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Adeleke lifts curfew on Ifon/Ilobu communities
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed that, the curfew imposed on the two communities in the State, Ifon and Ilobu in Irepodun local government be lifted forthwith. This action, according to the Governor was as a result of a near perfect semblance of peace and orderliness that has returned to the hitherto warring communities. A press statement signed to…
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High drug prices: APC chieftain calls for Tinubu’s urgent intervention
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to the President Bola Tinubu, to urgently intervene in the hike in prices of essential drugs in the country. Oyintiloye, who made the appeal while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that many Nigerians were currently unable to access most essential drugs due…
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Alleged food poisoning: Pupils not poisoned under O’Meal programme says Osun govt
Osun State Government has said that pupils of St. James Primary School, Owo-Ope, Osogbo were not poisoned under the Osun Home Grown School Feeding Programme, O’Meals. The government made this known on Wednesday, in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the Governor on O-Meal, Hon. Ayodele Oluwaseyi, while announcing the results of its investigation into the alleged food poisoning.…
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Accident claims OAU final year student’s life on campus
A final year student in the Department of Agric Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Chisom Nwankwo, on Tuesday lost her life in an accident that occurred on the campus. Nwankwo was said to be travelling on a commercial motorcycle along Road 1 on the campus when the accident occurred. Both the student and the motorcyclist were rushed to the…
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I’m not sick says Adeleke as he returns to Nigeria
Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday arrived Nigeria after a month of working vacation outside the country, A statement by the spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Rasheed Olawale said, Adeleke who arrived at the Murtala International Airport said he feels refreshed and recharged for more service to the good people of Osun State. He said, “I’m elated to…
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Osun orders investigation as 11 pupils hospitalised for allegedly eating contaminated food
At least 11 pupils of St James Primary School, Owo-ope, Osogbo, were rushed to different hospitals in the State capital, after eating food served to them in school. WesternPost gathered that the food that was served on Monday by some food vendors recruited by the state government under the O’Meal programme was a contaminated meal. The pupils, it was learnt…
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Osun set to wage war against open defecation, announces monthly environmental sanitation in 2024
As part of its renewed efforts to rid the state of dirts and indiscriminate dumping of refuse, Osun State Government has read a riot act on the readiness to arrest and prosecute anyone found culpable in this regard. As a step towards achieving these objectives among others to be later unfolded, the State Government has announced its resolve to reintroduce…
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NJC declines Adeleke’s request to remove Osun CJ
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has declined the request for the removal of the Chief Judge of Osun state, Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo, by Governor Ademola Adeleke and the State House of Assembly. This was contained in a post on the council’s site by the Director of Information of NJC, Soji Oye, on Thursday. He stated that the council considered and…
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Stop promotion of foreign goods says Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11 has appealed to Nigerian leaders to stop promoting foreign commodities saying the actions are killing indigenous companies. To this end, the monarch called on the National Assembly to promulgate laws that will promote indigenous products/materials. Addressing journalists at his eighth coronation anniversary in Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye noted that if the leaders…
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Ooni denies visiting ex-CBN governor, Emefiele in prison
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has denied viral media reports that he visited the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in Kuje prison in Abuja. There were several reports on social media that the Oba Ogunwusi had visited Emefiele who was in the correctional facility on Tuesday. According to the report, the monarch in…
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