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By The Nation The Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) in Osun State has charged the managers of the local government councils in the state to fast-tract development in their various local government areas by adopting Community Driven Development (CDD). The General Manager of the agency, Mrs Aderomke Oluwafunmilayo Abokede…

By The Nation The Osun State Signage, Hoarding and Advertisement Agency, also known as O’Signage, has issued a two-week ultimatum to owners of billboards, posters and other forms of advertisement signage, to register with the agency and adhere to standard practice or face prosecution. Executive Vice Chairman Mrs. Dupe-Ajayi Gbadebo,…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State yesterday described the political alliance of some parties, plotting to “wrest power” from the APC in 2018 as a “joke”. The ruling party said politics and governance in Osun State had gone beyond “jokes and wishful thinking”. In a statement by its…

By The Nation Dayo Adeniyi, an alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, is the founder of Metadors Leadership Institute based in Osogbo, Osun State. He was among the 1000 young people selected across Africa in 2016 to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship programme in the United States.  In…

By Hameed Oyegbade Nineteen year-old Ogunlusi Abass has been sentenced to six months in prison by a magistrate’s court in Osogbo, Osun State, for  stealing seven packs of noodles, a tin of milk and one dry fish valued at N500. The police prosecutor, Inspector Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the court that…

By Hameed Oyegbade A women’s group in Osun State, the Association of Brave Women, has cautioned lecturers in higher institutions of learning in the country to desist from harassing female students or face the wrath of the women. The President of the association, Maltida Farinde, said this while addressing students…

By Hameed Oyegbade A man, Kazeem Ayoola, was remanded at the Ilesa Prison in Osun State yesterday by a magistrate’s court in Osogbo, the state capital,  for killing his 85-year-old mother, Mrs. Taibat Ayoola, whom he said made life difficult for him while alive. “My mother is responsible for all…

By Hameed Oyegbade A 22-year-old bricklayer, Ismaila Fatai, was yesterday remanded in prison by a magistrate’s court in Osogbo, Osun State for allegedly killing his uncle, Zakariyau Safiriyu, at a family meeting in Ede. The police prosecutor, Olu Abodunrin, told the court that Fatai hit his uncle on the head…

Workers at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital (LAUTECHTH) and the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) are at loggerheads over the upgrading of some members of staff of the hospital to their normal level in the service. Channels Television gathered that JOHESU is opposing the upgrading of the…

By The Nation Political parties have started re-grouping ahead of 2018 Osun State governorship election. Chieftains of different political parties, including the Accord Party (AP), the Labour Party (LP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Action Alliance (AA), the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), the Mega’s Peoples Party (MPP), some…