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Transforming Africa’s economic for the growth of the continent cannot be totally successful without reviving the glory of cocoa production in enough commercial quantity of improved varieties in Nigeria and other nations. This forms part of the consensus at the end of a three-day regional symposium for participants in Central…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola, of “scheming to divert funds from Paris Club deductions” paid to the state recently and meant to offset workers’ arrears of salaries and pensions. The opposition party in a statement by its spokesman in the state, Prince…
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The public outrage that followed the exchange of words between His Royal Majesty, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugbo Kinigdom and His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, The Ooni of Ife, over the unveiling of Moremi Ajasoro statue in Ile Ife, has elicited the response…
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A Professor of Humanities from the University of Texas, United States of America, Prof. Toyin Falola, has called on the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Olugbo of Ugboland, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, not to allow the historical issue of Moremi to cause disaffection between them. He said the…
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A former Senator Mudashiru Hussain, who represented Osun West Senatorial District in the 7th Senate, has explained that Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s creative approach to governance remains the pivot of his success story as the Governor of Osun State. Husain made this disclosure during a media chat with some correspondents. He…
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Three persons escaped death in an auto crash which occurred in Osogbo early Saturday morning. According to The Punch, the accident occurred when the car, a Hyundai with Lagos registration number FST 779DG driving on top speed hit a kerb, somersaulted and landed on a stationary Volkswagen Golf car parked by the…
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Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps posted to the state to be patriotic and resourceful in serving the nation. Aregbesola said this at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Batch `B’ Orientation programme held at the NYSC orientation camp, Ede, Osun State. The governor…
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Three days after her abduction, Ebunoluwa Fagbemi, the wife of the General Secretary of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Venerable Ayodeji Fagbemi has been released. The 48-year-old woman was said to have been released by her abductors in Ikire, the headquarters of the Irewole Local Government Area of Osun…
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The Annual National Conference of the Jama’at Ta’awunnil Muslimeen has set out in Iwo, the headquarters of the Islamic organization with focus on knowledge acquisition as a catalyst for sustainable development. The President of the Islamic organization, Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan while addressing a press conference in Iwo told journalists that…
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The Government of Osun State on Friday officially confirmed the receipt of N11,744,237,793.56 as part of the refunds from the Paris Club loans deductions through the Federal Government. A statement by the government, through the Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, said that based on the received…
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