17 Chinese, nine locals, traditional chief face prosecution The Osun State Joint Task Force (JTF), recently inaugurated by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, has apprehended 27 illegal miners, comprising 17 Chinese nationals and 10 locals, including a local traditional chief (Baale). They were arrested following a coordinated sting operation around Ilesa and Ife axis. Speaking about the […]
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Osun State government on Wednesday received 49 Cote d’Ivoire returnees into the state, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation Funke Egbemode said on Thursday. Egbemode in a statement issued in Osogbo, however charged residents not to panic over the arrival of the new returnees. Her words, “This is to officially allay the fears in […]
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Osun State Government has warned private hospitals in the state against admitting or treating suspected or confirmed Coronavirus patients. The State’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, made this known in a statement on Thursday, in Osogbo. She said non-adherence to the directive would attract prosecution by the state government. Egbemode said […]
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Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola Osun State House of Assembly has ordered the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Yemi Lawal, to appear before it over plans by the government to disburse cash palliatives to the people. The House on March 23 announced the suspension of legislative activities for 16 days. It resumed sitting yesterday amid […]
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Osun State Government has announced the commencement of School-on-air for primary and secondary school students and pupils of the State. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Jamiu Olawumi on Monday, government stated that the on-air education programme is to complement teaching and learning in the state. Jamiu said […]
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Alarmed that the rampaging COVID-19 has spread to Osun State, and determined to check its further onslaught on his people, Governor Gboyega Oyetola has ordered a total lockdown of the state for two weeks with effect from midnight, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 He also directed all the land borders into the state shut from midnight, […]
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The Osun Government has ordered the indefinite suspension of designated weekly markets across the state as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Dr Rafiu Isamotu, the State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this during a sensitisation visit to some markets in Osogbo on Tuesday. Isamotu said that only the daily markets would be […]
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Failure of the former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola to consult widely, would cost the state more millions of naira, despite its lean resources, as the current governor, Gboyega Oyetola, embarks on the reversal of some of the educational policies made by his predecessor, Ujunwa Atueyi reports. Prominent among the issues that have been […]
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Osun State Governor, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, has approved the recommendations of the committee on education review, which reversed the education policies of his predecessor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola. The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, at a press conference jointly addressed with her counterpart in the Ministry of Education, Mr. Folorunso Bamisayemi, said […]
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Osun State Government on Sunday said it has evacuated and destroyed 17 cows and two sheep killed by thunder strike in Gaa Elesun Village, Iba, Osun State. All the animals that died in the attack belonged to a herder called Ismaila Mohammed. As many as 40 cows belonging to different herders in the village were […]
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