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Boripe ACN Endorses Aregbesola For Second Term »

Federal House of Representatives member, Representing Ifelodun, Boripe and Odo-Otin Federal Constituency had last week explained the delay in the process of registration of the newly-formed All Progressive Congress (APC).…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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Aregbesola Deserves Commendation On Road Construction »

There is no doubting the fact that good roads are critical to the economic, human and social development of any state, especially in a country like Nigeria, where the transportation…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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Lawmaker Commends Aregbesola’s Giant Strides »

The lawmaker representing Olorunda State Constituency at the Osun State House of Assembly, Honourable Waseeu Adebayo, has commended the feat achieved by the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in the…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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June 12: Aborisade, Omojola, Obayori Insist On SNC »

Former National Secretary of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Dr Femi Aborisade, has stated that Nigerian government is breaching the spirit of the 1999 Constitution by not providing the basic…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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‘Ogbeni Till Daybreak’ Holds Tomorrow »

The quarterly interactive programme tagged “Ogbeni Till Daybreak”, where Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun answers questions from members of the public, will hold tomorrow. According to a…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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Osun 2014: ‘PDP Cannot Truncate Aregbesola’s Govt. – Ex-Osun ACN Lawmakers, Endorse Aregbesola For Second Term »

As the 2014 governorship election approaches, political leaders from the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) across the State of Osun converged last Monday in Osogbo to pledge their support for…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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Aregbesola Swears In New CJ •Charges Nigerians To Learn To Demand Justice »

Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has charged Nigerians to learn to muster courage to demand justice and rule of law, as he swore in Justice Adepele…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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Mimiko in trouble with NLC over role in Governors Forum debacle »

The honeymoon between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko appears to be over as the NLC on Tuesday accused the governor of associating with…

Jun 19 2013 / 5 Comments / Read More »
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Governor Aregbesola Sworn-in First Female Judge in Osun »

The State Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Monday 17th June 2013 sworn-in the first female judge in the state. Justice Adepele Ojo’s appointment is unprecedented as the first…

Jun 18 2013 / 2 Comments / Read More »
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Osun to construct N29bn road »

Osun State Government has commenced the reconstruction of 30-kilometre Gbongan-Akoda dual-carriageway at the cost of N29.23bn. Governor Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this while turning the sod of the project, which includes…

Jun 18 2013 / 6 Comments / Read More »




EDITORIAL

Osun State’s tablet of knowledge – Daily Trust »

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Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State recently launched a set of 150,000 units of specially adapted computers aimed at enhancing…

Jun 17 2013 / 6 Comments / Read More »

Ópon Imo’, a Priceless Social Contract »

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Knowledge is power. Conventional wisdom can attest that the educated population of the society is predisposed to fulfillment, and a…

Jun 17 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Osun Airport: Gateway to the world »

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Coming just when its efforts to leapfrog the state’s development is being acknowledged globally, the coming of Osun Airport, another…

Jun 14 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Simply unacceptable! (1) »

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Well-meaning Nigerians are squirming restlessly over political developments in the State of Osun as a run-up to the governorship poll…

Jun 10 2013 / 7 Comments / Read More »

Gbongan/Akoda ExpressWay: Osun’s Economic Beehive »

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In the state of Osun today like the Yoruba would say the tune is ‘new dawn, new drum’. As day…

Jun 7 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Labour’s endorsement of Aregbesola »

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Something remarkable happened at this year’s celebrations of Workers Day in the State of Osun. In what would pass for…

May 28 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
POLITICS

Nigeria is sinking, says Ribadu; warns of civil war »

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Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, says Nigeria’s sovereignty is like an unstable ship that is at the verge of sinking. In an interview with the BBC Hausa radio, Ribadu warned about civil war, saying that the challenges…

Jun 19 2013 / 2 Comments / Read More »

Drama as Jonathan Drags Tambuwal Before Cameras »

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A mild drama occurred in the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Tuesday night, as President Goodluck Jonathan dragged Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, to appear before television cameras, shortly before the commencement of the closed door meeting of the…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Boripe ACN Endorses Aregbesola For Second Term »

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Federal House of Representatives member, Representing Ifelodun, Boripe and Odo-Otin Federal Constituency had last week explained the delay in the process of registration of the newly-formed All Progressive Congress (APC). He stated that the legal procedure for the registration of merging political parties is more…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
FEATURE

Drama as Jonathan Drags Tambuwal Before Cameras »

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A mild drama occurred in the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Tuesday night, as President Goodluck Jonathan dragged Speaker of the House of Representatives,…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Aregbesola Deserves Commendation On Road Construction »

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There is no doubting the fact that good roads are critical to the economic, human and social development of any state, especially in a country…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

June 12: Aborisade, Omojola, Obayori Insist On SNC »

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Former National Secretary of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Dr Femi Aborisade, has stated that Nigerian government is breaching the spirit of the 1999 Constitution…

Jun 19 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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Sports News eagles

FIFA Confederations Cup 2013: Nigeria 6 – 1 Tahiti

Nigeria kicked off their Confederations Cup campaign with a predictably facile 6-1 victory over a game but painfully limited Tahiti side. Nnamdi Oduamadi helped himself to a hat-trick, Uwa Echiejile struck twice with two deflected efforts,…

Jun 17 2013 / Read More »
X-RAYS awo

Freedom for all, Life more abundant

By Tunde Fagbenle I am doing the unusual today. I am bringing my readers an abridged version of the first address of Chief Obafemi Awolowo as President of the Action Group to the party’s Conference at…

Jun 15 2013 / Read More »
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ALLEGED BOMBING IN ABUJA: We exploded two fuel tankers in FCT – MEND

*It didn’t happen — NNPC THREE weeks after it called-off what it described as planned attacks on mosques and related institutions over the bombings and killing of southerners in the North by Boko Haram insurgents, the…

Jun 16 2013 / Read More »
Letter To The Editor Opon imo

Welcome, Opon Imo

I salute your courage, proficiency and commitment in keeping the people of Osun, the nation Nigeria and the world in Diaspora abreast of situations and events in the state in the past and now; more so…

Jun 10 2013 / Read More »
ENTERTAINMENT Saheed balogun

Saidi Balogun set to re-marry, finally gets over Fathia

Years after divorcing his wife, popular actress Fathia Balogun, it appears Saidi Balogun is now ready to give marriage another try… The actor, producer and director, will wed the love of his life, Funke Sowofora, on…

Jun 17 2013 / Read More »
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9 PDP govs voted for Amaechi – Lamido exposed

Jigawa Sate Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday said nine Peoples Democratic Party governors voted for the incumbent chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the June 4 election that later divided the…

Jun 19 2013 / Read More »
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Human parts dealer runs mad

Doose Nomhwange left home one morning, unaware that danger lurked ahead. Her friend of many years lured her to a man who traded in human parts. But fate pulled a fast one on her captor who,…

Apr 14 2013 / Read More »
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UTME MASS FAILURE: FG puts cut-off mark at 180, 150

The Combined Policy Committee on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions yesterday resolved that the cut off marks for candidates seeking admissions to universities will be 180 while 150 will be for those seeking admissions to polytechnics and…

Jun 19 2013 / Read More »
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