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Alhaji Fatai Akinbade is a former Secretary to the Osun State Government and the standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2014 governorship election in the state. In this interview by Oluwole Ige, he speaks on the governorship election scheduled to take place in the state in 2018…

Peace has returned to Ife in Osun State, following the Wednesday bloody clash between the indigenes and the Hausa, where many people lost their lives. However, many Hausa residents who fled the ancient town in the wake of the clash neighbouring communities like Garage Olode, Yekeemi, Abata Egba, Ifetedo, Iyanfoworogi,…

By NAN The probe panel set up by the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Idris, to investigate the communal clash which occurred in Ile-Ife between Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani ethnic groups, arrived Osun on Saturday. Osun Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Folasade Odoro, confirmed the arrival of the Hammed Bello –…

By Daramola Adebayo Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has lauded the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja 11 over his fatherly roles in resolving the recent squabble between Hausa and Yoruba indigenes in his domain before it escalates. Otunba Omisore made the commendation in a…

Kunle Oyatomi is the director of publicity, research and strategy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. In this interview by Oluwole Ige, he speaks about the chances of the party in the 2018 governorship election in the state and why its governorship aspirants were directed to temporarily…

By Tunji Omofoye The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that a nation that desires progress must have visionary leaders who are capable of translating their ideas into reality.‎ Tinubu, who was represented by Prof. Adebayo Williams at the first annual conference of…

By Hameed Oyegbade The Chairman of House Committee on Information at the Osun State House of Assembly, Honourable Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has bagged the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria’s best South-West lawmaker award for the year 2016. Oyintiloye who represents Obokun State constituency was honoured alongside the Governor of Ogun State,…

By Daramola Adebayo A former Deputy Governor of Osun State and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state, Senator Iyiola Omisore has lamented the level of destruction and deaths that resulted from the communal clashes in Ile-Ife last Wednesday. Otunba Omisore in a press statement issued…

By NAN Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, on Friday presented relief materials worth N5 million to victims of various environmental disasters in the state. The governor delivered the materials in Osogbo through Mr Oluyemi Olarewaju, the General Manager, Osun Emergency Management Agency (OSEMA). Aregbesola explained that the state government felt…