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By Oluwole Ige The Acting Registrar of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Mr Gafar Shittu, on Thursday said the Flight Lieutenant, who led the invasion of Air Force men into the campus of the institution in Ipetu Ijesa ordered his men to exterminate every living soul sighted in the school. He…

By NAN The Osun State Government on Thursday said it had provided about 15 hectares of land for large scale cultivation to boost food production in the state. Dr Bukola Aluko, the coordinating director, Osun state Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Youths Engagement, disclosed this in an interview with…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has described Governor Rauf Aregbesola as the ‘turning point’ in governance. The party, in a statement yesterday by its Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said Aregbesola is a ‘gold standard’ for future governors. The statement said: “No future Osun…

Eminent Nigerians yesterday eulogised Governor Rauf Aregbesola at a colloquium in Osogbo, the state capital, to mark his 60th birthday. Speakers at the event tagged: “Good Governance and Challenges of Leadership”, include Nigerian Bar Association President Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud, Prof. Niyi Akinnaso, Prof. Akin Oyebode  and Dr. Charles Akinola. Their…

Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State yesterday barricaded the gate of Osun State Government House, Okefia, Osogbo in continuation of their protest over prolonged closure of their school. The protesting students had left the Osun State government secretariat in Abere, Osogbo on Wednesday after they…

It was a day of that encomium poured in torrents for the Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola as eminent Nigerians honoured him with a Colloquim for his 60th birthday on Thursday. At the event organised by associates of the governor, speakers were unanimous in their assessments that Mr. Aregbesola represents…

By Oluwole Ige Ahead of the forthcoming 2018 governorship poll in Osun, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the state has staged a comeback under the mantra AD-Alive, with the resolve to produce the next governor of the state. As part of the moves to prepare a groundswell of support…

By Wale Odunsi Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday stated that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, averted coup in Nigeria. Aregbesola made the declaration at the Osun State House of Assembly in Osogbo, the state capital. He urged the House to pass a resolution commending…

The family of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke has insisted that they took their brother to the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology for autopsy. They faulted the claim by the Chief Pathologist of LAUTECH, Dr Taiwo Solaja, that the late senator’s family is not entitled to the autopsy report on the…

By Yinka Kolawole The Alumni Association of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has called on the Federal Government to take over the ownership of the institution following the inability of the two owners (Osun and Oyo) states to meet up with their financial obligations. The President of the…