There was palpable fear at Thursday’s meeting of The Osun Progressives, a caucus of the All Progressives Congress in the state backed by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, following sporadic shooting by suspected thugs. The incident happened at Oranmiyan House, Gbongan Road, Osogbo, which is also being used by Aregbesola’s faction of APC, at […]
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Osun State Government has said that the education policy reversal by the Gboyega Oyetola administration is yielding the expected results. Commissioner for Education, Folorunso Oladoyin made this known while receiving furniture items valued at several millions of naira donated by Apomu Descendants Union to some selected schools in Apomu. While thanking the Union and Alapomu […]
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Osun-Osogbo shrine The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria is to spend $127,000 on the digital documentation and conservation of Busanyin Shrine located in the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the $127,000 grant was awarded to CyArk, a California-based non-profit organisation, through the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). […]
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Osun State governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has finally broken his silence over his alleged purchase of a controversial property raised by Pandora Papers. The Governor denied buying the London mansion, where the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, received top politicians and high-profile personalities during his recent stay in the United […]
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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has ordered compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for all cabinet members, public servants, health workers and others in the State. He explained that the directive is part of the measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state. This was contained in a memo from the office of the Head of […]
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Osun got N48 billion refund – ex Aregbesola’s aide It’s a lie, we received N11.9 billion, total contract sum is N38b – Government Osun State Government has debunked claims that it received N48 billion from the Federal Government for road projects constructed by the immediate past administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who is now the […]
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By Niyi Akinnaso Nine of Nigeria’s 36 states were created on August 27, 1991, by the Ibrahim Babangida military administration, many of them being carved out of erstwhile bigger entities. The new states were Abia, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Osun, Taraba and Yobe. The celebrations of the 30th anniversary consisted of the typical menu: […]
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Residents of Osogbo, Osun state capital on Monday lamented a hike in the prices of bread by the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria describing it as an act of “wickedness”. The master bakers had embarked on an industrial action for a week citing the high cost of materials and the need to […]
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Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has told the Osun Security Network Agency code-named ‘Amotekun Corps,’ to collaborate with counterpart security groups in the South-West states to keep the region safe. He spoke on Tuesday in Ejigbo at the passing-out-parade ceremony for the 360 newly-recruited officers into the Amotekun corps. He charged the corps officials […]
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Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has explained why the state opted out of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. He spoke in Abuja while fielding questions at NAN Forum, a special interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the decision was reached after his government weighed […]
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