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The Deputy President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Mr Sakariyau Babalola and the Pro-Chancellor of Osun State University, Mr Yusuf Olaolu Ali, a senior lawyer, would be conferred with honourary degrees at the 6th convocation of Fountain University, Osogbo. The acting Vice-Chancellor of the Fountain University, Professor Abdullateef…

Chief Executive Officer Niji Group Nigeria Limited, Mr. Kolawole Adeniji, has urged Nigeria to key into agricultural entrepreneurship, describing it as the panacea to wriggling out of the recession. Adeniji, who delivered the fifth convocation lecture of the Osun State Polytechnic (OSPOLY), Iree, noted that entrepreneurial studies, especially through agriculture,…

A 30-year-old-man, Busari Akeem, on Tuesday appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged dangerous driving. Akeem is facing four count charges of dangerous driving, murder, and malicious damage. The Prosecutor, Insp. Oladoye Joshua, told the court that the accused committed the offense on Jan. 8 at about 10:00pm…

Fountain University Osogbo, Osun State, will hold its 6th convocation ceremony during which 17 students will be conferred with first class degrees. A total of 198 students are to be conferred with degrees while Alhaji Sakariyau Olayiwola Babalola and Malam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) will have honorary degrees. Addressing a…

No fewer than 30 inmates of the Ilesa Prison in Osun State are rounding off their secondary school studies in readiness for tertiary education later in 2017. This was disclosed yesterday at Ilesa by the Controller of Prisons, Osun State Command, Mr. Segun Oluwasemire while receiving a Alms Committee of…

By Mustapha Aleem Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said that the much coveted Osogbo City Stadium and other stadia in the state would be improved upon before the end of his administration. He disclosed this while receiving members of the Sport Writers’ Association of Nigeria at the Exco Chamber of Governor’s…

Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The Osun State All Progressive Congress has faulted the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Osun State branch, Forum of 2011/2012 over the launched Internally Displaced Pensioners camp in the state and warned the retirees of been used by the opposition. In a statement issued by the party Director of…

Osun government says claims by pensioners to have set themselves up as displaced people in Osogbo is a joke taken too far to tarnish the administration of Gov Rauf Aregbesola. It called the stunt “wicked and mischievous.” The government, through a statement by the bureau of communication and strategy, which…

Students of Osun State University not paying fees owe up to N2 billion in tuition, the vice chancellor of the school, Professor Olabode Popoola, has said. Addressing a press conference in Osogbo, the state capital, the VC said the situation of the unpaid school fees has become unbearable and that…