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By Editor Traditionalists in the Southwest have urged the government to declare August 20 as public holiday to celebrate Isese Day. They hailed Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola for acknowledging the importance of isese, saying he deserved a national award. The traditionalists, in a statement by the National Youth President of Ijo Orunmila…
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By Iyabo Lawal The crisis rocking Ladoke Akintola University of Technology appears intractable as the institution remains shut for more than 10 months while the two owner-state governments –Oyo and Osun – battle for its soul, leaving students and staff in a helpless situation, writes Head, Education Desk, Iyabo Lawal….
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By NAN The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has appealed to the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola to support Local Government Autonomy. Mr Ibrahim Khaleel, NULGE President made the appeal at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. Khaleel said that this was imperative as the governor’s support…
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By Editor 5 people have been arrested in connection with the weekend’s shooting spree in Osogbo, the Osun state capital which left one person dead. The state commissioner of police, Olafimihan Adeoye disclosed this on the sideline of a training for selected policemen and officers. A clash between two suspected…
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By NAN Prof. Labode Popoola, the Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, on Tuesday, said that Nigerian universities are training students for jobs that no longer exist. Popoola made the assertion in a lecture delivered in Kaduna at the maiden Postgraduate Lecture Series of Kaduna State University (KASU). The vice…
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By Goke Butika The concept of time is still a work-in-progress, because some of the early thinkers who dwelled on the matter of time were only deploying intellectual arguments. Time is different things to different worldviews. Time to the western worldview is money, because wages are quantified by…
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By NAN Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Monday urged the people of the state to support the state government’s policies and programmes aimed at boosting cultural festivals in the state. Aregbesola made the call during the “Iwo-Popo ceremony” which signals the beginning of the annual Osun Osogbo festival at…
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By Hameed Oyegbade Osun State government has concluded plans to collaborate with the Nepal khadya Bank Limited on scientific agriculture to boost agricultural activities in the state and also create jobs for unemployed youths through a programme tagged ‘Agropreneur’ in Nigeria. The Chairman and Managing Director of the Nepal khadya…
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By John Austin Unachukwu Dr. Ajibola Basiru is Osun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In this interview, he discusses the strides taken by the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola-led administration in judicial reforms, law and economic development. Legal Editor John Austin Unachukwu met him. A reformed, modernised legal and judicial sector is…
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By Tunde Busari After the passage of Oba Williams Ayeni, the Orangun of Ila, Oba AbduWahab Oyedotun succeeded him in May 2003 in a contest which had 12 princes vying for the throne. Despite the tempo of the contest, Oba Oyedotun told TUNDE BUSARI he was sure of emerging because…
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