The Osun State Government has described as fallacious and misleading, a news report circulating in some sections of the media suggesting that the state government is seeking to obtain loan to fund the 2024 budget. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, he berated the report as…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed a total of 39 confirmed cases and zero deaths from Mpox. As part of efforts to mitigate the spread of Mpox, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated 10,000 Jynneous vaccines to Nigeria. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday at the official handover, the…
Some 33 years ago, specifically on August 27, 1991, I was in an Isiaku Rabiu Transport Service luxurious bus traveling at night from Kano to Ibadan after the completion of my one-year compulsory NYSC. It was 7.00 p.m., somewhere around Kadawa on Kano-Kaduna highway, the then Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was on air…
Many filling stations operated by independent oil marketers have now fixed the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at between N900 and N1,000/litre. Owners of these stations seem not to care about the cost of the product at retail outlets operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company. Petrol prices at NNPC stations…
Dear citizens of Osun State.I am filled with immense pride and joy as I address you on the 33rd anniversary of the creation of our beloved Osun State. Today, we stand united in celebration of a journey that began three decades ago, a journey marked by determination, resilience, and a strong belief in our collective…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke will address the people of Osun State in a broadcast, on Tuesday, 27th August, 2024 as Osun clocks 33. According to press release signed by the spokesperson to the Governor, Olawale Rasheed on Monday, the broadcast will be live on OSBC TV and Radio at 7am. “Other Television, radio,…
…E.D says it’s a movement for grassroots leadership and community engagement in the state The Executive Director of OsunOpenLG, Jare Tiamiyu has described OsunOpenLG initiative as a movement aimed to provide grassroots leadership and community engagement in each local government in the state. The director stated this during, the first OsunOpenLG stakeholders Town hall meeting,…
The Federal Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Mamman, during a press conference last Friday to mark his one year in…
The Federal Government has prohibited individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ program on Sunday night. Mamman explained that the federal government has directed WAEC,…
…assures completion in 18 months Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Friday flagged off the construction of the 70-kilometer Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota-Lagos Expressway with a pledge to complete it in 18 months. The governor, who performed the flag-off at Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area, noted that the road is significant not only to Ogun State but…
