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As part of measures to avert tragedy associated with building collapse, Oyo State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has ordered that integrity test be conducted on houses suspected to betray structural defects to prevent eventual collapse of such buildings. Oyetola gave the directive at the weekend, following last week’s collapse of buildings…
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Nike Davis-Okundaye, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nike Centre for Art and Culture, says that her centres located in Osogbo, Abuja and Lagos have helped to rehabilitate and empowered several street girls in recent years. Davis-Okundaye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday that the centers…
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Some residents of Ilesa in Osun State, on Sunday, staged a protest on major streets of the town following arrest of some suspects, who allegedly participated in the attack on some employees of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. A statement by the IBEDC’s Regional Communications and Branding Officer, Kikelomo Owoeye,…
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A pregnant passenger travelling from Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State through Osun State to Ibadan, Oyo State, was on Saturday, delivered of a baby while in transit. The woman, Mrs Janis Hannah, went into labour during a stopover in Ikire. A trader at the ‘Naira and Kobo’ junction, Ikire, the…
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China has pledged to assist in lifting the socio-economic growth of Osun State through collaboration in infrastructural growth, education, agriculture, mining and commerce. Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Dr. Zhou Pingjian gave the indication of his country’s readiness to work with the state government during his visit to Governor Gboyega Oyetola…
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By Editor OSUN WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT Ayedire LGA – Hon. Gbenga Ogunkanmi, APC (Winner) Ola Oluwa LGA – Hon. Hadirullai Adegbile, APC (Winner) Iwo LGA – Hon Halil Uzamot, APC (Winner) Ede North LGA – Hon Babajide Kofoworola, PDP (Winner) Ede South LGA – Hon. Niran Atidade, PDP (Winner) Egbedore LGA – Hon. Babatunde Ibirogba, APC (Winner) Ejigbo…
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By Editor Voting in the Osun State House of Assembly elections has officially ended in most parts of the State. The poll which recorded low turnout across the State is coming two weeks after the Presidential and National Assembly elections. We bring to our readers election pictures across the State.
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For stealing phones worth N362, 000, two men, Ogboye Seun and Sunday Iyiola, were, yesterday, convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment each, by a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital. Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Fagboyibo Abiodun, told the court that the accused persons committed the offence on…
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Osun State government yesterday commenced the rehabilitation of hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the state. About N300 million will be spent to turn around hospitals, providing equipment, drugs and engage personnel. This was disclosed at the formal ceremony held in Ejigbo Council. The 3.2-kilometre road from the city…
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A 38-year-old man, Mukaila Popoola, has been remanded in prison custody by an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife for failing to honour the N5,100 he bet on with a betting agency, BetKing. Popoola was arraigned following a complaint by the agent of the betting company, Semiu Ayoola, who…
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