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The Government of Osun State on Friday officially confirmed the receipt of N11,744,237,793.56 as part of the refunds from the Paris Club loans deductions through the Federal Government. A statement by the government, through the Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, said that based on the received…

Two persons have been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State for allegedly threatening the peace in a secondary school in the state by smoking Indian hemp during class hours. The accused persons, Hamzat Hammed, 23 and 36-year-old Oke Odunayo, were said to have committed the offence…

A 25-year-old man, Jimoh Oyekanmi, was on Friday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing fish. Oyekanmi is facing a one-count charge of theft of fish. The Prosecutor, Insp Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Thursday at about 11.a.m. at Ofatedo…

An Osun State lawmaker, Honourable Babatunde Olatunji, ‎is promoting the spirit of unity, especially among youths in the state, mostly through sports. One way of achieving lasting unity, Honourable Olatunji, who represents Ife North State Constituency, says is the reintroduction of local football tournament and indigenous games in the state….

The Osun State government has said it needs N10billion monthly for effective governance. The government, in a bid to deliver on its promises to the people, organised a three-day retreat to elicit robust and rigorous discussions on the state’s revenue vis-à-vis budget performance next year. The government, in a communique,…

Two heads are better than one — so goes the popular saying. But there are times when two heads are a big problem, such as with a new born baby delivered on Tuesday at a hospital in Ogudu on the outskirts of Lagos. It has two heads with oxygen tube…

Osun Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo, on Thursday freed 16 inmates of both Ile-Ife Prisons and Ilesa Prisons awaiting trial. Three inmates regained freedom at the Ile-Ife Prisons while 13 inmates from the Ilesa Prisons on grounds of overstaying in prisons, ill health and minor offences. The released inmates from…

The immediate past Commissioner for Lands and Physical Development in Osun State, who is the son of the late Chief Bola Ige, Muyiwa, has said a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, and other police officers, who were investigating officers during the trial of the murder of his father…

A leading Nigerian agriculture investor and Chairman of TUNS Farms Nigeria Limited, ‎Chief Olatunde Badmus, has disclosed that the Osun State Government has created young millionaires through its various agricultural intervention programmes. Badmus led other management staffers of the company to the Office of the Governor in Osogbo for a…