Tag: Osun State

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RoqeebahDecember 9, 2016

The Complaint Box: My encounter with SP Abubakar of the Area command Ogbomoso

This is a complaint we have just received from Oladimeji Opayomi (also known as Demex), a student of Ladoke Akintola ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 24, 2016

Ifeoluwa Adedeji: The political context of legacy building [NEW VOICES]

by Ifeoluwa Adedeji Again, pensioners in Osun State have threatened to shut down the state, if the government fails to pay ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 5, 2016

Opinion: President Buhari has finally decided to join MMM gang

by Abiodun Shomoye President Muhammadu Buhari, my very own supported candidate for the position back then in 2015 has decided to ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaSeptember 9, 2016

Osun announces free train ride for Sallah celebrations

The Osun state government has announced that it would be offering free train rides for those wishing to travel home ...

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AzeezSeptember 1, 2016

We are quite aware of the pains, inconveniences of Nigerians – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari On Thursday said no nation had gone through the easy route to attain change. He said this in ...

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AzeezSeptember 1, 2016

Pres. Buhari to pay one-day working visit to Osun

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday will pay a one-day working visit to Osun State. This was revealed in a statement ...

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Mazi EmekaAugust 9, 2016

‘We sleep in darkness because we can’t afford fuel’ – Osun Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker of the Osun state House of Assembly, Akintunde Adegboye has said to stop thinking that members of ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 8, 2016

Mob, police clash over suspected female kidnapper in Osun

There was pandemonium on Monday in Osun state as residents of Iwo town clashed with police at the palace of ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 13, 2016

Opinion: Osun Scales – An ideology of fairness in trade

by Mustafa Ahmed Tijani About a month ago, the Osun state government introduced the use of standardized measuring scales and ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 8, 2016

‘Utterly irresponsible, libellous and repeatedly painful’ | Kemi Olunloyo’s father describes her ‘erratic’ behavior

Father of controversial blogger, Kemi Olunloyo has publicly denounced her following her numerous unfounded attacks at him and other notable ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 8, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Aregbesola, Fayose dragged to court | Nobody can crush Biafra | 100 gunmen attack in Lagos | More

From the papers today- a tracklist Ooni of Ife wants more participation in nation building from traditional rulers Vanguard SERAP ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 6, 2016

‘If you can endure 30 days of hunger, you can endure anything’ – Aregbesola

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola is of the opinion that if people can survive the Ramadan fasting period, then ...

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Op-Ed EditorJuly 1, 2016

Opinion: The hijab crisis and conspiracy of Nigeria’s quack media

By Femi Abbas The relationship of religion to Truth is like that of a menu to a meal. By describing ...

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Mazi EmekaJuly 1, 2016

Osun hijab crisis: ‘CAN is challenging the directive of Allah’

The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), has urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Osun state chapter, to embrace the ruling ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 30, 2016

Journalists hate us, they portray Osun as a famine-stricken state – Aregbesola

Osun state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday said his government will not be distracted by unfair media reports targeted ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 28, 2016

Opinion: Aregbesola, El-Rufai; two of a kind

By Káyọ̀dé Oyèró Last year, the National Youths Service Corps deployed me to Gombe, North-East Nigeria with batch A 2015 ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 22, 2016

Opinion: The debate of secularism and Osun Hijab controversy

Following an Osogbo High Court judgement which allowed Muslim female students in public schools located in the State of Osun ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 21, 2016

Muslim clerics ‘wanted to enforce use of hijab’ in Osun schools on Monday

The Osun state hijab crisis has further deepened as Muslim clerics on Monday, stormed public schools to ensure that hijab ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 20, 2016

Opinion: Osun hijab crisis and the need to weep for Nigeria’s journalism

By Mike Ogundele Look at the newspapers on the newsstands on Wednesday June 15, 2016, reveals a depressing descent to ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJune 20, 2016

‘I never ordered use of Hijab… I don’t deserve all these lies’ – Aregbesola

Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola has denied ordering the use of Hijab by female Muslim students in the state public ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 20, 2016

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Aregbesola and his politics of hijab distraction

The illiterate governors in Nigeria have made the governors’ office a jabbering tool of all sorts. The charmingly idiotic debate ...

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Dele BenjaminJune 20, 2016

‘Hijab controversy has exposed Aregbesola’ – PDP

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has warned security agencies, Interpol, the Presidency and United Nations of ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 17, 2016

Hijab crisis: No resolution despite meeting between security agencies, Christian leaders

Following the controversy generated by a recent court ruling on the wearing of hijab by female Muslim students, security agencies ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJune 14, 2016

No jokes, Osun students wore choir robes to school today (PHOTOS)

The crisis which emanated from the judgement of Justice Jide Falola in favour of the Osun State Muslim community which ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 9, 2016

Osun: Christian pupils to wear choir robes if Muslims wear hijabs

The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Wednesday, vowed to issue a directive to Christian schools in Osun state, instructing the pupils ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJune 8, 2016

How Aregbesola created 3,000 jobs in Osun state

In times like this when practically all sectors of the Nigerian economy is buckling under the weight of recession, governments ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 3, 2016

As Osun court approves hijab wearing in schools, will the 2014 protests return?

Will the 2014 hijab protests in Osun be rekindled again? This is the questions on the lips of many as an Osun ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 3, 2016

Wanted man, Iyiola Omisore to sue EFCC

Embattled former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, on Thursday, denied receiving money from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 11, 2016

Najeem Salaam: Who is standing against Nigeria’s oppressors?

I am bothered just as you are about the state of our nation. Fuel scarcity has shut down our nation, ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMarch 18, 2016

Federal Allocation to Osun state can’t even pay electricity bills [DETAILS]

Osun state might just be facing its hardest financial month ever with the total Federal Allocation accrued to the state ...

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