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The Osun State Government has approved the request of its Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to source for N377.1m from Bank of Industry (BOA) for mass plantation of rice in the state. The loan would be made available to 1,000 rice farmers in three local government councils of the…
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By Editor The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party today staged a protest against the ill-treatment and harassment of the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Dr Peter Ayodele Fayose and thousands of citizens of Ekiti State by the Police yesterday. The protest led by the State…
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By Haleem Aigoro The Osun State Police Command has arraigned a 32-year-old man, Abiodun Olawale Adesola before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing electric wires from a shop. Abiodun was docked before Magistrate Falilat Sodamade on a two count charge bearing on Felony to wit stealing. The Prosecutor, Inspector…
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By Sharon Fatogun The Resident Electoral Commissioner Of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje has said Governorship candidates can only spend 200 million naira for election expenses. Agbaje made this known while fielding questions on Gold FM 95.5 Ilesha. Explaining the preparation of his…
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Engr. Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo has explained the reasons why the governorship position in Osun State should be zoned to Osun West Senatorial district. He spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the APC national secretariat after picking the nomination and expression of interest forms. Oriolowo, who is a certificated project development…
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At least 52.4 percent of the population of people in Osun State are vulnerable and require urgent social protection to continue to live normal life. This was revealed in the recent Core Diagnostics for Action conducted by United States Agency for International Development – Health Finance Governance (USAID-HFG) project. The…
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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a woman, Bunmi Adebayo, for allegedly stealing a month-old-baby boy in Modakeke area of Osun State. The 26-year-old was paraded by the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Ahmed Iliyasu, on Wednesday at the Police Headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital. Mr Iliyasu said…
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By Haleem Aigoro A 22-year-old man, Olawuni Alaba, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, over alleged theft of motorcycle. The prosecutor, Sergeant Fatoba, told the court that the accused committed the offense on June 27, 2018 at Ota-Efun area, Osogbo. Faced with a…
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By Femi Adesola A Socio Political group, Development Advocacy Group (DAG), today in Oshogbo, staged a protest against the zoning of the Osun Governorship seat. In their protest to the State APC Secretariat, The group who said they are championing the course of the common man, argued that competency…
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By Sharon Fatogun Professor Adeolu Durotoye, a gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disclosed that the party is set to take over from the incumbent government of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Durotoye, in an interview monitored by our correspondent on Gold FM…
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