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Headlines, Osun, State News
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
The incidence of rape has assumed a frightening proportion in recent times. TUNDE ODESOLA X-rays this sad development in Osun and Oyo states Rape has assumed a frightening dimension across the country in recent times, questioning the soundness of the human mind and its ability to cope with emerging challenges. A study conducted by a […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
By GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO—The Osun State House of Assembly has applauded the appointment of the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, by the two owner governments of Oyo and Osun describing the appointment as a unifying factor. In a statement signed by the Media […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Osun, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
AS a radical activist concerned with the dialectical struggle for the creation of a new society, Governor Rauf Aregbesola was convinced that physical well-being was central to social reformation and the building of an egalitarian society. Therefore, when Governor Bola Ige introduced the Young Pioneers programme in the Second Republic (1979-1983) which involved the training […]
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Headlines, Osun, Oyo, State News
Friday, June 15th, 2012
THERE was confusion at the North campus of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, as no fewer than six cars were stolen before dawn. The vehicles, according to a source, were three Honda cars, Honda CRV, Nissan Primera and Peugeot. The robbers, numbering about 12, were suspected to have arrived on the campus on […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
May 29, 2012 by Tunde Odesola, Osogbo Rev. Adekunle Balogun-Arogunjo, the father of slain Diploma II student, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has asked government to ensure the killers of his son, Adeola, are brought to justice. Balogun-Arogunjo, who spoke with our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday, however, thanked the school’s authorities for “ensuring the arrest […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Monday, May 21st, 2012
By GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO – The embattled Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli, standing trial before an Osogbo High Court for alleged rape of an ex- corps member, yesterday, got off the hook on three of the four charges against him. Justice Oyejide Falola dismissed three charges […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Monday, May 21st, 2012
An Osogbo High Court will on Monday (today) rule on the rape case against the Alowa of Ilowa, Oba Adebukola Alli, who is facing trial for allegation that he raped a female National Youth Service Corps member. Having heard the submission of the prosecution, Justice Oyejide Falola, will rule on whether or not the monarch […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Thursday, May 17th, 2012

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 17, 2012 – Of all the governors elected via the platform Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola has some positive peculiarities that should never go unnoticed when analyzing his utterances and deeds. He is the only governor that went into office with […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Osun State Government has expelled no fewer than 34 students of Ifelodun Grammar School, Kiloru over their protest against the trial of the Alowa of Ilowa, Oba Adebukola Alli. Oba Adebukola Alli is standing trial before an Osogbo High Court for alleged rape of an ex-female corps member. The students, who were natives of Ilowa […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Indications have emerged that the Osun State Government is considering withdrawing the certificate and instrument of office from the traditional ruler of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Area of the state, Oba Adebukola Alli, for alleged child abuse. Reliable sources at the governor’s office in Osogbo confided in Daily Sun yesterday that the certificate and […]