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By NAN A former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, said on Friday the development of Nigeria’s political system is being curtailed by monetisation of politics. Akande, stated this in a remark at the meeting of Osun APC Elders’ Forum also known as “Agba…
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The emergency of Rt Hon Sulaimon Lasun Yussuff as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Sulaimon Lasun Yussuff and the Speaker Yakubu Dogara was not without stress and storm as there were serious opposition from the All Progressives Congress and from different quarters but by providence…
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The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) crisis started with complaints of nonpayment of allowances. The school that has largely sustained itself by Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) had suddenly gone broke. Its Visitors won’t pay subventions. They wanted the university to survive on its own. Workers’ unions went on strike…
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THE Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to rig the July 8 Osun West Senatorial by-election. PDP’s State Chairman Soji Adagunodo addressed reporters yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital, on the alleged plan. But the APC swiftly called…
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THERE was palpable fear and tension in Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo main campus, on Wednesday when another 400 level student of Microbiology Department of the institution, identified as Oluwafemi Oluwatimilehin Shonibare was declared missing. The latest incident was coming barely nine months after two 400 level students of the…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday it has no plan to shift the Osun West Senatorial election slated for July 8. Besides, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, said there is no condition that warrants the shift of the election. He said…
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Vice chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Prof Matthews Akintunde Ojo has tasked administrators on the future of university education in the country saying tertiary institutions must be properly positioned to compete favourably with their counterparts across the world. Prof Ojo in his keynote address at the maiden Registry…
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A 33-year-old driver, Julius Orioke, who allegedly damaged some parts of his company’s articulated vehicle valued at N4.4million was on Wednesday granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Orioke, a resident of Odo-Oja in Ijebu-Ijesha, Osun, had pleaded not-guilty to the charge of damage. The magistrate, Mr J.A Adigun,…
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The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) yesterday urged the university’s Pro-Chancellor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the vice chancellor and members of Governing Board to resolve the crisis rocking the institution. The union sought the intervention of the National Leader of…
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Osun State Internal Revenue Service, (OIRS) has sealed up business premises that have failed to remit taxes to the government. Besides, OIRS stated that different organisations owe the State about N30 billion in taxes. Speaking after a series of enforcement, The Chairman, OIRS, Bicci Alli, revealed that the organisations in…
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