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VC thanks Gov Oyetola for providing land, properties for University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun
Vice Chancellor of the newly established Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun, Prof Akeem Olawale Lasisi, has thanked Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola for providing land and donating five properties for the take-off of the institution. Lasisi appreciated Oyetola, when he led the university’s management which paid the governor a courtesy visit in Osogbo on Monday. Prof. Lasisi said the…
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Olubadan-elect, Lekan Balogun, displays impeccable character of compassion – Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has described the Olubadan-elect, HRM (Dr.) Lekan Balogun, as someone who displays “an impeccable character of compassion”. Akeredolu, in statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, said he was optimistic that Balogun’s reign as Olubadan would usher in unprecedented turnaround in the city. “The ascendancy of this enigma, with whom an enviable…
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Ogun SSG, 4 commissioners, 2 SAs, 28 others resign to contest in 2023
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, Chief of Staff to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Shuaibu Afolabi Salisu, Special Adviser on Political Matters, Samson Egbetokun and 32 other political appointees have resigned to seek elective position in 2023. Some of the other appointees who have resigned, according to sources, are Tunji Akinosi, Commissioner for Forestry;…
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Ighoho not freed from Benin prison – Lawyer
Yomi Aliyu, SAN, lead counsel of Yoruba agitation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Ighoho has clarified the activist’s release by the Government of the Republic of Benin. Western Post had earlier reported a statement credited to Maxwell Adeleye, Communications Secretary to Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide that Ighoho had been released from detention. But Aliyyu in a statement Monday…
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Osun guber primaries: Ogunbiyi accuses PDP national secretariat of working for Adeleke
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Akin Ogunbiyi has accused the national secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, of working for Senator Ademola Adeleke in Tuesday’s governorship primary in the state. Ogunbiyi said this while fielding questions from journalists in Osogbo on Monday. The insurance guru had earlier announced his withdrawal from the primary election, accusing the National Working Committee of…
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BREAKING: Sunday Ighoho released from prison in Benin Republic
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Ighoho, has been releasedfrom prison in Republic of Benin. His released was announced in a statement by Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide on Monday. “The Activist was released on Monday to a Yoruba Leader and Leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Professor Banji Akintoye and…
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Ogunbiyi withdraws from Osun PDP governorship primary
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo One of the aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi has reportedly withdrawn from the governorship primary election slated for Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Details later…
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NURTW/TOOAN crisis: Call MC Oluomo to order, youth council tells Sanwo-Olu, police
The leadership of the National Youth Council Of Nigeria (NYCN), South-West chapter, has called on the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Nigeria Police to call the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya to order. This, the council said becomes imperative in order not to destabilise Alimosho-Agege-Ifako/Ijaiye…
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Osun govt raises alarm over plot to use APC insignia to cause crisis during PDP primary
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Government, on Monday, raised the alarm over plot by some persons to use the All Progressives Congress (APC) insignia to cause crisis at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election scheduled to hold on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Ismail Omipidan, who raised…
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MBA student’s death: Court denies Adedoyin, six others bail
. By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An Osun State High Court on Monday declined the bail applications brought before it by the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Rahman Adedoyin and six others over the death of Timothy Adegoke, an MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Delivering a ruling on the applications, the presiding judge and Chief Judge of…
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