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An Osun State High Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced Kayode Idowu, a 35-year-old artisan, to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder. Idowu and his partner allegedly robbed one of their victims of N200, before they killed her. The Police had arraigned Idowu and his partner, Femi Adebowale,…

Osun State Government on Thursday presented letters of employment to over 100 unemployed youths recruited into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to upsurge the Internally Generated Revenue of the state. The newly recruited youths were said to have been selected across the 30 local governments including the Area office, Modakeke,…

Tourists from different parts of the world who are partaking in the first cocoa festival in Africa have converged on the Eti-Oni, the ancient town in Osun State that pioneered the production of cocoa in Nigeria over 120 years ago. The maiden edition of the cocoa festival which began on…

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday said that Osun still recorded highest prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria with over 76.3 per cent. Damilola Obinna, a Gender Analyst with UNFPA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that FGM was high in the South-West…

The Osun Agency for the Control of AIDS (OSACA) on Thursday said HIV prevalence in the state had dropped from 2.6 to 1.6 percent. Dr Bello Monsur, the Executive Secretary of OSACA, made this known in Osogbo at a forum to mark the Worlds AIDS Day. The forum, which was…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Osun on Thursday sealed a cement factory over alleged involvement in the production of substandard products. The factory, located on Ogo-Oluwa area of the town, was sealed by a team of SON officials and policemen. The state coordinator of SON, Mr Sunday Badewole,said…

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance Mrs Bimpe Ogunlumade has charged workers in the State to put in their best while in the service as hardworking persons will always be rewarded. Mrs Ogunlumade gave this charge at the valedictory and sent forth programme organised for a retiring officer in the Ministry….

The Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Dr. (Mrs.) Sally Uwechue-Mbanefo, has commended the efforts of the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) on the new Moremi Statue in Nigeria as a major tool for the promotion of domestic tourism in…

In Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola have been paying workers half their monthly salary because of the precarious financial situation the state has found itself. While the governor scrambles to get some projects completed so as to ensure he has more than just beautiful schools to show for his eight…