The All Progressives Congress has warned that some politicians are reportedly planning to use money to brazenly influence the September 2018 governorship election in Osun According to the party, “This must be a red signal for security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission”, the APC alerted. In a statement …

By Olusakin Babalola, Ibadan Both Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Professor Temitope Alonge and Professor Oduola Abiola, Head Department of Biochemistry, Bowen University Iwo have identified Medical Laboratory Scientists as life wire in the health sector and should operate without unhealthy rivalry with othet health …

The United State’s Embassy has temporarily closed its consular section in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. The United States of America Embassy in Abuja have taken to its verified Twitter handle, @USEmbassyAbuja, to announce that it has temporarily suspended all consular appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, and have temporarily …

By Ayobami Agboola, Osogbo Osun state Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperative and Industries, Hon Ismail Adekunle Alagbada, on Tuesday, was honoured with the 2018 Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence, as African Most Outstanding Person on Administration and Humanitarian Services Development Per-Excellence . The award which was conferred on him by …

An anti-corruption crusader group, Center for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has congratulated the gubernatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti on his emergence as the governorship candidate of the party. This was contained in a congratulatory message sent to the Moshood Adeoti Campaign Organization …

A scholarship awarding and Non Governmental Organisation has called on students of the Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State to be selfless and empathic towards the plights of the poor. Driven by altruism, the Great People Foundation, GPF made the admonition at the university auditorium, Tuesday, calling on the students …

……Receives Ataoja Royal Blessings The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reassured the people of the state of fairness and just treatment if elected governor on September 22, declaring that he is on a mission to set the state free from oppressive …

By Olusakin Babalola, Ibadan The 90th Birth day Anniversary of the Olubadan of Ibadan land and intervention of political gladiators appeared as catalyst for the final resolution of conflicts between the monarch of the city, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji and some of his chiefs elevated to the crown wearing traditional …

A bricklayer has gotten himself into more trouble than he saw coming after breaking into the Oyo State government house. Sunday Ajayi, a 35-year-old bricklayer, has been jailed for six months by an Ibadan Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iwo Road after being found guilty of breaking into the Oyo State …

It remains to be seen how prepared is the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the conduct of a truly free, fair, and credible elections come 2019. Elections conducted in recent times, have no doubt, fell below expectations. Reports of ballot box snatches are rampant; with the latest trend, though …

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has reiterated his utmost commitment to the uplifting and support for the less privilege in the society. The Co-Chairman of National Council Of Traditional Rulers Of Nigeria disclosed this at the inauguration of Oluwakemi Orphanage Home in Ibadan on Sunday. …

There was seeming tension in Osun State on Monday night, as operatives of the Department of State Service(DSS) attached to the Osun State Deputy Governor, Mrs Titi Laoye -Tomori attacked journalists, while returning from an assignment. The journalists, who were party of Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s press crew were said to …

A group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, Adeleke Support Group (ASG) has attacked Oyetola Strategic Forum for its position over the modulated salary policy introduced by the Governor Rauf Aregbesola led administration, insisting “half salary” is a crime against humanity” Reacting to the forum’s opposition to …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday decried the neglect of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, by the owner states of Osun and Oyo. Dr Ade Adejumon, Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of the union, spoke at a news conference in Osogbo. Adejumon said that the institution …

An aspirant in the 2018 Osun governorship election under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr ‘Kunle Rasheed Adegoke (K-Rad) has dragged the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) before the Federal High Court in Osogbo in a suit marked FHC/OS/CS/39/2018. The advertising practitioners’ regulatory agency had in May 2018 posted …