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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday took to the street in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, in protest against poor funding of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. The university, co-owned by Osun and Oyo states, has for years been in crisis over inadequate…
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By Mustapha Aleem The Osun State Branch Chairman of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Comrade Adekola Adebowale, has decried that the Contributory Pension Scheme, which replaced the old pension plan, had not achieved the purpose for which it was established. He said this in his address at…
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By Mustapha Aleem The annual Osun Osogbo festival has been well identified for being tradition inclined but that outlook is fast changing as it has now incorporated more social programmes to complement the existing ones. There is no gainsaying the fact that the influx of corporate bodies, like MTN, International…
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By Mustapha Aleem A three count charge bothering on Conspiracy, Stealing and armed robbery, filed against Adeyemi Sunday, Adesiyan Blessing and Okechukwu Friday, is on the verge of being dumped in the bin over inconsistent police account. The suspects, who are standing trial at the Osun State High Court, sitting…
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The State Government of Osun has declared Monday, August 20, 2018 as public holiday to commemorate the annual Isese festival. In a Press statement signed the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Adebisi Obawale, he said Isese Day is a public holiday set aside for traditional believers in the state by…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised an alarm over imminent collapse of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. The union accused the two-owner state, Oyo and Osun, of not funding the university. At a press conference in Osogbo, Osun State capital, the Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan…
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By Mustapha Aleem Micheal Adeola, a resident of Osogbo, has been dragged before Magistrate A.O. Ajanaku of Osun State High Court, Osogbo, for allegedly stealing the sum of 350, 000 naira belonging to one Mrs. Mary Akilapa. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Jafaani Musilim, “the accused person, in the month…
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By Sharon Fatogun The Ooni Of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, welcomed the new Zone 11 Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Danjuma Ibrahim in his palace and implored him to curb all forms of election violence to ensure free, fair, and peaceful governorship election in Osun State. The monarch made…
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Acceptability of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke got a boost on Tuesday as market groups in Ijesha land threw their weight behind him to assume the governorship of the state. The market groups who received Senator Adeleke at their various…
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By Mustapha Aleem For the first time in five years, the state government of Osun has paid a full salary to the Civil Servants in the state for the month of July. This development is coming against the backdrop of the agreement entered into with the National Labour Congress in…
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