Sanusi also met with the leader of the Niger Republic military junta, General Tchiani, yesterday. Niger ex-rebel leader launches anti-coup movement Former Emir of Kano meets coup leaders day after botched AU, UN visit Holds crucial meeting with Tinubu after Niger visit Nigerien Islamic Ulama receive Tinubu’s nod to intervene on behalf of ECOWAS Bazoum […]
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Osun State Chapter has lamented the poor state of the health sector in the state and country as a whole. It regretted that the personnel is suffering as a result of doctors leaving Nigeria for greener pastures abroad, through the popular ‘Japa Syndrome’. Dr Adetoye Adedapo, Osun NMA Chairman stated […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called for the establishment of a trans-regional security taskforce to curtail growing cross-border criminality in the South West. He made the call when the General Officer Commanding, the 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Valentine Okoro, paid him a courtesy visit. The GOC led members of his […]
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Two suspected kidnappers were reportedly shot dead while about nine others sustained bullet injuries after a gun battle with police and local hunters in Iwo forest, Osun State. Our correspondent reliably gathered that armed kidnappers numbering about eleven invaded a Fulani settlement at Agbese village near Idi Araba, Oke Oba, Iwo West Local Council Development […]
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Dr. Olatunbosun (6th left), Oba Awurela (middle), and some cultural stakeholders in Oyo State Oyo State Government is set to collaborate with the Brazilian custodian of culture, Oba Awurela, Kabiyesi Sangokunle Adekunle Alayande, on Black Heritage Day. The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, while receiving Oba Awurela in his office, on Tuesday, […]
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strengthens surveillance on animal disease Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, sensitised butchers and livestock dealers on the deadly anthrax disease, as it strengthens surveillance of abattoirs for detection and prevention of the animal disease. A statement by the Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said that the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It was a remarkable gathering of the leaders in the media industry on Monday. The Banquet Hall of Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, was packed full with editors from several parts of the country. It was their event — an event by the Guild of Editors under the promising leadership of Eze Anaba, its […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu will soon return from his medical leave abroad, the state government has declared. Speaking through the commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, the government reported that the governor is improving, getting well and will soon return to continue his duty as governor. She said that the governor held […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke Osun State House of Assembly has expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of ongoing reconstruction of the Osogbo-Iwo Road. It urged contractor handling the project to speed up work to ease transportation between the two major towns. The Adhoc committee of the Assembly expressed the displeasure during an on-the-spot assessment […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (Fifth Alteration Act, No. 37) in 2023, elongating the retirement age of lower court judges from 65 to 70 years, is praiseworthy. Since May 29, 1999, when the 1999 Constitution was signed into law, the retirement age of judges in the country has remained […]
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