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THE Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to rig the July 8 Osun West Senatorial by-election. PDP’s State Chairman Soji Adagunodo addressed reporters yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital, on the alleged plan. But the APC swiftly called…

THERE was palpable fear and tension in Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo main campus, on Wednesday when another 400 level student of Microbiology Department of the institution, identified as Oluwafemi Oluwatimilehin Shonibare was declared missing. The latest incident was coming barely nine months after two 400 level students of the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday it has no plan to shift the Osun West Senatorial election slated for July 8. Besides, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, said there is no condition that warrants the shift of the election. He said…

Vice chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Prof Matthews Akintunde Ojo has tasked administrators on the future of university education in the country saying tertiary institutions must be properly positioned to compete favourably with their counterparts across the world. Prof Ojo in his keynote address at the maiden Registry…

A 33-year-old driver, Julius Orioke, who allegedly damaged  some parts of his company’s articulated vehicle  valued at N4.4million was on Wednesday granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Orioke, a resident of Odo-Oja in Ijebu-Ijesha, Osun, had pleaded not-guilty to the charge of damage. The magistrate, Mr J.A Adigun,…

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) yesterday urged the university’s Pro-Chancellor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the vice chancellor and members of Governing Board to resolve the crisis rocking the institution. The union sought the intervention of the National Leader of…

Osun State Internal Revenue Service, (OIRS) has sealed up business premises that have failed to remit taxes to the government. Besides, OIRS stated that different organisations owe the State about N30 billion in taxes. Speaking after a series of enforcement, The Chairman, OIRS, Bicci Alli, revealed that the organisations in…

  A popular private school in Osun State, Olive Branches High School, is currently in dilemma on how to restore morale in her workforce after a show of shame by  a parent in the school. Our correspondent gathered that penultimate last week, a female parent came to the school with…

By Josiah Oluwole The panel constituted by the management of the Osun State University, UNIOSUN, to investigate the invasion of its Ipetu-Ijesa campus by men of the Nigerian Air Force, on Tuesday, May 23, has concluded its work. PREMIUM TIMES checks on Thursday indicated that the panel headed by the…

By Soji Adeniyi Women farmers in Osun State have appealed to the state government to provide a female farm settlement scheme in a safe environment for them. The women, under the auspices of Small Holder Women Farmers (SHWF) made the appeal when they paid a courtesy visit to the state…