By John Dike, Osogbo Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Odo-Otin and Ifelodun Local Government Areas have hailed a leading governorship aspirant, Barr. Kunle Rasheed Adegoke (SAN) popularly known as K-RAD — for presenting what they described as a pragmatic and visionary campaign blueprint. They gave the commendation during Adegoke’s familiarization visits to […]
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Veteran journalist and one of the founders of Nigeria’s first weekly news magazine, Newswatch, Yakubu Mohammed, says the assassination of Dele Giwa in 1986 had nothing to do with the late Gloria Okon. Mohammed, who co-founded Newswatch with Giwa, Ray Ekpu and Dan Agbese in 1984, said this in his memoir, “Beyond Expectations.” The News […]
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Fresh data released by the independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have shown that Osun State recorded the highest number of registrants in the just completed round of Continuous Voter Registration, CVR. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun According to […]
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launches committee on EU deforestation-free regulation compliance Ondo State, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has declared that the state will reman Nigeria’s leading cocoa-producing state. He gave this assurance while launching the state’s version of the Strategic Committee for European Union Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) Compliance., charging to stakeholders to work towards aligning the state’s cocoa sector with […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the free enrollment of inmates across correctional centres in the state into the Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS). Described as another milestone in the governor’s people-centered healthcare agenda, the initiative fulfills part of his campaign promise to ensure that no resident of Osun is […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo All Progressives Congress (APC) secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has expressed concern over the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools by students to complete their academic projects. He warned that such practices threaten the integrity, originality, and human depth of scholarly work. The former federal lawmaker and legal scholar, made this […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Detectives from Osun State Police Command have launched an investigation into the sudden and mysterious death of a young woman, Bidemi Omole, reportedly at her boyfriend’s residence in Esa-Oke. Bidemi was said to have visited her boyfriend at his home in the Oke-Esa area of the town on Friday night when […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State contingent for the 9th National Youth Games (NYG) is set to depart Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, for Asaba, Delta State, the official host of this year’s multi-sport youth competition. The state’s Sports Council’s spokesman, Funmilayo Moradeyo, announced this in a statement on Tuesday ahead […]
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State has highest voters By John Dike, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State has disclosed that a total of 360,794 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected by registered voters in the state. This development comes as Osun State emerges as the state with the highest number of registered […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday convened its 102nd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The party shared photos from the venue on social media. The meeting brought together governors, senior party leaders including Bode George and Prof Jerry Gana and other stakeholders from across the federation. Scheduled […]
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