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By The Nation The Old Students Association of the Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State, has hailed the government’s effort in ridding schools of cultism and other social vices. Handing over a block of classrooms renovated by the 1989 set, the President of the set, Prince Ademola Adedapo, said it…

By NG Tribune The Supreme Court of Nigeria has resumed hearing of the appeal brought before it by Alhaji Maroof Adekunle Magbagbeola and 13 others challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal which heard an appeal challenging the choice of traditional king makers that appointed him as the Olufon…

By NG Tribune Suspected members of a gang which specialised in hijacking articulated vehicles laden with petroleum products have been arrested by the Osun State Police Command. Disclosing this during a press briefing, the state Commissioner of Police, Olafimihan Adeoye said that the gang members hijacked a white DAF truck…

A row has broken out over the students union election at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Some students accused the management  of meddling in the poll. But others described the election as free and fair. GABRIEL OGUNJOBI (400-Level Social Studies Education) reports. Mixed feelings have continued…

Public secondary school pupils in Osun State have lauded the Volunteer Corps Tutoring programme, a private intervention to help less privileged pupils improve through extra lessons. The programme aims at preparing SS3 pupils adequately for public examinations such as the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African…

By Mustapha Aleem The chairman of the Osogbo branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Asafa Sanusi, has instructed legal practitioners under his umbrella to not allow any process to be filed on the heels of the ongoing protest against hike in filing fees. The Chairman made this known in…

By Adebayo Kupo When the tenure of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun winds down in November 2018, the question of who takes over from him is permeating the political space. Notwithstanding that the election is about 20 months away and that political parties have not flung their…

Though churches, mosques and other religious centers provide safe havens where supplications can be made to God, some people often go the extra mile to visit prayer mountains, where they feel their prayers can be answered. The spiritual potency of such prayer mountains usually determine the traffic of people who…