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As sallah holiday makers get ready for the 2016 eid-il-kabir festival, the government of Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has announced free train ride for those wishing to travel home. A statement by the Ministry of Industries, Commerce, Cooperatives and Empowerment, said the free train will convey people coming for…
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Antar Laniyan is one of the most respected Nollywood directors Antar Laniyan was born in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. He attended Baptist secondary school in Lagos State before he later proceeded to the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts. Antar…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the current economic recession the country has found itself would abate very quickly. He said APC government was working round the clock to make sure that the country’s foreign reserves got back to feet. He made this known at the eighth convocation…
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The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday said the current economic crisis has marked the end of prodigal spending in Nigeria. Mr. Aregbesola stated this at a public lecture organised by an online newspaper, Uhuru Times, in Ijebu-Mushin, Ogun State. “The era of frivolous spending is gone in this…
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The Osun State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on August 15, 2016, destroyed about 21 hectares of cannabis sativa at the Onikete Farm Settlement in the Isokan Local Government Area of the state. However, about 25 kilometres of land, which is allegedly being used to cultivate cannabis…
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has tasked the Federal Government as well as all state governments to take youth empowerment seriously in order to tackle rising insecurity in the country. The Ooni, who spoke through the Director of Media and Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Moses Olafare, said this…
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Davido might have started feeling the effects of lack of new music as he misses out on 2016 AFRIMA’s continental nominees list. Having previously missed out on the award’s regional nominees list few weeks ago, the singer was again conspicuously missing from 22 categories which feature Nigerian representatives such as Wizkid,…
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Over one million guests from different parts of Nigeria and other countries are expected to grace Osun State’s Otisese Carnival organised to celebrate the one-year-on-the-throne anniversary of his imperial majesty of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The “Otisese Carnival”, is a cultural festival conceived for the Ooni’s office, to celebrate his ascension and…
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To push for peace, unity and cohesion among the Yoruba at home and abroad, Ooni of Ile-Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II will host a one-week Ileya Omo Oduduwa Festival from December 4 to 10. The festival, earlier planned for last month, was postponed because, for centuries, December is…
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Vice Chancellor of the Redeemers University (RUN) Ede in Osun state, Prof Debo Adeyewa, on Monday called on the Federal Government to support private universities by providing incentives that would aid the acceleration of research and development. Professor Adeyewa said this at the Pre-Convocation Press Briefing on the activities of…
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