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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has approved N1.2 billion to offset pension arrears of retirees in the state civil service. In a statement signed by Head of Service, Mr. Festus Olowogboyega Oyebade, N508 million of the total sum was approved to pay the pensions of retired civil servants, while an…
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The Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo capital of Osun State on Tuesday remanded three accused of alleged robbery of the senator representing Osun West, Adelere Oriolowo. The three accused persons identified as Muslim Saheed (aged 38), Kazeem Ganiyu (Aged 43), and Olaleye Olawale (23) were arraigned by the…
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Michael Adeyemo The Speaker State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has condemned the wide spread looting and vandalisation of private and public property in the state. He called on Osun youth to give dialogue and peace a chance in the interest of state development as envisaged…
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By Michael Adeyemo The newly set up State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality has urged members of the public to come forward with their petitions on police brutality. The panel in a statement by Mrs Adekemi Bello, the Secretary Osun State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality,…
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drtayooke@gmail.comThe #EndSARS demonstrations playing out on the streets in state capitals up and down the country in the last two weeks can be described as the most significant civil action mounted by the youth in this country since the return to civil rule in 1999. It is the equivalent of…
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Heritage Bank Plc has said it is set to commence the account opening with Bank Verification Numbers for the earmarked 774,000 participants of the Special Public Works programme in their branches throughout the 774 Local Government Areas. The bank said this in a statement on Monday titled ‘Heritage Bank to…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress and its Peoples Democratic Party counterpart on Monday engaged in a war of words over the violence which erupted while Governor Adegboyega Oyetola was addressing #EndSARS protesters in Osogbo last Saturday. The PDP, in a statement signed by its acting Chairman,…
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FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday said the #EndSARS protests across the country were a product of extensive agitations by youths that must be attended to by government. Obasanjo explained that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, could make Nigerian youths know that he understood their plight and would make…
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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said there is no one who is committed to the rule of law and good governance that would be opposed to the ongoing #EndSARS protests by the Nigerian youths. Tinubu, in a statement on Monday, said the protests,…
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Kinsmen of the ousted Osun State chapter chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Soji Adagunodo, on Monday demanded a reversal of his removal from office. The National Working Committee of the PDP recently upheld the decision of the state executive council of the state removing the former chairman from…
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