osun state

Islamic clerics on Monday visited two schools in Osogbo, Osun State capital to enforce the court judgement that female Muslim students should start wearing hijab to schools. The clerics numbering 25 stormed St. Charles High School in Osogbo and Ife Oluwa Middle School at around 8am to enforce...

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday urged all security agencies, Interpol, the Presidency and United Nations to dispassionately monitor activities of Governor Rauf Aregbesola which the party alleged can cause religious crisis in the country. The party, in a...

The Osun State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has insisted Christian pupils in the state will continue to wear church garments and other apparels to public schools if Muslim students continued wearing hijab. The Vice Chairman of CAN in the state, Pastor Moses Ogundeji...

Governor Rauf Aregbesola has threatened that students wearing choir robes to school would be expelled, Vanguard reports. Some students of Baptist High School, Adeeke, Iwo on Tuesday had caused a stir when they appeared in school garbed in choir robes and other church garments. Justice Jide...

Nigerian Bulletin today reported that some students of Baptist High School, Adeeke, Iwo appeared in the school in choir robes and other church garments. More photos of the students have emerged. See below:

Some students of Baptist High School, Adeeke, Iwo caused a stir among their colleagues as they appeared in the school in choir robes and other church garments. Punch correspondent who visited the school observed that the students came late to the school around 8:35 on Tuesday and headed to...

Osun State Government, have declared Monday public holiday to mark June 12 celebration. This was contained in statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti. The statement quoted Adeoti as saying: “In line with its established policy of observing June 12 of...

As captured in the 2016 Appropriation budget, below is the list of Capital projects and costs in the South West with every state covered in Power, Works, Housing & Railways. ------- LAGOS: Nigerian Railway Modernization Project: Lagos - Calabar Standard Gauge Rail Line Project: 60,000,000,000...

Mr. Adeyinka Sodipo is the new Commissioner of Police that has been posted to the Bayelsa State Police Command, the PUNCH reports. Sodipo takes over from Mr. Peter Ogunyanwo, who has been redeployed to Police Force Headquarters, Abuja. In a statement by the command’s spokesman, Asinim...

Officials of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration in Lagos State on Saturday demolished no less than 100 shops at the Rauf Aregbesola Modern Market in Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos State. NAN gathered that some of the traders were seen running helter-skelter...

Civil Servants in Osun state have been assured that the 2016 Budget would ensure full payment of their salaries. The Speaker of the House, Mr Najeem Salaam, gave the assurance in Osogbo during an interactive session on the appropriation bill. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that civil...

No doubt, Nigeria is faced with so many troubles, ranging from the herdsmen attack, to the brutal killings in local communities. The recent abduction of politicians and relatives is also a cause of concern. Below are the names of politicians, government officials and relatives that have suffered...

The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has appealed to the Federal Government to assist states, owing their workers to settle the salary arrears, PUNCH reports. The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in the state, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, who sad this in a statement in...

Another popular king, Oba Ajalaye of Ipetu -Ijesha, His Royal Highness, Oba Adekunle Baderin Afinbiokin is dead. The King is reportedly dead at the age of 111. Ipetu-Ijesha is one of the most famous town in Oriade local government area, in Osun State, Nigeria. It is located in the western part...