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OSUN State All Progressives Congress has urged the people to reflect deeply about the state created about 25 years ago. In a statement by its spokesperson, Kunle Oyatomi, in Osogbo, the state capital, the party called on indigenes to prepare for the 25th anniversary of its creation, which comes up…
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Adedayo Adeniyi is a Mandela Washington Fellow and a member of Barack Obama’s Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) network. He shares his experience at the just concluded leadership training and tour in the US with RONKE SANYA in this interview, revealing his undying love and hope for Nigeria. What…
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LAGOS—The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, yesterday, urged the Nigeria political class to champion the cause of emancipation of teeming youths in the country and charged the leaders to live an exemplary life worthy of emulation. Speaking during the Hall of Grace Awards Dinner to celebrate Distinguished Nigerians, the…
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THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has said it will not stop providing opportunities for teeming unemployed youths to be meaningfully engaged for national development. Speaking at the beginning of a three-month training scheme for about 100 youths in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, the NDE Director-General, Mr. Kunle Obayan,…
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The Civil Societies Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS, has alleged that the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has been a source of sorrow to indigenes of the state since he assumed office, six years ago. The group in a statement issued by its Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, expressed…
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has stressed the need to promote and preserve the Yoruba culture for the benefit of upcoming generations. He stated this at the Third Festival Colloquium tagged “Tourism Potential in Yorubaland: Landmarks, Culture and History” held at the Shell Hall, MUSON Centre, Lagos…
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THE several statements put out by various Christian associations in Osun and Lagos state on the judgments held by the courts in the cases for or against the ban of hijab in public schools, have been predictably insensitive, somewhat chauvinist, but unsurprising in a country where religion romances politics. Muslim…
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The Osun State government received nothing from the federation account in April 2016 after appropriate deductions by the federal government. The deduction from Osun was part of the N32 billion deducted by the federal government from states as repayment for bailout funds and other loans extended to the affected states…
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Southwest chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rose from an emergency meeting, yesterday, appealing to members to be calm and not allow fifth columnists rob the party of victory in the forthcoming gubernatorial primaries. Akin Oke from Oyo, Henry Ajomale (Lagos), Roqeeb Adeniji (Ogun), Gboyega Famodun (Osun) and Jide…
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Layi Adesiyan, Osun State Director of Youths, Sports and Special Needs on Saturday praised Nigeria Dream Team VI for winning the only bronze medal for Nigeria in the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics. The National U-23 team defeated Honduras 3-2 in the semi-final match in Belo Horizonte to book the third…
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