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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…

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….

Remains of Chairman, Board of Trustees of Alliance for Democracy, Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa, were on Saturday interred in Erin-Ijesa, Osun State. The late Senator Akinfenwa died on October 3, 2019, at the age of 89. Before the interment, funeral service for the lawmaker that represented Osun East in the Senate…

Tragedy struck on Sunday after six members of the Catholic Diocese of Osogbo, in the Otan Ayegbaju area of Osun State, died in a fatal road crash. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victims were returning from the church’s annual pilgrimage when the accident happened. The victims were said to be travelling…

Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has congratulated his Ekiti State counterpart and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Dr Kayode Fayemi, on the occasion of his 55th birthday anniversary. Oyetola in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan on Sunday, commended Fayemi for using his good offices…

The Federal Government has stated its commitment to the speedy completion of the ongoing power project at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State. The assurance was given at the weekend by the Minister of State for Power, Prince Goddy Agba, during an assessment tour of the facility.When…

THE  Board of Trustees and Management of Fountain University has appointed Chairman, Jaiz Bank Plc, Dr. Umaru Mutallab, as the new Chancellor of the University. Mutallab’s conferment was held during the university’s ninth convocation at the school auditorium in Osogbo, Osun State. The board had earlier announced Mutallab as Chancellor…

Some workers in local councils in Osun State, who were recently demoted for engaging in studies without approval, have been pardoned by the state governor, Gboyega Oyetola. The governor broke the news of their pardon yesterday during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees…

Three men, Nuhu Jimoh, Ndubisi David and Aderibigbe Oluwaseun, arrested for armed robbery, have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court. In his judgement on Thursday, Justice Jide Falola of the High Court sitting in Ikirun, Osun State, found the men guilty of launching a…

Residents of some rural communities in Osun State rolled out drums recently to celebrate infrastructural development being witnessed through the interventions of the Osun Agency for Community and Social Development Project (CSDP). The World Bank-assisted agency, whose major preoccupation is rural transformation and development, has completed different projects in several…