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The Government of Osun on Tuesday declared the Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun, opened for academic activities with immediate effect. In line with its policy of re-engineering its tertiary institutions, government had set up visitation panels to the Osun State Colleges of Education at Ilesa and Ila-Orangun, Osun State…

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has solicited the passage of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Establishment Bill by the House of Assembly. This is contained in a letter written by the governor to the assembly and read by the Speaker, Mr Najeem Salaam, during plenary on Wednesday. Aregbesola,…

Police have paraded one Iman Olalekan for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl in Osun State, southwest Nigeria. The suspect, who was exhibited at the Police Headquarters in Osogbo, is a 24-year-old member of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, a voluntary organisation that has been involved in enforcement of discipline in…

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A Adeboye received a certificate of congressional recognition from US congressman Marcia L. Fudge for his devoted service, civic engagement and spiritual guidance on October 21, 2015. The congressional recognition certificate is an award that recognises voluntary initiative, service and…

The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams F. Kumuyi will visit Minna, Niger State for crusade this week. Revealing this to media men in Minna, the state overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Niger State, Pastor Toyin Araromi said Pastor Kumuyi will be in Minna on Thursday,…

Policy makers  have been advised to focus on the key issues that  pushed Nigeria’s economy into  crisis with a view to taking more proactive measures necessary to exit recession and avoid future chaos. The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola and Senate President, Bukola…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his counterparts in Oyo and Osun States, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Monday said that if the nation must make meaningful progress, the family, which is the mirror by which any society is measured, must be strengthened. The trio, who spoke…

Osun State House of Assembly under the leaders of its Speaker, Honourable Najeem Salaam has lauded the Governors of Osun and Oyo states, Rauf Aregbesola and Abiola Ajimobi for the peaceful resolution on the recent controversy about ownership and management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. In a statement…

The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr Fimihan Adeoye has identified the need to promote cultural values as a basic mechanism to discourage criminality as he promised to champion advocacy for virtue in the state. He said this during an interaction with newspapers’ reporters under the auspices of Correspondents’…

Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, across the country, including APC governors, have expressed discontent over the choice of non-career ambassadorial nominees whose names were submitted last week by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate for screening and confirmation, ThisDay is reporting. Complaining that they were completely alienated…