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A professor of Physical/Computational Chemistry, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji has lamented the declining interest in chemistry despite its vast contributions to daily life, industry and national development. Prof. Oyebamiji stated this while delivering the inaugural lecture of the University of Ilesa, Osun State, on Tuesday. Oyebamiji delivered the lecture titled, “Molecular…
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The National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has suggested that another opposition governor will soon join the party. The former Osun Central lawmakergave the hint on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’. He said, “With Governor Fintiri, the APC has 30…
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Residents of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, trooped out in protest on Wednesday morning over what they described as an epileptic electricity supply by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. Armed with placards bearing varying inscriptions such as, “We are paying for darkness, it is unfair,” “IBEDC, Restore Our Light,…
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The lawmaker representing Osun Central Senatorial District, Olubiyi Fadeyi, had announced that he secured presidential approval for the construction of a five-kilometre access road spanning key parts of his constituency. A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Digital Media and Publicity, Adekanola Desmond, said the development marks a significant…
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A former Chairman of Boripe Local Government, Osun State, Hon. Kareem Afolabi, has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the Accord Party. Afolabi joined Accord with 15 leaders of the APC during an event held at the government house on Monday. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, said…
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Six members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State on Monday, defected to the Accord Party. The lawmakers announced their defection to the Accord Party at the stakeholders meeting held in Osogbo. Speaking on behalf of the defectors, the member…
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Some traders in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Monday, stormed the Olonkoro branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc to protest what they described as the unjust withholding of local government funds. The protesters accused UBA of complicity and vowed to close their accounts with the bank. In a…
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The Osun State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sunday Bisi, has directed members of the party to support the reelection bid of Governor Ademola Adeleke. But the factional caretaker Secretary of the party, Seyi Bamidele, in a swift reaction, dismissed Bisis’s directive, declaring it null and void. Bisi had…
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The Secretary to the Osun State Government, Mr Teslim Igbalaye has alerted the general public to an imposter using a Facebook account with the SSG name to defraud people. A statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Digital Communication to the Secretary to the Osun State Government,Kehinde Adeoye, stated…
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The Gombe State Executive Council has announced that 700 of its forest guards will be trained in Osun State. The council also approved the sum of N337 million for the training of the forest guards as part of efforts to strengthen security in the state. The state Commissioner for Finance,…
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