Category: News

By Gbenga Olarinoye The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has implored the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede and the new Executive Secretaries of the 10 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs within the Ife Federal Constituency to…

The Osun Government has initiated some measures that will enable the state to produce rice in commercial quantities. Dr Bukola Aluko, the Coordinating Director, Osun Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Youths Engagement, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Friday He said…

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission is committed to making future elections in the country better than the 2015 exercise. Yakubu made the pledge when he received the new United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington at INEC headquarters on Wednesday in…

By Taiwo Amodu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that it would soon unveil dates for the governorship elections, scheduled to take place in 2018 in Ekiti and Osun states. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC national chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi gave the assurance, on Friday, in a telephone…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has described corruption as a dream killer that Nigerian children should not tolerate. An official of the commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugwa, said this when some students of Praxis Catholic e-School, Life Camp, Abuja, visited the headquarters of the anti-graft agency…

The FRSC in Kaduna State says  driver’s  licence ought to be ready within 60 days of submission of application. The Sector Commander in the state, Mr Frances Udoma, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that  factors  like double application, misinformation and renewal while existing one had not expired…

The Modakeke Magistrate Court in lle Ife, Osun on Thursday, remanded three persons over alleged robbery. The accused persons are Timileyin Muyiwa, 25; Sunday Oluwole, 19 and Ayomikusibe Olunlade, 19. The Male Prosecutor, Ona Glory told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb 22, 2016 around 12:30…

IMAMS in Osun State have been urged to refrain from making inciting statements as the political atmosphere is beginning to gather momentum ahead of next year’s governorship election. Speaking at the Osogbo Central Mosque during a seminar organised by the Association of Youths and ‘Ulama’u (AYU) for imams drawn from…

By Tayo Johnson The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) branch, has accused the two-owner states, Oyo and Osun, of planning to kill the institution. The union Chairman, Dr. Biodun Olaniran, who spoke yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State,  explained the reason behind their proposed…