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Osun State: NSCDC Arrests 3 Suspected Ritualists

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Men of the Nigeria Security and Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun have arrested three men suspected to be ritualists at a building located at Bolorunduro area of Ilesa. According to the Public Relations Officer of the corps, Mr. Babawale, the suspects were nabbed after a commercial motorcyclist reported to the corps that he escaped abduction […]
Irukera
Interviews

Why consumers should key into digital age- Irukera

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Mr. Babatunde Irukera, Director General, Consumer Protection Council, CPC, in this interview with GANIYU OBAARO, counsels Nigerian consumers on the need to know their rights. A law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, said consumers should keep abreast of the digital revolution, while also assuring that the agency would enunciate new policies to
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Politics

Adams worthy of generalissimo title- Aregbesola

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The Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has lauded the choice of Otunba Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land declaring that the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC) National Coordinator is worthy of the title. The governor, who spoke at the 50th birthday reception of his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, […]
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Politics

PDP holds ward congress in Osun

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has conducted its ward congresses across the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The congress was held in the 332 wards of the state. A NAN correspondent who monitored the exercise in some wards in Osogbo, Olorunda and Ifelodun Local Government Areas reports that it […]
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Metro

Osun Workers Demand Full Salaries, Allowances

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Workers in Osun state demand the commencement of payment of full salary, pension and gratuity with effect from November 2017. Workers in Osun state are tired of the State Government paying them half salary as the hardship has become unbearable. The Osun State Joint Public Service Negotiating Councils I, II, and III have demanded that […]
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News Politics

‘I have experience to be Osun Gov’

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Barely one year to the governorship election in Osun State, has a former Chairman in Irewole Local Government Area of the State, Akogun (Dr.) Lere Oyewunmi declared his intention to run in the 2018 poll. Oyewunmi said he has the requisite experience, exposure and pedigree gained from the private business and executive positions to occupy […]
Business

Osun accuses banks of frustrating tax collection

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Osun State Government has warned some commercial banks against of frustrating the collection of taxes, levies and other related charges through them. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Osun Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Dayo Oyebanji, gave the warning at a stakeholder meeting held with the management of banks in the state including the state […]
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Osun Ambulance Services saved 1,774 lives in 2016 -DG

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The Osun State Ambulance Services (O’Ambulance) has said that it rescued more than 1, 500 people in 2016 through its prompt rescue operations in emergencies across the state. In an end-of-the-year review of its activities submitted to the Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, the Director General of O’Ambulance, Dr. […]
News

Hoodlums Attack PDP Lawmaker-Elect in Osun

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The issuance of certificate of return to lawmakers-elect in Osun State was almost marred by violence, on Monday, as some hoodlums attacked a lawmaker-elect from Ife East Constituency, Mr. Akinwole Akinwale. He was about leaving the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), when some miscreants waylaid him. Our correspondent observed that there