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Prominent indigenes of Iwo in Osun State, have called on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to approve the planned conversion of the Reality Television building in the town, to a journalism institute. Elites from the town, including thirty professors and other eminent personalities, recently resolved to appeal to the governor to affiliate…

On Thursday 20 October 2016, the new Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, received his staff of office from Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State. It was an event that attracted the creme dela creme of Nigeria-traditional rulers, captains of industry, politicians and others. He seized the opportunity of the occasion…

A doctoral degree graduand of the University of Ilorin, Dr. Abdul-Hafeez Adedimeji, died yesterday morning, his day of graduation. Adedimeji who bagged Ph.d degree in Arabic Studies was among the 166 doctoral degree students the University graduated yesterday. Until his death, Adedimeji was a lecturer at the Fountain University, Osogbo,…

The police at the Lion Building Division, Lagos Island have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Abiodun Joshua, 28 for attempting to withdraw N44m ransom he demanded from a victim, Mrs. Oseni Aigbogun Omolewa, in Kano State. The Police alleged that trouble started for the suspect in October, 2016 in Lagos when…

Students of the Osun State College Of Education have taken to the streets again, to protest the long closure of the tertiary institution. The crisis seems to have taken a new turn, as not only students, but market women, youths and residents of the Ila Orangun town in Osun state, joined…

A Septuagenarian was on Friday arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly duping the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). The accused, Adewale Murtala, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing. The 71-year-old man was accused of duping the Church’s branch in Osun province of the sum…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved ecological fund intervention projects for the fourth quarter of 2016 in 11 states of the federation. The beneficiaries include: erosion and flood control project for rice fields in Suru, Bagudu and Shanga Local Government Areas, all in Kebbi State; remediation of sludge at Kaduna Refinery…

A mammoth crowd fanned out at the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State, as the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Christian Ministry (DLCM) Pastor William Kumuyi preached in his yearly visit there. Over 100,000 people, among whom were those who came in from outside the…

The Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the education policy of his administration has erased the superiority complex between private and public education as sanity has also been restored to public education system. The Governor, during the official commissioning of Ojo/Aro Community Government Middle and High…

A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi,on Tuesday urged monarchs in the country to de-emphasise myths and superstitions that confined them so as to become accessible and mix well with their subjects in order to render social services in their respective domains.   Speaking…