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By Damilola Oni A mild drama ensued today at the Osun State House of Assembly when a nominee of Governor Gboyega Oyetola for Commissioner in the State of Osun Judicial Service Commission, Mr Adebayo Waliu Salmon appeared for screening. Salmon, an Ejigbo born Legal adviser was humbled when the Honourable…
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By Damilola Oni Trainees of an empowerment programme organized by the Senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Adelere Oriolowo, have received financial grant to start their business. The event which was held yesterday, 10th of August 2020 at King Riverside Event Centre, Iwo, Osun state had in attendance officials from…
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By Damilola Oni In commemoration of the International Youth Day, the Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has stressed that the recently passed Osun Youth Development Commission Establishment bill when signed into law, will harness and develop the potential of the Osun youth. International Youth…
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By Damilola Oni The total sum of N5.87bn was deducted from the N6.44bn the Osun State Government received as allocation from the Federal Government for the first quarter of 2020. The sum which represents 91% of the total allocation received was deducted from the monthly allocations of January, February and…
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The Commissioner for Youths and Sports in Osun State, Hon. Yemi Lawal has promised that the upcoming youth interactive session with Governor Gboyega Oyetola will bring about rapid development. According to a release by the Ministry of Youths and Sports, Governor Oyetola is joining the rest of the world to…
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IN a rejoinder to my article, entitled ‘Taxing Nigerians to death?’, Prophet Samson Akinde described modern politics in Nigeria as a ‘room-and-parlour’ system: “if you feel intense heat in the PDP room, you rush to the APC parlour; and if you get attacked by bedbugs there, you run back into…
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By Editor In a bid to rid the State of the menace of gender based violence, the Osun State House of Assembly is set to domesticate the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (2015) as well as review the laws against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This was made known by the Speaker,…
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Acting Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Arc. Olatunde Amos Ojo, on Wednesday, vowed to ensure that there is improvement in staff welfare and the environment of the nation’s apex legislative body during his tenure. Ojo, who unfolded his plan to revamp, re-engineer and rejuvenate the National Assembly and its…
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By Editor The Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, RT. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has congratulated the former Speaker of the State Assembly, Najeem Salaam on the ocassion of his 55th birthday. The felicitation is in a message by Mr. Kunle Alabi the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker in…
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The Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has commended Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the good people of Ijesha land over the reconstruction of the burnt Atakumosa Market in Ilesha. The market would be reconstructed by the state government in collaboration with the World Bank through…
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