News | Business | Travel | Lifestyle | Events
By Chiemelie Ezeobi The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, at the weekend, unknowingly stirred the hornet’s nest when he took to his twitter page to gush about Arsenal Football Club players and their coach. In quick succession, he was attacked for tweeting about football while he was alleged to owe…
Read more
By Editor The Attorney General of the State of Osun, Ajibola Basiru has said that lawmaking is not a one-off process but a continuous and enduring one. Speaking to Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lawyers in the Media (LIM) Forum in Lagos recently about the development of law…
Read more
By Editor Traditionalists in the Southwest have urged the government to declare August 20 as public holiday to celebrate Isese Day. They hailed Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola for acknowledging the importance of isese, saying he deserved a national award. The traditionalists, in a statement by the National Youth President of Ijo Orunmila…
Read more
By Iyabo Lawal The crisis rocking Ladoke Akintola University of Technology appears intractable as the institution remains shut for more than 10 months while the two owner-state governments –Oyo and Osun – battle for its soul, leaving students and staff in a helpless situation, writes Head, Education Desk, Iyabo Lawal….
Read more
By NAN The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has appealed to the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola to support Local Government Autonomy. Mr Ibrahim Khaleel, NULGE President made the appeal at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. Khaleel said that this was imperative as the governor’s support…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more