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A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oloni of Eti-Oni, Oba Dokun Thompson, at the weekend used the Holy Bible to pacify the Land, warning that poverty would persist unless the Land was appeased. Speaking at the first Cocoa Festival in Africa, the monarch explained that there may have been…

Doctors in Osun State have appealed to the state government to ensure immediate payment of their salaries during the period they downed tools to push demands for better remuneration. The doctors, under the aegis Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), spoke at its general meeting, held as part of the 2016 Physicians…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State is appealing to President Muhammadu Buhari and relevant agencies of the Federal Government to pay workers and retirees directly from Osun’s share of the 522.7 billion Naira funds to be given to states for payment of salaries and pensions. A spokesman for…

Osun State House of Assembly has on Thursday approved an executive bill for the amendment to the State Local Government Administration Amendment Law No 5, seeking the reduction in number of caretaker management committee.   According to the statement from Chairman House Committe on Information ,the bill, passed by the…

Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has expressed regrets over the death of a National Youths Corps Scheme (NYSC) member from Osun state, Miss Ifedolapo Oladepo who died at the orientation camp in Kano State. Aregbesola who spoke through the Director of the Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the…

Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said his administration has succeeded in uplifting the standard of education in the state with over one hundred percent improvement recorded in the last six years. He said his government has achieved modest improvements in the performance of students in the WASSC examinations…

The Mass Communication Alumni of Osun State Polytechnic (MAOS), Iree, says it will hold the 5th series of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Dec. 17.   This is contained in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the association, Mr Adesegun Salako, on Sunday in Abuja. The statement…

There is an ongoing battle of supremacy between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba Obateru Akinruntan, over which throne is the monarchical seat of power in Yorubaland and the origin of Oduduwa, the so-called progenitor of Yoruba people. Oba Akinruntan also attacked the Ooni…

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the death of Late Ifedolapo Oladepo, an Osogbo born corp member who died in NYSC Kano orientation camp where she was posted to serve her fatherland. Her death is still a hot topic on major social media platforms with Nigerians calling for the total scrap…