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Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife has announced pop singer, 2Face Idibia the ambassador of his new initiative, Violence Free World. The Ooni made the announcement on Thursday, September 29, 2016 in his palace when he unveiled the singer to his subjects and the entire public. Also unveiled…

The National President of Nasirul-Lahi-Fathi Society NASFAT, Engr. Yomi Kamil Bolarinwa, has urged Muslims in the country to use their Knowledge to foster unity among the Ummah and strengthen the propagation of the Deen. Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa made the call yesterday while addressing participants at the maiden edition of Professional…

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, said N200 million would be disbursed to eight pilot states each through the National Women Empowerment Fund to empower women at the grassroots. Alhassan said this during a media briefing on the take-off of the National Women Empowerment Fund and…

The Government of the State of Osun has appointed Mr. S.O. Fadele, as the acting General Manager of State of Osun Public Procurement Agency. This followed the signing into law of the Public Procurement Law 2015, by Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Since the enactment of this…

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Thursday in Abuja thanked Edo electorate for voting Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying “thank you for not changing the change’’ .   Aregbesola said this when he broke the news of Obaseki’s victory as Edo governor-elect to newsmen at the…

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has granted amnesty to six inmates serving various jail terms in Ilesha prison, Kirikiri maximum prison, Lagos and Ibara, Abeokuta Federal prison. Information about the pardon is contained in a statement issued by Mr Adedapo Adeniji, the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions and Secretary to…

By Mustapha Aleem The former Governor of Osun state, Price Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has stated the centre for Black Culture and International Understanding would continue to inspire renewed consciousness for Africans and African in the Diaspora as a way of utilizing the cultural endowment for development. Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola who is…

Echoes of the Kiriji war between Ibadan and Ekiti Parapos, which ended on September 23, 1886 resonated again, last week, as prominent sons and daughters of Yorubaland including traditional rulers gathered at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, to review what led to the war and the lessons the…

A Mobile Court in the State of Osun headed by Magistrate A.A. Olowolagba today (Wednesday,28th September, 2016 tried 29 offenders who violated environmental sanitation laws of the state and were fined a total sum of two Hundred and Thirty Two Thousand Naira (N232,000). This was disclosed today in Osogbo by…