Tag: Osun State
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BREAKING: Former Deputy Governor of Osun State defects to APC
The former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omisore defected to the APC at his polling Unit at Ward 6 in Ile-Ife, where he subsequently picked his membership card of the party. Omisore contested the 2018 governorship poll on the platform of the Social Democratic…
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Road accident kills one, injures five in Osun – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun has said that one person was killed and five others injured in a road accident which occurred on Thursday on Ipetu- Ijesa expressway in the Oriade Local Government Area. The Sector Commander, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday in Osogbo. She said that the accident involved…
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Another COVID-19 palliatives warehouse busted in Osun State
Another warehouse filled with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) palliatives has been discovered and busted in Ede, Osun State on Friday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports residents of the State stormed the COVID-19 warehouse and started carting away food items stored in the warehouse. Video footages of the incident obtained by TNG that showed residents of the State moving…
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Osun Governor, Oyetola opens up after surviving attack
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Sunday said the attempt on his life by assailants during Saturday’s protest against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squard(SARS) in the state was pre-planned. Oyetola, in a state broadcast on Sunday in Osogbo, said preliminary investigation revealed that the commando style in which the assailants carried out their attack justified…
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Ooni opens up on why Osun festival was celebrated amidst COVID-19
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has said Nigeria will overcome the dreadful Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The monarch stated this while playing host to Osun devotees in his palace as the ancient city celebrated the Osun festival on Saturday. Ogunwusi, who admitted that the pandemic was still ravaging the country, urged Nigerians to…
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Lockdown: Osun relaxes curfew, orders civil servants to resume
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, has announced the relaxation of the curfew imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Oyetola in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, on Friday in Osogbo, also ordered civil servants on grade level Seven and above to resume work within normal…
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Lawyers lock horns with Sen. Ajibola over LG parliamentary system in Osun
Two legal practitioners have reacted to Senator Basir Ajibola, Representing Osun Central Senatorial District, of Osun State on the position of the member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun, Hon Busayo Wole Oke over the parliamentary system being practiced in Osun, describing it as baseless Hon Oke, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
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Rep Oke faults parliamentary govt in Osun LGAs
..says it’s obnoxious and retrogressive … insists is an invitation to anarchy A member of the House of Representatives representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, Hon Oluwole Oke, on Sunday faulted the subsisting parliamentary system of government being in practice in the administration of the local governments across the state. Oke who made this…
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COVID-19: Osun Assembly bars workers, visitors without facemask
The Osun House of Assembly has made the use of facemask compulsory for the state assembly workers and visitors, saying that those without facemasks would be denied entry into the complex. Mr Timothy Owoeye, the Speaker of the Assembly gave the warning in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Alabi on Tuesday…
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Osun State Govt. confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases
Osun State Government says it has recorded two new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, in a statement on Sunday in Osogbo, said that the new cases were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night. Isamotu said that the cases…