indian hemp farms at Agbongbon village in Irewole local government area of Osun State and arrested four suspects. The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, said the operation was aimed at cutting the supply of Indian hemp…

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Chapter, Mr Dotun Omisore, has been disengaged from service by the Osun State government. The General Secretary of the Union, Mr Oduwole Omotayo, was also suspended from service. Part of the the state government’s decision contained…

An Osun State High Court on Tuesday sentenced an octogenarian, Mr Oluwafemi Fagbemi and three others: Tobi Ojo, Famutuwa Femi and Tope Olatunji to death for murder. The convicts were charged with two count charge of Conspiracy and murder contrary to sections 324 and 319 of the criminal Code Cap….

The National Environmental Standard and Regulatory Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says two iron and steel companies operating in Osun State have failed to comply substantially with environmental rules and regulations. The Zonal Director of the Agency, Mr Adeleke Ajani, indicted the two companies on Tuesday, while addressing the Osun State House…

Osun State House of Assembly is taken steps to ensure that abandoned projects of the Federal Government are resuscitated and ongoing ones are fast tracked to completion for economic buoyancy of the state. This move began on Monday when one of the members, Honourable Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, representing Obokun State Constituency,…

A 40-year-old man, Omotayo Aworinde, on Monday appeared in an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for alleged possession of fake doctorate degree. Aworinde is facing a two-count charge of impersonation. The Prosecutor, Mr Onochie Ekwom, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Oct. 31, at about 10 a.m. at…

Nigeria loses 2300 under five year old and 145 women of child bearing age daily primarily due to malnutrition, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said. The minister, represented by Thompson Kobata Chimay, Assistant Director, Federal Ministry of Health, made this known yesterday during Katsina State domestication meeting…

A Civil Society’s Youth Leader and Radio Broadcaster, Oderinu Adedayo, has aimed a dig at the governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, who reportedly delayed their meeting by almost 10 hours. The Youth Leader, Oderinu Adedayo, reacted to the development through a post on his Facebook Account. He said the youth’s…

A Professor in the department of Foreign languages at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof Olalere Oladitan, has admonished those in charge of education quality control in the country to take after the formulae adopted by the Chinese. The academia, who describe the Chinese education policy as strictly indigenous,…

By Mustapha Aleem The vice chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Prof Matthews Ojo, has disclosed that the university would be inducting about 23 medical graduates as first set of medics to be produced by the institution since establishment. Prof Matthews, who disclosed this at the convocation press briefing of the…