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By Biola Oni Osun Forest Reclamation Committee headed by Prof. Labo Popoola, veteran forester and Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Osogbo and co-headed by Hon. Tunde Ajilore, Special Adviser to the Governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni, Rauf Aregbesola. The committee saddled with the responsibility of reclaiming the badly encroached forest…
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By Editor The Federal Ministry of Health on Monday disclosed plans to distribute about three million mosquito nets to every household in Osun State. The Director, Malaria Control in the State Ministry of Health, Mrs Nurat Adeyanju, who highlighted the benefits of sleeping inside mosquito nets said the projection is…
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By Editor Two men – Oladosu Matthew and Komolafe Idowu – who allegedly killed a three-month-old baby, were yesterday remanded in prison on the orders of a Modakeke Magistrates’ Court in Osun State. The Magistrate, Risikat Olayemi, who gave the ruling, said the men should be kept behind bars pending…
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By NAN Alhaji Fatai Kolawole, the Permanent Secretary, Osun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Wednesday said the state government had expanded over N6 billion to provide infrastructure in the state basic education sector. Kolawola while granting an interview to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo said,…
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By Nation Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola and the Emir of Borgu, Muhammed Sani Dantoro, have said the nation’s unity should remain uppermost in the minds of Nigerians because of the socio-religious crisis across the country. The duo reiterated the need for Nigeria’s unity to guarantee continued peaceful co-existence among…
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By NAN Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says he is not owing civil servants salaries. Aregbesola said this on Wednesday in Osogbo at a symposium organised by the Osun Command of the Police Community Relations Committee. The governor said in spite of the economic challenges confronting the nation and the…
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By Editor Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has urged members of the newly constituted Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) at Ogbomoso to restore the institution’s fading glory. The governor said the council members could attain the feat, even if it would take a “miracle” to…
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Mr Abimbola Daniyan, the Chairman, Osun State Tourism Board, says the 2017 Osun-Osogbo Cultural Festival scheduled to hold in August will include social content. Daniyan disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. “The next Osun-Osogbo Festival will follow the same pattern but with some more social content. “As you know, we…
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By Editor As Osun government remains silent over its plan on how to expend the N6.3billion second tranche of Paris loan refund, indications emerged on Monday in Osogbo that the workers in the state are demanding the payment of 2015/2016 leave bonuses and six months salaries owed them from the…
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By Inwalomhe Donald One of the leading headlines of Saturday Vanguard Newspaper, July 22, 2017 is Aregbesola has damaged Tinubu badly credited to Afenifere scribe, Hon Oladipo Olaitan. The interview is a calculated attempt to blackmail Governor Rauf Aregbesola and create problem between Aregbesola and his political leader, Asiwaju Tinubu. The interview…
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