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By Tunde Olamilekan The lawmaker representing Ede North, Ede South, Ejigbo, and Egbedore Federal Constituency, Bamidele Salam, has announced the shortlisting of no fewer than 1200 tertiary institution students from the constituency for the 2025 bursary award. According to the lawmaker, the bursary initiative was aimed at supporting academically qualified…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A former lawmaker who represented Ife Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Rotimi Makinde has described Governor Ademola Adeleke as someone who does not believe in equality. The Ile-Ife-born politician said the governor was not reciprocating the same level of infrastructure in Ede to other…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Residents of Iwo have cried out over a collapsed bridge around water works area of the town, calling the attention of the state government to the situation. A resident of Iwo, Bolaji Olaoye, in a post on X, urged the state governor and the Ministry of Works…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency have called for mobilisation at all levels ahead of the 2026 gubernatorial election. The stakeholders, according to a Facebook post by the lawmaker representing the constituency at the House of Representatives,…
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Former deputy governor of Osun State, Benedict Alabi, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will take over Osun State in the next gubernatorial election. Alabi, who stated this in an interview with The Punch, also noted that people were already reaping the benefits of President Bola Tinubu’s reforms. The…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has ordered theState Emergency Management Agency to conduct an assessment of the damage inflicted on residents of Iwo following a heavy downpour on Friday. It would be recalled that a torrential downpour, which lasted hours, caused havoc in some areas in…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Governor Ademola Adeleke has ordered the Osun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to take action on the jailed, Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede. It would be recalled that Oba Oloyede was jailed in the United States for fraud. US District Judge Christopher A….
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By Tunde Olamilekan Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup has ordered the Oba Odo of Ilesa, high chief Busuyi Gbadamosi, to return two missing transformers which he allegedly removed from Atakumosa market. Residents of the Araromi community, Ilesa had reported the high chief to Owa’s Panel on Conduct,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Residents of Iwo, Osun State, are counting their losses after a torrential downpour that lasted hours. The rainfall, according to some residents who spoke with osun.life affected houses and caused flooding in some areas. Areas mostly affected, according to the residents, include Yafoye, Oke-Afo, and Agoro road…
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The local government chairmen elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have dragged the Federal Government, the Inspector General of Police, the Osun State Government, and others to court, seeking an extension of their tenure beyond its scheduled expiration in October 2025. Other defendants are the Attorney General and Commissioner…
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