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A faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has rejected the Chairman of the newly-inaugurated APC National Reconciliation Committee, Chief Bisi Akande. The factional leaders, under the aegis of APC Unity Forum, after a meeting in Akure yesterday, alleged that Akande, who is the former Governor…
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Osun State governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, yesterday stressed the need for a holistic approach in the quest to end security challenges in the country. They spoke at the National Summit on Security and Insecurity…
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Apomu, headquarters of Isokan Local Government Area of Osun State had no king for five years. That changd on February 8 when Alapomu of Apomu, Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi was installed. ADESOJI ADENIYI who witnessed the coronation writes. For more than five years, Apomu, the headquarters of Isokan Local Government…
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I disagree with a clause in the proposed law seeking to legalize the operations of Amotekun. The offensive clause states that its officers can NOT be SUED for anything they do while on duty. This is an immunity clause, and a dangerous one at that. Pure and simple. Don’t we…
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Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has approved the building of a 54.3km road project across the state. At a joint news briefing in Osogbo, the Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. Remi Omowaye, and the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, said the projects are five major…
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Quite naturally, men, throughout the world and in all of human history, like good-looking women. In fact, history is replete with many strange things which men have done for and or because of beautiful women. Many would not forget in a hurry, the Shakespearean story of Anthony and Cleopatra. The…
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Some Peoples Democratic Party leaders in Osun State were on Monday allegedly attacked by members denied access to the venue of a stakeholders’ meeting called by the chairman, Soji Adagunodo, in Osogbo. Those allegedly attacked at the meeting were the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Diran Odeyemi,…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osogbo Tennis Club 1991 has yesterday elected a new captain and other executive members to pilot the affairs of the club for the next two years. The new captain and other executive members of the tennis club were unanimously elected by all the members present at an…
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The queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, has spoken against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), describing it as a violation of women’s rights. The queen was a keynote speaker and a royal mother of the day at the Zero Tolerance Day for FGM, which was…
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The Houses of Assembly of states in the South-West, comprising Oyo, Osun, Lagos, Ekiti, Ondo and Ogun states, have said they will give accelerated hearing to the bill on the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as Operation Amotekun, as soon as it is presented to them by the Executive….
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