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The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has called on Nigerians to respect all Nigeria’s national symbols. The Agency made the call in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, during a sensitisation parade to mark the 56th anniversary of the replacement of the British national jack flag with the Nigerian flag. Return…
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The Spirit of the Drum Continues: American-Born Father and Son Installed as Chiefs in Nigeria…A First! By April Ronee Silver In the world of African music, there are few American-born percussionists who have mastered traditional drumming in the way that Neil Clarke has. Born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in 1951, Clarke…
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Award-winning Nigerian musician Davido is Africa’s new king on Instagram with 2.9 million followers which makes him unseat Tanzanian hitmaker Diamond Platnumz, Naseeb Abdul Juma, who commands 2.7 million supporters. Nigeria’s Wizkid, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, comes on strongly on the heels of Diamond Platinums with 2.5 Million followers to boot….
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Academic activities at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, will from next week be grounded as the university chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has resolved to embark on an industrial action. Chairman of ASUU in the university, Dr. Biodun Olaniran, while speaking with journalists in Ibadan Thursday, said the decision to proceed on the industrial action was reached at the congress of…
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The Government of Osun on Thursday described as fallacious, demand by the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party to justify how the state spent ecological funds in the wake of the flood that affected some parts of the state capital. The government said it smacks of total ignorance…
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By Mustapha Aleem A Regional Director of the United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, Mr Babajide Bewaji, has advised medical doctors in Osun state to look beyond serving in a private organization for their entire life. He said doctors should spend at most 15 years under their employer, saying every…
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The Osun Government on Thursday charged food vendors under the Osun School Feeding Programme (O’MEAL) to include orange-fleshed sweet potato in the meals being prepared for pupils for improved diet. Mrs Olubunmi Ayoola, State Programme Officer of Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme, gave the charge in Osogbo at…
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Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his Deputy, Mrs Titilayo Tomori-Laoye, on Wednesday visited some of the flood affected areas this evening to commiserate with the people. Speaking to journalists at the CAC, Oke Igbala, DCC headquarters Gbonmi Area in Osogbo, the state capital, Governor Aregbesola said his administration is deeply sorry…
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SIR: It bears no restating that the hyena of Nigeria’s economic downturn is ferociously biting deeper into the financial flesh of many homes. Prices of goods and services have increased exponentially with no commensurate rise in the earning powers of the people. Many basic needs are hardly being met and…
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Rescue team comprising policemen, officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and six local divers on Wednesday recovered the remains of a victim, Mr. Ebenezer Olabode, who was swept away by flood at Oke Onitea area of Osogbo on Tuesday. The rescue team were said to have searched…
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