osun state

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Friday declared that he has no anointed candidate for the September 22, 2018 gubernatorial election in the state. Aregbesola, who was on sensitisation tour to Iwo, in the Osun West Senatorial District, was reacting to profound and consistent agitation...

The committee set up by the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has recommended indefinite suspension of a professor allegedly caught on tape demanding sex from a female student at the school. A member of the committee, who spoke to Punch correspondent in Oshogbo on...

A professor at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, who was accused of demanding sex from a female student of the institution in return for marks, has allegedly gone into hiding. PUNCH Metro said it visited his office on Thursday, but he was not around. Click here to read more

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has queried the professor who was allegedly accused of demanding sex to upgrade a female student’s poor result. The university also appealed to the student to come forward to make a formal complaint against the lecturer...

One person was killed during the weekend after explosion rocked a popular pharmaceutical company in the Moore area of Ile Ife, Osun State. It was gathered that pharmaceutical products worth millions of naira were also consumed. Click here to read more

Recent claims by the leadership of Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) that it is still searching for appropriate candidate to fly the party’s flag in September 22nd 2018 governorship election in the state is causing fresh ripples within the party. According to source it was gathered that...

Femi Makinde in this piece examines the efforts of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Lions Club and international agencies at stopping measles in Osun State Measles which is an infectious disease caused by the rubeola virus can be fatal but the good news is that it … Read...

The federal government had earlier proposed the establishment of cattle colonies to address the continuous killing of farmers by Fulani herdsmen across the country. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2DluNQn -- Get More Nigeria Political News

There was jubilation among civil servants in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday evening as workers in the employment of the state government under the leadership of Governor Rauf Aregbesola began to receive payment of full salary for the month of December 2018. The development was … via...

Vote-buying guru, former Senator Iyiola Omisore distributing cash in anticipation of winning Osun Guber Election in 2018 via – Get More Nigeria Political News

Osun has been ranked the second less miserable and poverty-ridden state in 2017. The state was placed the second wealthiest among the 36 states of the federation, according to a report released on Monday. The Financial Derivatives Company, which released the report, in its presentation...

Labour unions in Osun State on Friday declared a total strike to press, demand for payment of their full salaries. It was gathered that the Labour leaders asked their members to embark on indefinite strike immediately after Christmas holiday. They said the strike would begin on Wednesday...

An Osun State High Court, sitting in Ilesa, has ruled that the renaming of Osun State as ‘State of Osun’ by Governor Rauf Aregbesola was illegal and therefore, null and void. In the verdict delivered by Justice Yinka Afolabi, the judge ruled the makers of the law, who are currently serving as...

The Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Thursday said he has lived up to the expectation of the majority of the people in the state, in terms of basic infrastructure and necessary needs of the people. He maintained that the major programmes and policies of his administration...

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the former Deputy Governor of Osun State has been invited by the police over allegations of an alleged attack carried out on Senator Isiaka Adeleke in 2014 over the governorship primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The late Senator Adeleke who passed...

Being viewed as a sex symbol isn't all it's cracked up to be . Or at least, that is what up and coming Osun born actress Adebola Adewuyi believes. According to the Yoruba starlet, when people tell her that she is sexy, she often believes that they have some ulterior motive that is not entirely...

The Osun state chapter of the APC has reacted to the defection of Otunba Ademola Adeleke to the PDP. Ademola is the brother of late Senator Isiake Adelele who died mysteriously months ago. He is in pole position to emerge as the APC's candidate for the upcoming senatorial elections in the state...

The former Osun governor and serving senator, Isiaka Adeleke, has been laid amidst wailing. Adeleke died in the early hours of Sunday, April 23, 2017, at a private hospital in Osogbo after succumbing to a protracted ailment. Adeleke was 62. See photos: Source: PUNCH

1. Located in the heart of Osogbo, Osun State, the Osun-Oshogbo grove was founded some 400 years ago in South-West Nigeria. 2. Dedicated to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, the sacred area was established more than four centuries ago and is the largest of the sacred groves that have...

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has explained what is preventing his government from appointing commissioners since it was inaugurated in November 27, 2014. Aregbesola, who spoke while breaking fast with journalists on Tuesday, said that the paucity of funds is the major reason...