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Dr Juliana Taiwo Makinde (Ph.D) has been promoted to the rank of professor, therefore becoming the first female Professor of Public Administration in the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. She is the wife of Moses Akinola Makinde, a retired Professor of Philosophy in the same university, who is currently…
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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of Osun State, on Friday, sharply disagreed on the status of the secondary school commissioned on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital by President Muhammadu Buhari. While the PDP claimed that the school which it said was built…
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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has advised Nigerians to embrace mushroom farming to boost food production in the country and to boost foreign exchange earnings as the nation goes into economic recession. The Trade Promotion Advisor of the NEPC, Akure Office, Mr. Moruf Salami, said this in Osogbo on Friday …
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Telecoms giant, MTN on Friday terminated its contract with Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage and Davido among others. Following the development, the management has also released the names of it’s 2016/2017 celebrity ambassadors to include Praiz, Chidinma, Iyanya, Tekno, Falz and more. The termination and release of new signees was made…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Osun state on a State visit. The president, made his first stop at the Ibadan Airport, before moving to Osun state. FROM LEFT: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI; GOV. AKINWUNMI AMBODE OF LAGOS STATE; A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REP. ROTIMI AGUNLOYE; AND DEPUTY…
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The conflict between Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and Dr. Olapade Agoro has taken a new turn. Agoro, the National Chairman of the National Action Council, has told Aregbesola to immediately disband the State of Osun being used in place of Osun State and remove it from all the…
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On this day in 1969, America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. ATMs went on to revolutionize the banking industry, eliminating the need to visit a bank to conduct basic financial transactions. By the 1980s,…
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The Osun State government has built a public secondary school in the state capital, Osogbo, with 72 classrooms of 40 square metres to sit 49 students each, six offices, six laboratories, 18 toilets for girls and another 18 for boys, library, a bookshop and a sick bay. The Osogbo Government…
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OSUN State government has, through a letter, issued a warning to Dr Olapade Agoro, asking him to stop parading himself as the Owatapa of Itapa-Ijesa. The letter, signed by Femi Ogundun, dated August 19, 2016, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, Water Resources, Rural and…
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All appears to be set for the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Osun State scheduled for Thursday, September 1. Major Roads leading to Osogbo, the capital of the south-western Nigeria State, is receiving a face-lift, as men of the Osun Road Maintenance Agency (ORMA) are doing some patch work…
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