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By Editor The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Osun State Command, Mr Adebowale Idowu, has warn applicants seeking international passports, not to patronize touts. He stated this in a chat with Daily Trust, who visited the immigration office in Osogbo, to seek clarification on allegations that the NIS…
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By Editor No fewer than 4,500 federal pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) will undergo biometric verification in Osun, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), has said. Ikeazor disclosed during the verification exercise for pensioners on Tuesday in Osogbo. She said that the exercise was…
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By Adesoji Adeniyi In a bid to boost food security, the Osun State government, in partnership with the World Bank has trained over 300 youths across the state on the FADAMA III programme. Tagged FADAMA III AF Graduate Unemployed Youth and Women Support (FADAMA GUYS), the programme was designed to educate…
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By Muyiwa Adeyemi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Afolabi Ojo, who allegedly specialised in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public through phony online shopping. Ojo, a student of the Polytechnic of Iree, Osun State, was arrested following a petition…
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By NAN Mutiu Adedokun, an employee of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in Osun, who is standing trial for allegedly forging the Postgraduate College’s statement of account to cover up a N221, 000 fraud, was on Monday released on a bail of N200, 000. An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court which gave the ruling,…
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By Oluwole Ige AN Osun based lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola on Monday urged a State High Court, sitting in Osogbo to declare all businesses and transactions done in the name of “State of Osun” illegal, contending that there is only “Osun State” in the provisions of…
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By Femi Makinde Residents of some areas in Ijebujesa, the headquarters of Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State on Tuesday trooped out to protest the power outage in some parts of the community which has lasted for one year. Armed with placards with various inscriptions, the angry residents stormed…
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By Olanrewaju Ayodeji Lecturers of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology have accused Osun State’s Governor Rauf Aregbesola of hypocrisy over his appeal to workers to reopen the school for the sake of the students. The school has been mostly shut since last year over the failure of the two owner…
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By Chijioke Jannah A 44-year-old Man, Akeem Yusuf, was on Monday arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, on one count bordering on forgery. According to Police Prosecutor, Lamidi Rasaki, the accused person forged a letter head paper, seal, official stamp, and the signature of one Barrister…
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Monday Lines 14/08/2017 Lasisi Olagunju. I told a friend last week that Senator Bukola Saraki leads the Buhari faction of the APC. The friend is not a fan of Saraki. He didn’t like what I said at all. “Since when?” He asked and I smiled and told him: “Since the…
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