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Osun Assembly screens, confirms statutory boards nominees
Osun State House of Assembly on Monday concluded the processes of screening and confirmation of nominees for chairmen and members of statutory commissions in the state. Speaking at the emergency House plenary, the Speaker of the House, Adewale Egbedun, said “to enhance seamless operations in the statutory commissions and since the credentials of the nominees have been screened by the…
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Osun APC faults Adeleke for appointing aide as OSSIEC chairman
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Osun State has faulted the appointment of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Hashim Abioye, as the Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission(OSSIEC). The state chairman of the APC, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement issued by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Chief Kola Olabisi, in Osogbo,…
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Osun govt debunks salary allowance for workers
Osun State Government has debunked the viral news of purported N25,000 allowance to workers in the state for the month of November. The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday described it as fake news which was maliciously fabricated to decieve the workers and citizens. Alimi admonished the workers…
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Fire destroys 17 shops in Osun market
At least 17 shops were affected in the early morning inferno where goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in Oja Tuntun, the biggest market in Ile-Ife, Osun State on Saturday. The Spokesperson, Osun State Fire Service, Adekunle Ibrahim, during an interview, revealed that the firemen received a distress call from a resident living near the market around 12.30 am.…
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Adeleke presents N273bn budget to Osun assembly
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Thursday presented a budget of N273, 908, 997, 410:00 to the State House of Assembly. While presenting the budget tagged “Budget of Reconstruction and Recovery”, the Governor noted that the budget is made of N165,654,976,700:00 for recurrent expenditure and N108,254,020,710:00 for capital expenditure. He stated that the budget reflects the administration’s current focus of…
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Residents fear reprisal as armed thugs beat soldier to stupor in Osun
Residents of Iree in Boripe Local Government of Osun State are currently under fear of attack following a clash between the Nigerian Army and some thugs. It was gathered that on Tuesday evening, a soldier was beaten to stupor by a group of armed thugs led by a man simply identified as Gbedu at the Poly Junction area of the…
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Adeleke flags off 23,000 pensioners for free enrollment into health insurance scheme
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has said that 23,000 pensioners will be enrolled, free of charge, into the State Health Insurance Scheme (O’HIS). Adeleke disclosed this Osogbo during the flagging off pensioners’ Enrollment for the Health insurance Scheme held at Local Government service commission, Abere office in osogbo, on Wednesday. The Governor noted that the gesture was in fulfilment of…
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APC national secretary lied on alleged N400m domestic cost, says Osun govt
Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, has denied the allegation by the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Bashiru that the Governor spends N400 million monthly on domestic running cost. In a statement released on Tuesday, Rasheed described the allegation as defamatory and reprehensible. He stressed that there was no iota…
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Five persons bag 5 years jail term for defrauding Osun ex-speaker N38m
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State on Tuesday sentenced five persons to five years imprisonment each for defrauding the immediate past Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly Timothy Owoeye the sum of N38m in 2018. The defendants namely; Kazeem Agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde Oseni, Oyebanji Oyeniyi and Rasheed Ojonla were slammed with a…
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Tinubu capable of fixing Nigeria’s economy, APC chieftain
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said that President Bola Tinubu, is capable of fixing the poor economy situation in the country for the benefit of all Nigerians. Oyintiloye, a member of defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo. He said all what…
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