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The Federal Government has stated its commitment to the speedy completion of the ongoing power project at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State. The assurance was given at the weekend by the Minister of State for Power, Prince Goddy Agba, during an assessment tour of the facility.When…

THE  Board of Trustees and Management of Fountain University has appointed Chairman, Jaiz Bank Plc, Dr. Umaru Mutallab, as the new Chancellor of the University. Mutallab’s conferment was held during the university’s ninth convocation at the school auditorium in Osogbo, Osun State. The board had earlier announced Mutallab as Chancellor…

Some workers in local councils in Osun State, who were recently demoted for engaging in studies without approval, have been pardoned by the state governor, Gboyega Oyetola. The governor broke the news of their pardon yesterday during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees…

Three men, Nuhu Jimoh, Ndubisi David and Aderibigbe Oluwaseun, arrested for armed robbery, have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court. In his judgement on Thursday, Justice Jide Falola of the High Court sitting in Ikirun, Osun State, found the men guilty of launching a…

Residents of some rural communities in Osun State rolled out drums recently to celebrate infrastructural development being witnessed through the interventions of the Osun Agency for Community and Social Development Project (CSDP). The World Bank-assisted agency, whose major preoccupation is rural transformation and development, has completed different projects in several…

Osun State Fire Service has linked fire that razed an uncompleted female hostel in South Campus of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State on Wednesday to bush burning in Jere Area, where the campus is located. The Fire Service said the raging fire from bush burning spread to the premises…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said very soon Nigeria will begin to reap reward of the security outfit, Operation Amotekun, recently lunched by governors of the six South West states.  He stated this yesterday during the opening of a three-day annual general conference of Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday prosecuted one Ebenezer Tobiloba Okunlola on a three-count charge bordering on false pretence, impersonation, possession of scam documents and obtaining money by false pretence. Okunlola, who claimed to be a 300 level student of the National Open University…

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Zikrullah Olakunle Hassan as Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). President Muhammadu Buhari had on December 3, 2019 recommended Hassan to the Senate chambers as the new helmsman at NAHCON. Rolling out his agenda at the senate screening on…

The Osun State government has mandated all local government areas (LGAs) and local council development areas (LCDAs) in the state to sensitive residents on measures to be adopted in the prevention of Lassa fever. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Yekini Adeleke Adebayo and the Special Adviser…