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By Jamiu Ganiyu Over two hundred and forty thousand pupils of public and private primary schools in the State of Osun came out in their numbers on Thursday to write the Joint State Examination organized by State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) for pupils of Grade 3, 4,5 and 6….
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Osun State Police Community Relations Committee has concluded plans to hold a public lecture with a theme titled “Kidnapping and Banditry: Understanding the Twin Menace” as part of the committee’s Osun 2019 PCRC week in order to put a better perspective to the two most pronounced…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Governor of Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to link Osun rural communities with the nearest market in order boost the state’s economy and for social development of the state through the provision of motorable roads for easy transport of…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to give something meaningful to Nigerian youths as a sustainable solution to the spate of insecurity in the country. The first-class monarch who visited the President at Aso Rock today to offer his wise…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Osogbo branch has condemned in strong words the physical attacks launched on one of its members, which goes by name, Barrister Eze Ngwoke, by an official of the Nigeria Prisons Service attached to Ilesha Prisons at the premises of the Osogbo Judicial…
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Senator Ademola Adeleke has reacted to a recent statement credited to the Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola. Governor Oyetola had on Monday at a public event said “The country’s electoral system is weak, especially regarding the screening of candidates which gave room for somebody like Ademola Adeleke to…
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Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun state, says he felt ridiculed contesting against Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in last year’s governorship election in the state. Adeleke got into politics after the death of Isiaka, his elder brother. He replaced Isiaka as representative of Osun west senatorial…
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There was a mild drama at the Osun state High Court, Osogbo, on Tuesday, as a prison warden slapped a lawyer, Mr. Kasiamobi Eze Ngwoke. According to an eye witness, the prison official had slapped one of the inmates who was slow in entering the prison van after the court…
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The Nigerian Army, yesterday, pledged to assist Osun to remain one of the safest states in the country. General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Okwudili Azinta, gave the assurance during a meeting with Governor Gboyega Oyetola, in Osogbo. Last month, the governor visited the Chief of Army Staff Lt….
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By Adebowale Adebukola A fire outbreak in the early hours on Monday has razed six shops in Dada Estate Area of Osogbo, the state capital. The fire incident which reportedly occurred around 1 am as a result of high voltage supplied by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) razed all…
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