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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has stressed the need to promote and preserve the Yoruba culture for the benefit of upcoming generations. He stated this at the Third Festival Colloquium tagged “Tourism Potential in Yorubaland: Landmarks, Culture and History” held at the Shell Hall, MUSON Centre, Lagos…
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THE several statements put out by various Christian associations in Osun and Lagos state on the judgments held by the courts in the cases for or against the ban of hijab in public schools, have been predictably insensitive, somewhat chauvinist, but unsurprising in a country where religion romances politics. Muslim…
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The Osun State government received nothing from the federation account in April 2016 after appropriate deductions by the federal government. The deduction from Osun was part of the N32 billion deducted by the federal government from states as repayment for bailout funds and other loans extended to the affected states…
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Southwest chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rose from an emergency meeting, yesterday, appealing to members to be calm and not allow fifth columnists rob the party of victory in the forthcoming gubernatorial primaries. Akin Oke from Oyo, Henry Ajomale (Lagos), Roqeeb Adeniji (Ogun), Gboyega Famodun (Osun) and Jide…
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Layi Adesiyan, Osun State Director of Youths, Sports and Special Needs on Saturday praised Nigeria Dream Team VI for winning the only bronze medal for Nigeria in the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics. The National U-23 team defeated Honduras 3-2 in the semi-final match in Belo Horizonte to book the third…
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A student of the Department of Civil Engineering, Osun State University, Osogbo, Adeyemo Kazeem Adekunle has received the 2016 Council for the Regulation of Engineering’s (COREN) award for the overall best student in Engineering in state-owned universities in Nigeria. The Chairman of Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology of…
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Wearing pristine white gowns and cowry shells, red feathers in their hair, a group of Nigerian priestesses sang as they slaughtered chickens for the river goddess, asking for good fortune in these turbulent times. Thousands of Nigerians came out to Osogbo, a three-hour drive from Lagos, on Friday to celebrate…
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The World Bank has again applauded Osun State for maintaining its leading position in the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO) among the participating states in Nigeria. The International Financial Institution stated this through Professors Sulaiman Yusuf and Wale Oni at the third phase of the Community Based Targeting…
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A right activist, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola has dragged the Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola to court over the recently introduced land use tax in the state, asking the court to declare the law backing it up and which was signed in March this year by the governor as…
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The Osun State Government has declared Monday August 22 a public holiday to mark the annual Isese Day (Traditional Worshipers’ Day). The public holiday was announced in a statement signed by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Governor’s Office, Osogbo, Semiu Okanlawon, on Friday. The Isese Day is the…
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