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In a carefully executed plan, loyalists of President Muhammadu Buhari in the All Progressives Congress (APC), some of whom are cabinet members, yesterday successfully delivered on their first political assignment in the lead up to the 2019 elections, with the election of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) as the Ondo State…

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Monday opened yet another of his government mega schools in Ede. Aregbesola who was received by students of Adventists Government High School said at the commissioning that his government is unrelenting in its resolve to change the face of education and produce men…

A 28-year-old woman, Adebare Monsurat, was on Monday arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly setting on fire an office complex. Monsurat is facing a count charge of setting on fire an office complex. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Olayiwola Rasaki, told the court that the accused committed the offence on…

Two years into second tenure.. Osun State is still without an executive council half way into Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s second and final term of four years, Daily Trust reports. According to the governor, the state finances cannot cater to   the payment of salaries of commissioners. To run his government,…

Outspoken and controversial senator Dino Melaye has called out Nigerian governors owing civil servants money after receiving huge amounts from FG. He personally mentioned Governor Aregbesola’s name,urging him to pay civil servants their salaries in full both at the state and LGAs levels to ameliorate the suffering of our people…

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Osun State, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye has declared that neither himself nor his agents were involved in the imbroglio between the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi and his counterpart, the Oluwo of Iwo-Oke, Oba Kadiri Adeoye. Oba Adeoye had dragged the traditional ruler of…

There was palpable apprehension over the weekend, at Okebaale area of Osogbo, the Osun state capital, as students of the Osun State University, UNIOSUN, took to the streets in a protest, over alleged incessant harassment by members of the police. They had alleged that police officers from the State Criminal Investigation…

THE debt profile of the country and its component parts has recently come into focus, more especially since most states could hardly embark on any capital-intensive project or pay salaries due to huge domestic and foreign debts. The South West and parts of South-South are said to be the highest…

Traditional rulers in Ilobu, Erin-Osun and Ifon-Orolu have commended Governor of the State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on his vision at setting up the committee whose function is to enlighten and sensitise the public on safety against fire disaster. In their separate remarks ,Elerin of Erin-Osun, Oba Yusuff Omoloye Oyagbodun ll…

The week-long funeral arrangements for the burial of Prophetess Christiana Aduke Abiara, the wife of the General Evangelist, Christ Apostolic Church (Worldwide), Prophet Samuel Kayode Abiara, commenced on Friday with a Service of Songs at her birth place in Erinmo-Ijesha, Osun State. According to a programme released by the church…