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Aregbesola, Omisore trade words over worship centre

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Thursday, January 2nd, 2014

By CHARLES KUMOLU FORMER Deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has described the proposed building of an Interdenominational Worship Centre by the state government as an attempt to siphon taxpayers’ money. But in a swift reaction, Director of Publicity of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi dismissed the allegations as unfounded. Omisore also […]

Aregbesola presents N216bn budget for 2014

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, December 31st, 2013

BY GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO — Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has presented the 2014 budget estimate totalling N216billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. Represented by his Special Adviser on Budget, Mr. Bade Adesina, Aregbesola declared that the budget cuts across all the sectors of the state’s economy and was prepared in […]

Osun: Giant strides continue

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

BY KUNLE OYATOMI Last week, the media reported the British Deputy High Commissioner as saying that the State of Osun is a viable destination for any investor who is looking for a safe place to put his money in Nigeria because, according to him, “the State is peaceful”. The High Commissioner did not stop at […]

Hijab: Youths attack Osun school, beat up principal

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola The new education policy in Osun State claimed its first casualty on Monday as fierce-looking Muslim youths invaded the Baptist High School, Ejigbo, and beat up the students and teachers. The principal of the school, Mr. Layi Oguntola, was thoroughly beaten and injured. Oguntola, as of the time […]

‘Osun airport ’ll have longest runway in Nigeria’ (Quality & Maintenance, not length)

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, November 5th, 2013

Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services, the company handling the construction of MKO International Airport, Ido Osun, in Osun State, has said that the airport will have the longest runway in the country by the time it is completed. The Project Supervisor of the company, Mr. Abubakar Abuyaro, said this while conducting Governor Rauf Aregbesola round […]

Corps Member Rape: Court Acquits Osun Monarch

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

…. they had consensual sex The Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa, Oba Adebukola Alli, the traditional ruler who was alleged of raping a Youth Corps member, Miss Helen Okpara has been discharged and acquitted by an Osun State High Court. Justice Oyejide Falola of an Osun State High Court, Osogbo ruled that Helen failed to tender enough exhibits […]

Christians protest merger of schools by Aregbesola

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Christians in Osun State, especially members of the Osun Baptists Conference, on Monday protested against the attempted merger of Muslim students wearing hijab with the Baptists High School, Iwo, under the new education policy introduced by Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola last week inaugurated a new education policy in Osun, which the governor said had necessitated […]

Osun Police probe attempted defilement of 4-yr-old girl

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Sunday, August 4th, 2013

BY GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO — THE Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Dorothy Gimba, has ordered an investigations into the case of attempted defilement of a four-year-old girl by one Lateef Olateju, a barber, at Yemoja area in Ido-Osun, Egbedore Local Government Area of the state. The commissioner also directed the family unit of the […]

Man, 60, dies after torture at Oba’s palace

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, July 17th, 2013

From BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, Osogbo A 60-year-old man, Timothy Adegboye who was beaten at the palace of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo in Osun State on the order of a prominent traditional chief over issues relating to land matter in the town is dead.It was gathered that Pa Adegboye died following complications he suffered as a result […]

As Professor Bashir Adekunle Okesina Becomes UNIOSUN Vice President

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, State News Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi / Ibadan, Nigeria / April 23, 2013 – AS PROFESSOR BASHIR ADEKUNLE OKESINA BECOMES UNIOSUN VICE-CHANCELLOR There is no disputing the fact that the paths leading to the appointment or re-appointment of a Vice Chancellor in most Nigerian universities today is highly contentious and not without its ups and downs. The Rivers […]