The Federal Government of Nigeria, has declared Friday, 2nd, and Monday the 5th of April 2021 as public holidays, to mark the Easter celebrations this year. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made this announcement on Tuesday. It was contained in a statement signed by the Director (Press & Public Relations) of the Ministry of […]
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The Federal Government of Nigerian has declared Thursday, October 29 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eidul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the government, congratulated the Muslim faithful both at home and abroad […]
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The reconciliation committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC), headed by immediate past Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, had been advised not to waste its time persuading Senator Magnus Abe to return to the mainstream of the party in Rivers State as he has gone too far in his […]
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The electoral umpire in Nigeria, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday morning declared Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the Osun State governorship election. Oyetola was returned winner after he won Thursday’s re-run poll scheduled by INEC after the initial election on Saturday. According to Joseph Fuwape, the Chief […]
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Just 11 days to the governorship election in Osun state, the incumbent has released N19.8 billion for the payment of salaries of workers and pensioners. In statement on Tuesday, Bola Oyebamiji, Osun state commissioner of finance, said Rauf Aregbesola, governor of the state, directed the payment of the arrears to demonstrate his commitment to his […]
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Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, on Saturday said the state had the lowest index of unemployment in Nigeria because of the youth engagement programmes he had instituted since coming to power in 2010. Aregbesola made the assertion while speaking with newsmen in Osogbo, after a fitness walk organised for the newly absorbed 20, 000 youths […]
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Reports say that a section of Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s office in Osun, popularly known as Bola Ige House, was on Monday razed by fire. It was gathered the fire started from an air conditioner which was inside the governor’s office but the governor was not around as at that time. A correspondent of the News […]
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Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary, ahead of the 22 September election in the state. In the direct primary which held today, he polled 127,017 votes as against House of Representatives deputy speaker Yusuf Lasun who scored 21,000. Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly […]
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Workers in Osun State have stated their intention to begin an indefinite strike following the refusal of the state government to revert to paying them full salary and arrears despite the receipt of the third tranche of N6.3 billion Paris Club loan refund. The workers under the umbrella of the Osun State Joint Public Service […]
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Medical doctors in Osun State on Thursday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo over unpaid salaries and poor healthcare facilities in state-owned health institutions. The doctors, members of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Osun Chapter, carried placards, and marched from the association’s secretariat on Gbogon/Ibadan Road to the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park in Osogbo, chanting anti-government […]
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