Osun State Government has rescued a seven-year-old girl gruesomely abused by her father’s sister (aunt) who has been acting as her foster parent. The rescue operation was carried out by the State Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Osun State Police Command. The Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, […]
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One Blessing Omoru, residing in Agric Settlement, Esa-Oke, Osun State, who was abducted alongside her husband, London, has regained freedom. The couple were abducted in their home at the Agric Settlement on Wednesday and whisked into the bush by suspected Fulani herdsmen that reportedly entered into the settlement with some cattle. Blessing, it was learnt, […]
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The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State seems to be exacerbating. But, its Elders’ Caucus, led by Chief Bisi Akande, has initiated a move to end the animosity. The elders want to pacify aggrieved members ahead of next year’s governorship poll. Toba Adedeji reports. In less than seven months, there […]
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Photo/ .facebook/OsunGovernor Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that his administration is working hard to exploit and develop the critical sectors of the state’s economy – agriculture, tourism and mining – to rescue it from over-dependence on federal allocations and turn Osun into the economic hub of the South-West region. He noted that the […]
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Chairman of the Governing Council, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Prof. Deji Omole, yesterday, said that the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde-led government would soon pay Osun State government another N1 billion on or before first week of December to make a total of N2 billion out of the N8 billion contained in the […]
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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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