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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Director-General of Oranmiyan worldwide, a socio-political organization in Osun State, Mr. Sadiq Olajide, has offered scholarship to a seventeen-year-old public school student, Uba Humble Obinna, a naturally talented JSS 3 student of Christ African Middle School, Gbodofon, Osogbo, in the state capital. The lucky boy, Obinna,…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Governor of Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, has linked the rising spate of kidnapping and banditry in the country to the high rate of youth unemployment and poor economy. Oyetola dropped the hint on Wednesday during the 2019 National Security Conference and Public Lecture, organized by…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu An academic researcher and teacher at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Dr. Misbau Lateef Alamu (Ph.D.), has identified the absence of rule of law, lack of inclusiveness and consensus as parts of the myriad of problems militating against good governance in the country. The University teacher and…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has asserted that despite the few cases of kidnapping and banditry experienced in Osun recently, the state still has one of the lowest crime rate in the country. The Speaker of the State parliament gave…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu Osun State government under the leadership of Governor Gboyega Oyetola has directed both the public and private schools in the state to proceed on third term holidays on Friday 26th July 2019 for 2018/2019 academic session while they are expected to commence fresh academic year on 16th…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu A security expert and retired military officer, Group Captain Segun Fanu rtd, has advised the federal government of Nigeria to dialogue with the dreadful Islamic group, Shiite in order to avert the scenario that played out during the early days of Boko Haram insurgency. The retired military…
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Fifty-two-year-old Tajudeen Oyejide and 47-year-old Adebayo Oyeniyi were, on Wednesday, remanded in prison for failing to secure a job for one Michael Oladunjoye with the Nigerian Prisons Service after collecting money from him. The accused were arraigned on three counts bordering on conspiracy and fraud. Oyejide and Oyeniyi allegedly collected…
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The Governor of Osun State, Mr Gboyega Oyetola is expected to lead all ethnic personalities and diverse nation representatives in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, in the maiden edition of ‘Walk for Osun’ programme to herald this year’s annual Osun Osogbo Festival on Saturday, July 27, 2019. The Ataoja of…
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has given his words on supporting the Osun Cultural Carnival through the House of Oduduwa that has partnered with the festival. The Ooni of Ife, speaking through the House of Oduduwa, further gave his blessings to the fast-approaching debut edition of Osun Cultural…
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Thousands of illegal miners purportedly from Mali, a Franco-phone country in West Africa, who allegedly entered and settled in Osun State, have been generating fear among the residents of the state. THISDAY investigation revealed that between April 2017 and February 2019, no fewer than 6,000 illegal miners from Bamako, the…
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