The Imole Campaign Council, ICC, working for the reelection of Governor Ademola Adeleke has criticised the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, for allegedly shunning the Peace Accord meeting held ahead of the August 15 governorship election. In a statement issued on Friday on his Facebook account, the council’s spokesman, Pelumi […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has said Osun State must begin to derive greater value from the rising federal allocations accruing to the state. He stated this during the APC governorship campaign rally in Osun State, where he urged voters to support the party’s […]
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INEC Chairman Prof Joash Amupitan By John Dike, Osogbo Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, has appealed to traditional rulers in Osun State, particularly the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanikpekun, to use their influence to promote peace before, during and after the August 15 governorship election. He made […]
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By John Dikee, Osogbo Ooni of Ife and Permanent Chairman of the Southern Nigerian Traditional Rulers Council (SNTRC), Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the House of Representatives Committee on Traditional Institutions for advancing efforts to secure constitutional recognition for traditional rulers in Nigeria. He gave the […]
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Tributes have been pouring in on the immediate former Chairman of the Ondo State Printing and Publishing Corporation (OSPPC), Sir Ademola Adetula, MFR. Aged 74, the veteran journalist died in the early hours of Thursday July 30. His death was announced on behalf of the Adetula family by his niece, Dr Bola Oladipo, who described […]
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Presco Plc has unveiled plans to invest an initial $200 million in Ondo State to establish large-scale oil palm plantations, a processing mill and a refinery, in a major boost to the state’s agricultural and industrial development drive. The investment commitment was announced on Friday during a courtesy visit by the company’s management to the […]
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By Mark David In the grand theatre of national stewardship, where appointments are often weighed against the unforgiving scales of history, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment of Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo to the Ministry of Interior stands as a luminous vindication of discernment. What began as an act of presidential confidence has matured into a living […]
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By Olubunmi Adebayo *Continuation of yesterday’s Reflection on the reality of giving to him who has, from him who has not, even the little that he has :* *3) The one from whom something is to be taken away, most of the time, has neither matched the opportunity he has with what he produces nor […]
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By Tunde Odesola I invite you to join me on this journey to the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters in Abuja, where I shall be meeting with the CBN Governor, Mr Olayemi Michael Cardoso. The meeting is neither official nor scheduled, but its importance highlights the potential harm a recent CBN directive portends for the […]
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By Abdu Rafiu As I was saying … were we to have a faint idea of how the mechanism that governs life and existence, the entire Creation, work, we would want to show greater empathy to the perpetrators of evil than we may want to demonstrate to the victims. I did state last week that […]
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