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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun state, on Friday berated the state House of Assembly over move to stop the Senate probe on the utilisation of bailout funds given to the state by the federal government last year. The party in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Prince Diran…

The present feud between the governments of Oyo and Osun States over funding of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has been identified as an indication that government could no longer fund the university. A former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, made the…

Osun State government has debunked the insinuation that the sum of N82billion has been credited into its account by the federal government describing it as a blatant lie. The government, through the Bureau of Communication and Strategy Office of the Governor, said there was nothing like an N82billion paid to…

An Osun State High Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced Kayode Idowu, a 35-year-old artisan, to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder. Idowu and his partner allegedly robbed one of their victims of N200, before they killed her. The Police had arraigned Idowu and his partner, Femi Adebowale,…

Osun State Government on Thursday presented letters of employment to over 100 unemployed youths recruited into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to upsurge the Internally Generated Revenue of the state. The newly recruited youths were said to have been selected across the 30 local governments including the Area office, Modakeke,…

Tourists from different parts of the world who are partaking in the first cocoa festival in Africa have converged on the Eti-Oni, the ancient town in Osun State that pioneered the production of cocoa in Nigeria over 120 years ago. The maiden edition of the cocoa festival which began on…

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday said that Osun still recorded highest prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria with over 76.3 per cent. Damilola Obinna, a Gender Analyst with UNFPA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that FGM was high in the South-West…

The Osun Agency for the Control of AIDS (OSACA) on Thursday said HIV prevalence in the state had dropped from 2.6 to 1.6 percent. Dr Bello Monsur, the Executive Secretary of OSACA, made this known in Osogbo at a forum to mark the Worlds AIDS Day. The forum, which was…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Osun on Thursday sealed a cement factory over alleged involvement in the production of substandard products. The factory, located on Ogo-Oluwa area of the town, was sealed by a team of SON officials and policemen. The state coordinator of SON, Mr Sunday Badewole,said…