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By Michael Adeyemo The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye has charged stakeholders within the health sector to coordinate an early response system to the coronavirus. Owoeye who spoke during Friday’s plenary of the House said the Assembly is well aware of the second wave of…
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Legal luminaries from different parts of the country trouped to the ancient town of Igbajo in Boluwaduro Local Government Council Area of Osun State at the weekend to participate in a reception held for Professor Damilola Sunday Olawuyi who was recently conferred with honour of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)…
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Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that despite the reopening of borders, the importation of rice and other items remain banned. He said with the deployment of technology in some of Nigeria’s borders, no one would enter the country with a hidden identity. Aregbesola, who spoke with newsmen…
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THE National Judicial Council has recommended the compulsory retirement of Justice Abdulkareem Abdulrasaq of Osun State High Court, for alleged age falsification. The NJC’s Director, Information, Mr Soji Oye, said in a statement on Sunday that the council took its decision at its 93rd meeting held virtually on December 16,…
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The senator representing Osun east in the national assembly,Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has described employment generation as the most potent weapon against criminalities and hard biting poverty in the Nigerian society. Fadahunsi attributed the culture of begging in the society and criminal tendencies like kidnapping, banditry, robbery and insurgency to joblessness…
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The local chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest on Thursday named former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola as chair of party’s reconciliation panel in the region. Leaders of the geopolitical zone have harped on the need for unity and cohesion in the party, stating that the…
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The Governor of the State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has lifted the curfew that followed the disruption of peace in the State. It will be recalled that the government had earlier relaxed the 24-hour indefinite curfew to run from 8:00pm till 6:00am daily, following observation of citizens’ compliance and…
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The defendants charged with offences of examination malpractices allegedly involving a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the case. The four defendants are a relative of the former governorship candidate, Sikiru Adeleke;…
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SHOP owners in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Monday counted their losses as fire razed shops and destroyed properties. The affected shops were part of a shopping complex located at Orita Aje Street, Testing Ground area. It was gathered that the fire started in one of the shops following…
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Eight persons were remanded on Monday in Ile Ife Correctional Facility for allegedly breaking into the palace of Akire of Ikire palace and damaging properties. The accused Akeem Okeowo 30; Hammed Raifu 34; Lakin Oyetade 35; Okeowo Saheed 29; Ibrahim Musiliu; Ahmed Sunmonu 25; Kazeem Kamorudeen 18 and Kolawole Opeyemi…
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