By Tunde Odesola Sometimes, words create accidental rhyme where meaning does not. Etymologically, ‘Moses’ and ‘Osmosis’ are not related, even though they sound similar, and both bear a sense of ‘passing through’. Osmosis, a Greek word, literally suggests water passing through a boundary, just as Moses, the Anglicised version of Moshe, a Hebrew name, means […]
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By Adekunle Adebayo One has deliberately refrained from making public comments on governance in Ondo State for a number of personal reasons. Chief among them was the need to allow a young administration the space for stabilization, adjustment, and calibration. However, with the definitive judgement delivered yesterday by the Federal High Court barring Governor Lucky […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Accord Party in Osun State has condemned what it described as a partisan attack by police officers on residents of Ede North Local Government Area over a disputed parcel of land belonging to the local council. In a statement issued on Thursday, the state chairman of the party, Victor Babalola Akande, […]
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By Abdu Rafiu What else can we say about war? War here, war there! Will war become the new normal in the life of man? The cause of war may differ from country to country and from one community to another, the features are the same: bombardment from land, from the air and sea to […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has announced plans to provide an alternative power supply for the state-owned Reality Radio-Vision Services (RTS) in Iwo in order to address persistent electricity challenges affecting the station’s operations. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chairman of the Board of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the administration of Ademola Adeleke of failing to protect public infrastructure, alleging that hoodlums are currently vandalising and looting water schemes across several communities in the state. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the party’s Director of Media and […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, has called on citizens to prioritise good character, moral discipline and peaceful coexistence as essential virtues for building a better society. The charge was given during a Ramadan lecture organised by the union at the NUJ Secretariat in Osogbo, the Osun State […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Accord Party in Osun State has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke over the latest fiscal transparency report released by BudgIT, which ranked the state among the most transparent in Nigeria. In a statement issued by the party’s state chairman, Victor Babalola Akande, the party described the recognition as a strong validation of […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the welfare and inclusion of persons with disabilities, declaring that members of the community will never be left behind in governance and government programmes. He made the pledge during a meeting with leaders of the disability community at the Government […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Akure on Thursday barred Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa from contesting reelection into the same office. The court said that if reelected, Aiyedatiwa would spend more than eight years in office as Governor in violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Presided over by Justice Toyin […]
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