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The Secretary General of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti will arrive Nigeria on Wednesday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama on Technical Cooperation with Directorate of Technical Aid Corp (DTAC) and Directorate of Technical…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has accused the immediate past administration in the State of mismanaging over N12 billion on Ilesa water project without any result. The All Progressive Congress-led administration was also indicted for frivolity, financial recklessness and mismanagement of State fund during its tenure in the State….
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A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has scheduled a special victory prayer session for the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The event is scheduled to hold at his palace premises in Iwo on Sunday 26th March 2023. The president-elect and his wife, Asiwaju Bola…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that a total of 170 violators of various traffic rules and regulations were apprehended in the State of Osun, in February. Of the 170 violators, 65 of them, amounting to 38 percent, were educated people, said the Osun Sector Commander of the…
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Residents of Osogbo in Osun State have decried their inability to spend the old N500 and N1,000 denominations in spite of the Supreme Court’s pronouncement that they remain legal tender until December 31. Residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, said they were happy with the…
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The security network of states in the South-West, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 24-year-old suspected rapist in Iwo, Osun on Friday. He was alleged to have been keeping a 16-year-old girl in his room for three days while having carnal knowledge of her. The Commander of the…
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The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday demanded the removal of the Commissioner of Police in charge of elections, Mr. Abayomi Oladipo, accusing him of bias against the party. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun PDP acting chairman, Dr. Adekunle Akindele, alleged that the state had…
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The spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, has said Mr Isaac Omoyele, the Chief Security Officer to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has not been transferred from the state. Opalola was reacting to the claim in some quarters that Omoyele was transferred based on a petition…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023.A state Resident Electoral Commissioner who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity confirmed the decision. The PUNCH…
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In furtherance of his contribution to the development of the society and Constituency, the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Oweye has donated 300KVA electricity transformers to Odi-olowo and Oke-Aga community in Ilesa East Local Government. The other communities to benefit after that of Odi-olowo…
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