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There appears to be division among pensioners in Osun State over issues relating to the payment of gratuities and pensions by the state government as groups are pointing fingers of being puppets to the government. While the group of Forum of Pensioners of 2011/2012 Retirees accuse the state government of…
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With 6 wives, 25 children and more than 50 grandchildren, he qualifies to be called a patriarch. The Sarkin Fulani of Osogbo with his 6 wives; 1 is Yoruba and the remaining 5 are Fulani. PHOTO: Tadaferua Ujorha Babatunde Salihu is tall and well over 100 years old and it…
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Worried by the polarisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, a group identified as PDP Youths Revitalisation Forum (PYRF), has urged warring factions of the party to close ranks in the interest of peace and unity. It will be recalled that two state executives of the party,…
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Barely 2 weeks after an alleged female ‘touch and follow’ kidnapper was nabbed and paraded naked in Osun State, another female kidnapper who disguised as a mad woman has been apprehended. The suspect was nabbed by a bus passenger on Monday at about 7:30am at the Oriolori area of Ikire….
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Six persons escaped death on Monday when a building collapsed in Abuja. According to The Vanguard, the building is owned by a former governor of Osun state. The office building which is located on Plot 444 around Citec Villas in Gwarinpa reportedly collapsed at about 1am this morning. Six persons have already been…
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Three officials of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, were attacked by some irate youths of Esa-Oke community in Obokun local government area of Osun State, over two days of power outage. According to sources, youths of the town, who were said to have been worried by the outage, attacked officials…
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A coalition of the youth wing of the All Progressives Congress, APC in South-West Nigeria, operating under the auspices of National Image has congratulated the Osun State Governor, Engineer Rauf Aregbesola on the 25th anniversary of Osun State, saying his emergence as the winner of the last year gubernatorial election…
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All past civilian governors of Osun State were on Saturday absent at a ceremony organised to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the creation of the state. The state’s first civilian governor, Senator Isiaka Adeleke; Chief Bisi Akande and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola were absent but two past military administrators, Col. Theophilus…
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Obviously elated by the wonderful performance of pupils at the calisthenic displayed to mark 25th anniversary of the creation of Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola expressed his commitment to all round development of every individual in the state. Aregbesola who spoke at the State Stadium venue of the programme in…
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The Governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has asked for the collective efforts of residents and people of the State towards realising the dream of its founding fathers. Governor Aregbesola made the demand at a ceremony held on Saturday to mark the state’s 25 year after it was created….
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