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The executive arm of Osun State government has presented a budget of 138.232 billion Naira for the 2017 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration. The estimate, which was presented at the plenary on Wednesday, has recurrent expenditure of 75.823 billion Naira and capital expenditure of 62.409 billion…
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Popular American rapper Snoop Dogg commented on a video from the recently concluded Otisese Carnival which held at Ile-Ife, Osun State from the 5th – 7th of December, 2016. The 45-year-old rapper took to his Instagram page and posted the video with the caption “Mood” accompanying it. A few stuntmen…
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To lessen the financial burden of transportation during the yuletide, the Osun State Government has offered to provide free Christmas and New Year train services for its citizens who would want to return home to celebrate with their relatives. The Osun government is extending the welfare gesture to residents despite…
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Eminent legal practitioners have described the bench warrant of arrest issued by a magistrate, Olusola Aluko, against a paramount traditional in Osun State, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, as a joke taken too far. Yusuf Ali, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA)…
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We unequivocally condemn first, the actions of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) towards the protest embarked upon by the students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) on 9th December, 2016. They were reportedly shooting at the students sporadically and tear-gasing them, Are Police really our friends like they portray…
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has celebrated his first anniversary on the throne. A researcher/author Oluwaseun Okunnuga, has written a compendium on the monarch’s efforts to unite the Yoruba. ADEGUNLE OLUGBAMAILA writes on what inspired Okunnuga. A researcher, Oluwaseun Okunnuga, has taken note of the efforts…
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Osun state police commissioner Fimihan Adeoye has said that he was not aware of any bench warrant of arrest against the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi. The police boss said he has not been briefed about the development and warned that the police should not be dragged into Obaship…
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An Osun State Chief Magistrate Court has issued a warrant of arrest against a first class traditional ruler in the state, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi after he failed to show up in court to defend allegations against him. The arrest warrant is coming days after Chief Magistrate,…
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Osun State House of Assembly has finally cleared the insinuation surrounding the bailout loan amounting to 34.988 billion Naira which was given to the state by the Federal Government. The clearance by the Assembly followed the presentation of the report of investigation on the 25.871 billion Naira given to the…
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The wife of the Osun State Governor, Mrs Sherifat Aregbesola, has asked children to endeavour to be close to God Almighty especially at this period of Christmas. Mrs Aregbesola made the appeal on Tuesday at the 2016 end of Year Christmas celebration and fanfare with the children held at the…
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