On September 13, 2014, one of the most prominent and controversial military commanders of the Nigerian Civil War, Brigadier-General Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle, popularly known as the “Black Scorp1on,” d1ed in Lagos at the age of 78. Born on June 26, 1936, in Kaduna, Adekunle was the son of an Ogbomoso father and a Bachama […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo When CP Ibrahim Umar D. Zungura arrived in Osun State as the new Commissioner of Police, he did not have the luxury of a ceremonial beginning. The usual rituals associated with the arrival of a new police chief—inspection of formations, meetings with officers, courtesy visits and familiarisation with the command, were […]
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Inside the centuries-old tradition that keeps faith, culture and hope alive at the Osun-Osogbo Festival By John Dike, Osogbo As dawn broke over the ancient town of Osogbo on Friday, a long procession of pilgrims was already winding its way towards the Osun Sacred Grove. Some came barefoot, while others balanced plastic kegs, bottles, calabashes […]
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The reported restriction of an Osun State Government account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised questions over the extent of the anti-graft agency’s powers to freeze bank accounts and whether such action requires prior judicial authorisation. The development followed an earlier allegation by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, that the EFCC […]
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Mega City By Babatope Okeowo The Olokola Free Trade Zone (OKFTZ) is a joint initiative of the Federal, Ondo, and Ogun state governments, conceived in 2005. However, the baby was then abandoned for over 20 years by successive administrations. Now there is hope of its coming alive as the efforts of the richest man in […]
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Ayedatiwa and Yilwatda By Hakeem Gbadamosi Hakeem Gbadamosi writes on how the consensus arrangement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State backfired, leading to the resolve by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to change the list which initially emanated from the state. Ondo state APC’s consensus arrangement and the party […]
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to join you today for the maiden State House Media Corp Presidential Dinner. First, I apologise on behalf of the media department for not setting up a meeting like this earlier. The frenetic pace of work and the constant shifting of schedules, due to one challenge or […]
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With less than two months to the Osun governorship election, a wave of political violence is spreading across the state, raising concerns about the ability of security agencies to guarantee a peaceful poll. Bola Bamigbola writes The 17th-century poet, John Milton, in Paradise Regained, wrote: “The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.” […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Creation is being driven by motion and motion itself is in life. It is, indeed, as we learn in higher knowledge, the after-effects of Life, of Power. And who is Life and who is Power? It is the Almighty, the only Power from His Throne, through the Divine Realm to the Summit […]
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