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The Lagos State Government on Monday said its training of students and youths on fundamentals of calisthenics was being done in partnership with the Osun State government. Deputy Governor Idiat Adebule spoke on the partnership while receiving a six-man delegation from Osun in her office at Alausa. Adebule said the…

THE Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Osun State, Chief Lere Oyewumi, has tasked communities in the state to key into Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) exercise ahead 2018 population census. Oyewumi said the exercise commenced by NPC  was crucial to planning and identifying the demographic…

By NAN Sen. Babajide Omoworare (APC-Osun East) has provided free medical treatment to more than 500 indigent patients in his senatorial district.   Speaking at the beginning of the treatment for the beneficiaries who converged at Oranmiyan Grammar School, Ile-Ife on Sunday, Omoworare told them that he deemed fit to…

The World Bank has commended the Osun State Government for ensuring that all projects of the agency are monitored and implemented properly. Task Team Leader, World Bank Abuja, Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa, gave the commendation in Osogbo at the mid-term review for YESSO/CSDP implementation in Osun State. According to him, the…

Tunde Eso, political scientist and author of African Security Solution is also the president of Fix Nigeria Group. In this interview with The Guardian, he explains how youths can play frontline roles in Osun politics in the next dispensation. He also talks about youth empowerment, and socio-economic development of the…

The Ijesa South Federal Constituency member in the House of Representatives, Ajibola Famurewa, has said that Aregbesola is not a foreign politician. Famurewa made this disclosure at an interactive session with reporters who were in Osun State to ascertain and inspect the monumental projects accomplished by the Aregbesola’ administra-tion. According…

The Osun Police Command has rescued 26 persons from what it described as ‘strange mental home’ in Iwo area of the state. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Olafimihan Adeoye, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo. He said the victims were dehumanised under the guise of…

The management of Osun State University, Osogbo has resolved to expel over 4,000 students of the institution who refused to pay their tuition fees within the stipulated period which would expire on 28 of February. In a press statement issued from the Corporate Affairs Unit of the university and signed…

By Hameed Oyegbade Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has condemned the existence of a spurious spiritual psychiatric centre in Iwo, Osun State and warned against setting up of such unscrupulous healing and rehabilitation centre in any part of the state. The governor who spoke through the Director, Bureau of Communication…