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In a bid to make water more available for use by the people and to check its indiscriminate use, the Osun State Government has signed into law, the State Water Sector Bill. The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Committee, has also been put in place to ensure effective and efficient allocation…

By Joshua Dada Ahead the 2018 gubernatorial election in Osun State, the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday held a inter-religious prayer session at their party secretariat, Ikirun Road, Osogbo. Party loyalists in their thousands led by the Chairman, Dr Soji Adagunodo and stalwarts of the party…

A 46-year-old man, Salami Akeem, was on Monday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged breach of public peace, and malicious damage. Akeem is facing a two count- charge of breach of public peace and malicious damage. The Prosecutor, Insp. Oladoye Joshua, told the court that the accused…

By NAN Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin, the Vice-Chancellor, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, on Monday appealed to the striking lecturers of the institution to return to work. Gbadegesin told journalists in Ogbomoso that the problem facing the university, jointly owned by Oyo and Osun, was “almost over as the…

By Oluwabukunmi Akande For failing to appoint commissioners two years into his second term in office as the Governor of Osun State while reportedly awarding contracts worth billions of Naira singlehandedly,Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, risks being jailed at the end of his tenure. The Controversy findings revealed that governors’ approving limit…

By Channels TV The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yusuf Lasun, has decried the unwillingness on the part of the executive in some instances to take the legislature into confidence as major challenge to democracy. He also identified the rot in the third tier of government as…

Children of the slain former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Chief Bola Ige, Funso and Muyiwa have declared that they have fulfilled the wishes of their late father.‎ ‎ They said their father had wished them better life which had come true. They spoke at the 50th birthday celebration…

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Osun State, Benedict Olugboyega Alabi, has lauded Governor Rauf Aregbesola for building mega schools across the state. Alabi, who is the president of Osun Ajose Foundation, said the schools have always been a source of joy. Alabi enjoined the people to join hands…