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By Tunde Olamilekan A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, caused a stir over the weekend when he claimed that musician, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, his father, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke have been funding local government workers’ salaries in Osun…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has appealed to the Federal Government to immediately release statutory allocations due to local government councils in Osun State. The association described the withholding of the funds as unconstitutional and a violation of judicial pronouncements. It would be recalled that the Osun…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are reportedly working to make a former Commissioner for Agriculture under the administration of former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola the Senatorial candidate of the party for Osun Central Senatorial District. A Chieftain of the party who spoke under condition of anonymity,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A former speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adejare Bello, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s decision not to appoint ambassadors may be due to the outstanding fees owed to some past ambassadors. The former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico said the President will…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Founder and Executive Director of Temvert Empowerment Foundation, Temitayo Olatunde, has announced that the foundation will distribute a total of 10,000 sanitary pads to school girls in Osun and other selected states. The sanitary pad distribution is under the ‘campaign against menstrual poverty among school girls’…
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By Tunde Olamilekan An indigene of Iragberi in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State, Stephen Adedapo Oyelami, has been officially selected as one of the marathoners for the Naija ReadFest Guinness World Record. Oyelami will represent the South West in an attempt by a team of five people reading…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun Council of Obas has lamented the continued withholding of local government allocations for the state, noting that the situation, they said, has paralyzed activities across Osun. This was as the traditional rulers called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene and resolve all matters obstructing the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The National Director General of Next Level Progressive Movement, Hon Abiodun Owoeye, has urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritize upgrading rural roads across the country. Owoeye, who is a former member of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said the rural roads can be turned into easy access…
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Alaafin and OoniMonarchs in Ibadanland, traditional stakeholders, Mogajis, Baales and prominent sons and daughters of Ibadanland have tackled Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, for the 48-hour ultimatum to Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, to revoke a traditional chieftaincy title “Okanlomo of Yorubaland” bestowed on an Ibadan-born philanthropist and…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has dismissed the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, over the conferment of the chieftaincy title of Okanlomo of Yorubaland on businessman, Engineer Dotun Sanusi (Ilaji). It would be recalled thatOba Owoade said…
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