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Osun State retirees under the auspices of the Independent Unbonded Contributory Pension Scheme (IUCPS) have called on the state government to release the bonds it owes them for the past nine years. The group, which comprises pensioners from the civil service, primary and secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and local government,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Taminu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has replaced the Sunday Bisi-led leadership of the party in Osun State with a caretaker committee. The PDP in a statement on Thursday, announced the appointment of a caretaker committee to oversee affairs of the party in Osun State. The announcement…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has directed the issuance of letters of appointment to the first batch of newly recruited teachers in the state. The governor who gave the directive to the state Commissioner for Education, Mr Dipo Eluwole, said the directive gave effect to the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The National Judicial Council, NJC, has cleared the Chief Judge of Osun State, Hon. Justice Oyebola Ojo, of all allegations bordering on financial recklessness, diversion of funds, and judicial misconduct. The Council, in a statement it made available to newsmen, said the decision was taken at its…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has congratulated a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Sir Olakunle Akanni Odeyemi, on his 80th birthday. Owoeye, in a statement signed on Thursday, a copy obtained in Osogbo, described the elder statesman…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A legal luminary, Chief Yomi Alliyu SAN, has alleged that the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke has spent millions of naira on SANs and witnesses at the National Judicial Council to remove the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo. Chief Alliyu who is the Jagunmolu…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Osun State Government has said electorates would punish those weaponising the Local Government issue in the state. The state government, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi, said no court ordered the reinstatement of the All Progressives Congress Yes or No council administrators….
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The Osun State government has faulted the claim by the state Police Command that the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, wrote the petition for the arrest of two aides of Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mr Abiodun Adegoke and Mr Monsuru Iyiola. osun.life reports that the police…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Hon. Oluwole Oke, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Osun State government over the yet-to-be-concluded teachers recruitment exercise. Oke in a statement by his media and communication unit, asked the state government to finalise the recruitment of teachers or refund…
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The Osun State Police Command has denied allegations of partisan conduct levelled against it by the state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. It would be recalled that Adeleke on Monday urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to call the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan to order, over…
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