Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo

OAU students give management 5 days ultimatum to reverse tuition fees

…threaten to shut down school The Student Union of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife has threatened to shut down the institution if the management fails to reverse the recent increament in the tuition fees. The Student Union body gave the school authorities five days ultimatum to reverse the tuition fees to the status quo. Speaking during a world press conference…

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Governor Adeleke declares curfew in two local governments

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has declared curfew in Ilobu and Ifon in Irepodun and Orolu local government areas of the State following the communal clash between the two communities. The notice of curfew was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Hon Kolapo Alimi, in Osogbo on Sunday. The two communities had been at loggerheads with each…

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Osun government allege plane carrying Adeleke might have been tampered with in averted crash

Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, has confirmed the reported aircraft incident involving Governor Ademola Adeleke. In a statement on Sunday, Rasheed said there are strong indications that the two aircraft engines were tampered with before boarding. Reacting to news reports on the incident, the Spokesperson said the highly technically equipped aircraft was well maintained with the best…

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Adeleke directs special security operations over situation in Ijeshaland

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed security agencies to launch special operations to arrest and prosecute cultists engaging in rivalry war across Ijeshaland. Reacting to spate of violence and attacks in parts of the Osun East senatorial district, Adeleke described the development as “shocking and reprehensible”, calling on the police service and other security agencies to act decisively to…

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OAU increases tuition fees

The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have adjusted the fees that students of the institution would be paying. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, made available to newsmen on Wednesday stated that freshers in the Faculties of Arts, Law and Humanities will pay N151, 200 while returning students of the same…

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Subsidy removal: Osun LCDA boss announces palliative for workers

The Caretaker Chairman, Boluwaduro East (Ajoda) LCDA, in Osun State ‘Biodun Fatooki-Oloba, has announced the immediate release of the council’s bus in order to ease transportation problems being faced by workers in the LCDA Also, the council boss approved a monthly allocation of ₦100,000 to fuel the bus. Fatooki-Oloba, who was accompanied by members of the Caretaker committee made the…

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Osun government, APC trade words over Adeleke’s failure to hold EXCO meeting

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State chapter has accused the Ademola Adeleke led Government in the State of ineptitude over failing to hold executive meeting 54 days after the inauguration of the state executive council. The chairman of APC, Sooko Lawal, in a statement by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Chief Kola Olabisi, on Monday said that…

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Cleric calls for prayers to overcome economic hardship in Nigeria

Pastor Oluwoye George of Christ Apostolic Church Mountain of Peace and Mercy, Oke-Ijetu, Osogbo, Osun State has called for fervent prayer for Nigeria to overcome the present economic hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal. Pastor George explained that it is only God’s intervention that can reposition the economy of the country, urging the people at the helm of affairs to…

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