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By Hameed Oyegbade There was palpable tension in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Wednesday’s morning, as some touts allegedly clashed with some northerners, leading to pandemonium and destruction of properties at Sabo area, Daily Trust gathered. The detail of the cause of the crisis could not be ascertained at the time…
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By Yinka Kolawole The Bank of Agriculture (BoA) and Osun state Government have agreed to partner each other to enhance collaboration between them in the areas of business and farming, to boost the revenue drive and income generation in the state. The Bank has also commenced disbursement of funds for…
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Reactions have continued to trail yesterday’s superlative victory of FC Barcelona over Paris Saint German (PSG) in the last 16 stages of the UEFA Champions League. The first leg of the game which held on February, 14, saw PSG winning with a wide margin of 4 goals to nil. The…
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State of Osun is a nomenclature that accompanied the intangible reformation and identity repositioning that opened the reign of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the governor, but the opposition remains adamant, arguing that they would not recognize the reform. So, for them, the old is present, Osun state is their choice. In…
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March 6, 2017 “Anybody who could plant banana in the desert and make it thrive is my friend. Anybody who could turn saline swamps into fertile, arable land is my friend.” Chief Obafemi Awolowo made that statement in an elaborate interview marking his 72nd birthday. In those two sentences is…
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By Hameed Oyegbade No fewer than 425 children and 50 adults were dewormed free of charge at Bode-Osi community via Iwo in Osun State by the Ayofe Health Awareness Initiative, a non-profit group as part of efforts to promote healthy living in rural areas in the state. The group conducted…
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By The Nation The Old Students Association of the Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State, has hailed the government’s effort in ridding schools of cultism and other social vices. Handing over a block of classrooms renovated by the 1989 set, the President of the set, Prince Ademola Adedapo, said it…
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By NG Tribune The Supreme Court of Nigeria has resumed hearing of the appeal brought before it by Alhaji Maroof Adekunle Magbagbeola and 13 others challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal which heard an appeal challenging the choice of traditional king makers that appointed him as the Olufon…
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By NG Tribune Suspected members of a gang which specialised in hijacking articulated vehicles laden with petroleum products have been arrested by the Osun State Police Command. Disclosing this during a press briefing, the state Commissioner of Police, Olafimihan Adeoye said that the gang members hijacked a white DAF truck…
Read moreBy NG Tribune IT was indeed a mournful realisation for foremost Osun traditional ruler, the Oloni of Eti-Oni, Oba Taiwo Dokun Thompson, whose 84-year-old mother, Olori Margaret Olatunde Thompson, died on Monday, February 27, 2017. Tribune Online gathered that the passage of the octogenarian occurred after she was taken to…
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