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The Osun State House of Assembly on Friday put on hold the consideration of the 2020 budget estimates of two ministries pending when the status of the Rural Water and Environmental Sanitation Agency (RUWESA) is determined. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected ministries are the Ministry…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command has inaugurated a special squad known as agro-rangers saddled with the responsibility of mediation among farmers, herdsmen, others in the agribusiness. The State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola who inaugurated the squad in Osogbo, the state capital yesterday explained that the Agro-ranger…
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A 52-year-old man, Isiaka Raji, was buried alive on Thursday while excavating sand at a construction site in Ejigbo, Osun State. Although, Raji was later rescued alive from the sand after he was buried for few minutes, he was confirmed dead at a hospital where he was rushed to for…
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By Joseph Akanbi The Speaker of the State of Osun House of Assembly has promised the passage of the Disability Bill under the 7th Assembly. Owoeye in a telephone interview with our correspondent to celebrate today’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, said the house is already working with critical…
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By Salam Mozeed An Osun State based Medical Practitioner, Dr. Ishola Familusi has disclosed the remarkable drop in the level of resident’s infection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). He said according to National Aids Indicator Strategy (NAIS), Osun state has dropped from 2.8% of the infection level to as…
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The senator representing Osun Central, Dr Ajibola Bashiru, has made case for knowledge of science and technology for Nigeria to compete with advanced countries. Muslims memorising the Holy Quran have better chance to succeed in science and technology because the latter is not as difficult as the former. Speaking at…
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A suspected armed robber, who was said to have dispossessed some residents of the Arademi area of Ikire, Osun State, of their belongings, on Saturday, met his end after an encounter with a night watchman identified simply as Akindele. The suspect, it was learnt, was shot while attempting to rob…
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Tragedy struck in Omu, a community in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Saturday when two young boys, simply identified as Tunde, aged 24, and a teenager, known as Samad plunged into a river while riding on a motorcycle. The sad incident was said to have occurred on…
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When we juxtapose the imperatival idealism of the legislative arm of government in Nigeria, vis-à-vis the preponderances of unenforceable pieces of Acts of Parliament, and the needless ambiguity in the literary interpretation of certain provisions of myriads of bills passed into law, one cannot but wonder whether we have not missed the underpinning philosophy behind the concept of state, government, good…
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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, former Heads of State, General Yakubu Gowon and General Abdulsalami Abubakar, have charged Nigerians on selfless service to humanity, describing it as ‘ultimate’ to national development and nation building. They implored Nigerians to imbibe philanthropic spirit by dedicating their…
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