– Allegation is mere propaganda – State Govt The All Progressives Congress in osun State has accused the state government of failing to either announce the delivery or distribute the thousands of bags of rice given to the state by the Federal Government as palliatives after 12 days of their arrival in the state. APC, […]
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In his determination to ensure that residents of Osun State enjoy good health benefits, Governor Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday flagged off the second phase of the free Imole Medical Surgical Outreach. The first phase of the Outreach was held between February and April 2023 with about 22,000 citizens of Osun benefitting from the surgeries, eye, […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has urged the newly-inaugurated local government caretaker chairmen to key into the development strides of his administration. He told them to compete through developmental initiatives for their various areas. Inaugurating them in Osogbo on Wednesday, he justified his action on the need to fill an existing vacuum at the local […]
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Osun Osogbo Festival is one of the biggest annual traditional festivals among the Yoruba people in the south western part of Nigeria. Osogbo, the host community is the capital city of Osun State and the festival started about 700 years ago. The festival is usually celebrated annually in the month of August. August 11 this […]
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Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (formerly Latter Rain Assembly), says it is clear President Bola Tinubu picked the wrong fight by initiating policy reforms, removing petrol subsidy without going after corrupt public officeholders, and corporations who made the subsidy regime unsustainable. He also said the president’s reforms have brought hardship […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Talk about the struggle for the freedom of the Press, the mind cannot but race to Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, fondly called LKJ by his peers. As I was saying…with the formation of the Nigeria Union of Journalists solidly in place, an effort that entailed hard work between 1952 and 1955, and […]
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Oyo State’s 15-man Palliative Committee on Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) has assured residents of the state that it will start disbursement of palliatives soon. The Committee, headed by the Chief of Staff, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi has divided itself into 5 sub-committees to fast-track the implementation of the palliatives, as directed by Governor Seyi […]
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Former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba has lamented the economic effects of the free fall of the naira, saying the situation has driven workers and pensioners into extreme poverty, as their earnings could no longer sustain them. He spoke at the 2023 Annual FCT Nurses Week/Scientific Conference with the theme; ‘Our […]
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Amidst economic turbulence and mass poverty, the nomination of 48 ministers and 20 special advisers by President Bola Tinubu is insensitive and costly. While the populace is called upon to endure record inflation and general hardship, the President’s failure to rein in the cost of governance from the top is disappointing. For an administration facing […]
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More than 60 people are believed to have died after a migrant boat from Senegal was found off West Africa’s Cape Verde islands, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday. Sixty-three people are thought to have died, while the 38 survivors included four children aged 12 to 16, IOM spokeswoman Safa Msehli told AFP. The […]
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