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In its bid to stem the rate of prevalence of cancer in the country, the Glorious Youth Empowerment Centre (GYEC), a non-governmental  organisation (NGO), in partnership with Marie Stopes International, Nigeria, the Osun State and the Federal Ministry of Health, has held a cancer sensitisation and screening programme in Osun State for women. No…

The management of Osun State University, Osogbo has said that a lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Dr. Olabode Wale Ojoniyi who engaged in illicit sex with a female student, Miss Mercy Ikwue, has been sacked because of his immoral act that embarrassed the university. A member of…

Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe and his Osun State counterpart Rauf Aregbesola, have urged traditional rulers to explore concrete and effective means of maintaining peace in their domains. Gaidam gave the charge at the weekend during the installation and presentation of staff of office to the Emir of Ngelzarma, Alhaji…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) have urged the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the unpaid salaries of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) workers. The Chairman of NLC Lagos State Council, Idowu Adelakan, said it is high time government intervened…

A 29-year-old man, Fatai Aliyu, was on Monday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrates Court in Osun for stealing 10 bowls of rice and four bottles of wine. The convict pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of theft and break-in when he appeared before Magistrate Olusola Aluko….

President Muhammadu Buhari, may have asked the Senate to probe Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola and other governors over how they spent the bailout disbursed to them by the Federal Government. Subsequently, the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has ordered the Senate Committee on State and Local…

A 23-year-old unemployed man, Omodolapo IyanuOluwa, was on Monday sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing an Infinix phone. The Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, ordered that the convict be locked in Ilesa prison after he pleaded guilty to a three-count-charge bordering on stealing. Aluko…

The people of Fashina Community in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State have raised the alarm over emission from the furnace of the Ife Iron and Steel Nigeria Limited located in the community. The Chairman of the community, Rev. Jacob Fadare, who spoke in an interview with our…

A pastor, identified simply as Timothy Abiola, has allegedly shot dead a fellow pastor, who was also his friend, Pastor Bamiji Ilori. The Police Public Relations Officer for the Osun State command, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, who said this in a statement on Sunday, added that the reason for the action…