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By Editor The Governor, State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has announced a foremost human rights activist and Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Comrade Amitolu Shittu, as the Director-General (DG) of the newly established Amotekun Corps. Similarly, he has named as the Director-General (DG) of Bureau of Social Services (BOSS),…
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By Editor The coalition of civil society organisations in Osun known as COVID-19 CSOs Emergency Intervention Group (CEIG) has commended the governor of the State, Gboyega Oyetola, over his administration’s responsiveness to the global pandemic ravaging the entire world. The group gave this commendation today in a press statement jointly…
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By Editor The Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has urged Muslim faithful and Nigerians to remember the less privileged in the society during the holy month of Ramadan. Owoeye held that Muslims should heed Allah’s commandment which directed them to freely give of what…
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By Editor Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has felicitated with Muslim faithful in the State and around the world on the commencement of the 1441 AH (2020) Ramadan fasting, saying the observance of fasting amidst the battle against Coronavirus is not a mere coincidence. He noted that the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the…
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Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has announced that Ramadan will start on Friday, April 24. The NSCIA President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, announced this on Thursday. He confirmed that the new moon was sighted on Thursday, meaning that Ramadan will start on Friday in Nigeria, The…
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By Editor Osun State Government has received 49 Ivory Coast returnees into the State after undergoing a 14-day quarantine at a Badagry isolation centre in Lagos State. This was contained in a public service announcement issued by Funke Egbemode, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, a copy which was…
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By Editor As a measure to curb the spread of Coronavirus, the government of the State of Osun has announced the mandatory use of face masks in public places effective from tomorrow, Friday, April 24. The State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola who made this known in a statement released by…
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By Joseph Akanbi Family, associates of late Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, have taken to the social media to pay tribute to the first Executive Governor of Osun State on the occasion of the third year anniversary of his demise. Adeleke who died at 62, was the first Executive Governor of the…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Wednesday warned of likely social unrest if the current lockdown imposed on some states to curb the spread of COVID-19 is further extended. It faulted the palliatives being provided by the federal government to the poor, urging for an expansion of the social register to…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State Government has denied rumours making the rounds that it has discharged the last COVID-19 patient in the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, made this known in a telephone conversation with our correspondent. When asking about the veracity of the rumours, Isamotu simply…
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