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A 33-year-old driver, Julius Orioke, who allegedly damaged  some parts of his company’s articulated vehicle  valued at N4.4million was on Wednesday granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Orioke, a resident of Odo-Oja in Ijebu-Ijesha, Osun, had pleaded not-guilty to the charge of damage. The magistrate, Mr J.A Adigun,…

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) yesterday urged the university’s Pro-Chancellor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the vice chancellor and members of Governing Board to resolve the crisis rocking the institution. The union sought the intervention of the National Leader of…

Osun State Internal Revenue Service, (OIRS) has sealed up business premises that have failed to remit taxes to the government. Besides, OIRS stated that different organisations owe the State about N30 billion in taxes. Speaking after a series of enforcement, The Chairman, OIRS, Bicci Alli, revealed that the organisations in…

  A popular private school in Osun State, Olive Branches High School, is currently in dilemma on how to restore morale in her workforce after a show of shame by  a parent in the school. Our correspondent gathered that penultimate last week, a female parent came to the school with…

By Josiah Oluwole The panel constituted by the management of the Osun State University, UNIOSUN, to investigate the invasion of its Ipetu-Ijesa campus by men of the Nigerian Air Force, on Tuesday, May 23, has concluded its work. PREMIUM TIMES checks on Thursday indicated that the panel headed by the…

By Soji Adeniyi Women farmers in Osun State have appealed to the state government to provide a female farm settlement scheme in a safe environment for them. The women, under the auspices of Small Holder Women Farmers (SHWF) made the appeal when they paid a courtesy visit to the state…

By Hameed Oyegbade The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement has affirmed its readiness to probe former Vice Chancellors of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) who failed to comply with public procurement act. The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Busayo Oluwole-Oke who disclosed this while addressing the management team of…

The All Progressives Congress candidate for the Osun West senatorial by-election Senator Mudasiru Hussain, has said that the advancement of his senatorial zone and the entire Osun is the driving spirit behind his ambition to return to the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Hussain who stated this in Iwo,…

OSUN State government, on Thursday, described the protest against the ‘Osunwon Omoluabi’ weighing scales as totally uncalled for, vowing that it would stop at nothing to ensure that all stakeholders comply with its use for standard measurement in markets and other selling points. Apparently reacting to the protest by some…