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In an effort to provide quality education in Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke has flagged off the distribution of Exercise Books to secondary school students in the State. Speaking at the flag-off program on Wednesday, in Osogbo, Adeleke reaffirmed that education remains one of the priorities of his administration. Adeleke reiterated that his administration remains ...
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has described the recent visit by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, to his counterpart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as a mutual desperation to be President of Nigeria. The party, in a statement on ...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Osun State, has commended President Bola Tinubu and Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola for deeming it fit to appoint members and supporters of the party as chairmen and members of governing councils of some Federal Government-owned tertiary institutions. The Osun State chairman of the APC, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement ...
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...Oyetola, Basiru, Omisore welcomes Babayemi, Oyedokun, thousands of PDP to APC fold All the roads leading to the Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State chapter, were on Friday 17th May 2024, jampacked by thousands of the members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, who decided to pitch their ...
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A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election in Osun State, Prince Dotun Babayemi will be defecting to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday. This was disclosed in a statement made available to NewsDirect on Wednesday. In a statement issued by the party’s Director of Media and ...
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Osun State, has said it confiscated 12.4gms of cocaine, 81.5kg of cannabis and other illicit drugs. The NDLEA state commander, CN Nnadi Chidi disclosed this on Wednesday, in Osogbo, saying three persons were arrested in connection with the various drug crimes. Chidi stated that the operatives of the ...
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A commercial bank manager at the First Bank, Osogbo branch, Adeniyi Sunday, has been arrested by Osun State Police Command over an alleged N650.8m fraud. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday signed by the Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola. The State Police PRO said Adeniyi engaged in fraud by obtaining money under false pretence. ...
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The new Asiwaju of Ede land and Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Monday vowed to turn five big towns in the state into mega cities. Adeleke made the disclosure after the official installation as the Asiwaju of Ede land by the Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Adesola Lawal, Laminisa I and celebration of ...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja (II), Chairman, the chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote to grace the installation of Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke as the new Asiwaju of Ede land by the Timi of Ede, Oba (Dr) Munirudeen Adesola Lawal, Laminisa (I). Others are Africa’s richest woman, ...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a complex country but not difficult to govern. Obasanjo disclosed this on Sunday, at the commissioning of a VIP lodge at the Government House in Osogbo. According to him, “Many people used to say something about Nigeria and you can say that about any state. With my ...
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The General Manager of Osun Community and Social Development Agency, (CSDA) Funmi Aderonke Abokede has said no fewer than 185,825 residents of Osun state have benefitted from the micro-projects of the agency since the inception of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s government. Speaking at the Correspondents’ Chapel in Osogbo on Thursday, Abokede said 91,286 males and females ...
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Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, has been commended over the successful passage of the Osun State Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill, 2024. The State House of Assembly yesterday passed the Osun State Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Bill into law. The bill provides persons with disabilities access to ...
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...As Ooni implores residents to join hands with Govt on project Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday flagged off the construction of Ile-Ife flyover bridge at Fourteen Billion, Nine Hundred and Thirty Eight Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy One (N14,938,924,771.45). Also announced the commencement of 55.86km at the cost of N30,677,814,099.42. of roads across ...
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has clarified that his Lagos State counterpart, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu is not aware of an alleged deportation of Osun indigenes from Lagos to the Ilesa area of Osun State. It was gathered that several luxury buses dropped hundreds of youth at Ilesa after allegedly rounding them up in several parts ...
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke will flag off the dualisation of Ilesa Akure expressway junction - Brewery - Ereja/Palace Square, Ilesa on Tuesday, 30th April. Also, the flag off of the construction of Lagere Junction flyover, Ile Ife will be done by the Governor as part of the infrastructure plan of his administration. This was ...
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The Osun State Government Taskforce on Petroleum Price Monitoring has warned owners of petrol stations across the state against hoarding petroleum products to create artificial scarcity. The warning was issued in a statement by the taskforce chairman and Chief of Staff to the State Governor, Kazeem Akinleye on Sunday in Osogbo. The warning is coming ...
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First lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday performed the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of an alternative high school for girls in Osun State. Speaking at the ceremony, the First Lady said the siting of the school in Osogbo, emanated from a fair process and it is a ...
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...As APC accuses Adeleke of rebranding FG’s palliatives The All Progressives Congress (APC) and People Democratic Party, (PDP) in Osun, are at loggerheads over what the APC described as a deceitful act of Governor Ademola Adeleke claim to be a Christianity and Muslim at the same. The opposition also accused the state government under watch ...
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Following the condemnation that trailed the unveiling of a new logo for Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the holding of a logo crafting competition between April 19th and 26th. Governor Adeleke had on Wednesday, assented to a bill adopting a new logo for the state. Adeleke, through a statement signed by his spokesperson, ...
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The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) on Wednesday called on President Bola Tinubu to assent to bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between Bachelor degree (BSc) and Higher National Diploma (HND). NAPS made the call during a peaceful protest titled, “Save Polytechnic Education Rally” and tagged: “President Asiwaju Bola ...
