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By NAN Prof. Labode Popoola, the Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, on Tuesday, said that Nigerian universities are training students for jobs that no longer exist. Popoola made the assertion in a lecture delivered in Kaduna at the maiden Postgraduate Lecture Series of Kaduna State University (KASU). The vice…
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By Goke Butika The concept of time is still a work-in-progress, because some of the early thinkers who dwelled on the matter of time were only deploying intellectual arguments. Time is different things to different worldviews. Time to the western worldview is money, because wages are quantified by…
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By NAN Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Monday urged the people of the state to support the state government’s policies and programmes aimed at boosting cultural festivals in the state. Aregbesola made the call during the “Iwo-Popo ceremony” which signals the beginning of the annual Osun Osogbo festival at…
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By Hameed Oyegbade Osun State government has concluded plans to collaborate with the Nepal khadya Bank Limited on scientific agriculture to boost agricultural activities in the state and also create jobs for unemployed youths through a programme tagged ‘Agropreneur’ in Nigeria. The Chairman and Managing Director of the Nepal khadya…
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By John Austin Unachukwu Dr. Ajibola Basiru is Osun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In this interview, he discusses the strides taken by the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola-led administration in judicial reforms, law and economic development. Legal Editor John Austin Unachukwu met him. A reformed, modernised legal and judicial sector is…
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By Tunde Busari After the passage of Oba Williams Ayeni, the Orangun of Ila, Oba AbduWahab Oyedotun succeeded him in May 2003 in a contest which had 12 princes vying for the throne. Despite the tempo of the contest, Oba Oyedotun told TUNDE BUSARI he was sure of emerging because…
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By Editor The Osun State Government has explained how they disbursed the second tranche of their Paris Club loan refund received from the Federal Government. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa, who spoke with journalists yesterday in his office in Osogbo, said N5,131,680,567.59 was expended on full salaries…
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By Mustapha Aleem A silver colour Mitsubishi space wagon has on Thursday, reportedly killed a motorcyclist on the Orita-Gbemu junction in Osogbo at about 8:30am. A source told our correspondent that the vehicle, which drove towards Gbemu from Isale Aro street, was intercepted and bashed from behind by a ‘Korope(cab) coming…
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As sallah holiday makers get ready for the 2016 eid-il-kabir festival, the government of Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has announced free train ride for those wishing to travel home. A statement by the Ministry of Industries, Commerce, Cooperatives and Empowerment, said the free train will convey people coming for…
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Antar Laniyan is one of the most respected Nollywood directors Antar Laniyan was born in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. He attended Baptist secondary school in Lagos State before he later proceeded to the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts. Antar…
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