by Gbenga Olorunpomi Osun is going to vote and Aregbesola is going to win. No other result will make sense. No other result shall be accepted. With the dust of the upcoming Osun gubernatorial election beginning to settle, it is now clear to everyone that this is clearly a one-horse race. The main opposition in... Read More
by Zara Mustapha A member of All Progressives Congress (APC) in ward 9 Ilesa East, Osun state, Tolu Adeosun, was shot to death yesterday, 25 July, right in front of his house around Osun Ankara, in Ilesha. Members of PDP and APC resorted to violence when a group of the PDP members reportedly embarked on... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju A newly completed building at Ejigbo High School in Osun State collapsed in the wee-hours of Wednesday, July 9, around 6am, an unfortunate development which has seen All Progressive Congress (APC), accusing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of orchestrating the unfortunate incident to score cheap political points as elections in the state... Read More
by Rauf Aregbesola Our education policy is tailored towards making the Osun public schools system produce the complete child, to become the complete youth and grow up to become the complete citizen, empowered in learning and in character, in the best tradition of the Yoruba Omoluabi. Let me state from the outset that the Osun... Read More
by Oke Efagene An attempt to suspend the Speaker of the House of Representative, Aminu Tambuwal, by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), over his alleged alliance with the opposition, has failed. The national leadership of the party which launched the hate criticism against the speaker, was rebuffed by his home chapter of the PDP, in... Read More
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by Oke Efagene Founder of the Evangelical Church of Yaweh, Primate Theophilus Olabayo, has become famous over the years for his annual predictions on the fate of Nigeria. This year is no different, as the clergy has once again reeled out a series of predictions which he insists will come to pass in the year... Read More
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by Akan Ido In furtherance of her drive for innovation and transparency, the state government of Osun is unveiling a new online platform under its ‘New Media’ plans. The government, through this effort, seeks to raise the bar of public engagement and deepen the Osun brand in the increasingly vibrant Nigerian online space. The Osun... Read More
by Chido Onumah It is this unregulated power that has created the twisted logic that makes it possible, for example, for Kano to have 44 local governments while Lagos has 20 local governments… it is retrogressive to dictate the number of local governments states should have. No topic has generated as much interest in the... Read More
by Gbenga Olorunpomi I love the Internet. I think it is the purest expression of democracy. It eases communication, gives power to the weak and – depending on how much respect they have for it – can amplify or minimize the influence of the powerful. Social media is an asset, one that needs to be used diligently. I... Read More
by Isi Esene Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the former minister of the FCT and a member of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has boasted that the yet to be registered All Progressives Congress (APC) would beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a free and fair election. El-Rufai said this yesterday in Zaria, Kaduna state at... Read More
by Akan Ido The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal has replied critics who accused him of showering encomium on the Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola during his previous visit to the state. Tambuwal who was yesterday conferred with the chieftaincy title of Bobagunwa by the Alawe of Ilawe, Oba Ajibade Alabi, said he was not the speaker for... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The Peoples Democratic Party has said it is wrong of the Osun state government to name a Federal Government airport after MKO Abiola calling on Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola to abort the plan. On Tuesday, the Chairman, Osun PDP, Gani Olaoluwa said in a statement that it was off beam to... Read More
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Opon Imo might become a great medium for the students of Osun State to learn their arithmetic and physics from the best teachers, say a Nigerian Salman Khan, instead of having to settle for the incompetent, half hearted teaching… Despite all the disappointing political news from last week, I have to say... Read More
by Akan Ido The official launch of the ‘Opon Imo’ learning tablet by the Osun State government was witnessed by leading faces in the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria who came to show support for their own, Governor Rauf Aregbesola. But right in the midst of Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Adebisi Akande and others was... Read More
by Gbenro Adegbola Our young people deserve an education that prepares them to thrive in a world of rapid change and increasing globalization… the government of the state of Osun has taken a giant step towards this. There is a not so quiet revolution playing out in the education sector in Osun State, Nigeria. The... Read More
by Isi Esene The Rotimi Amaechi faction of the Nigeria Governors Forum have approached the courts praying it to stop the Plateau state governor, Jonah Jang from parading himself as the chairman of the forum. The move was made by the governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola in his capacity as a member of the... Read More
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