By Kehinde Olusegun. Background.The 33rd Olympics Games officially kicked off July 26 in Paris, a hundred years after the city last hosted the games in 1924.The modern Olympics was established out of a desire to revive the tradition of athletic competition in ancient Greece that had been dormant for 1500 years.The modern Olympic games was…
…As APC, LP, NNPP, PDP, 14 Other Political Parties Submit Dates for Primaries Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) has finally released Election Guidelines for the February, 2025 Local Government Elections in Osun State. The Guidelines dated 22nd July, 2024 which contains key information and guiding procedures is now available for political parties candidates and…
•••As APC, LP, NNPP, PDP, 14 Other Political Parties Submit Dates for Primaries Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) has finally released Election Guidelines for the February, 2025 Local Government Elections in Osun State. The Guidelines dated 22nd July, 2024 which contains key information and guiding procedures is now available for political parties candidates and…
Ahead of the planned nationwide protest, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has said security agencies will under no circumstances, allow a repeat of 2020 Endsars where lives and properties were lost. The IGP stated disclosed this at a meeting with heads of paramilitary agencies on Tuesday. He reiterated the commitment and preparedness of…
It said security has been beefed up around correctional centres. Ahead of the planned nationwide protest billed to start August 1, the Federal Government has declared all its 256 custodial centres across the country as “red zones” whose sanctity must not be violated under any guise. The Controller General of Corrections (CGC) Hailey Nababa gave…
The Osun Health Insurance Agency, OSHIA, on Monday commenced free enrollment of all persons living with disabilities (PWDs) in the state’s health insurance scheme for medical support. Recall that the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on July 25, 2024 directed OSHIA to commence free enrollment of…
●Retrieves Vehicles from Ex-Amotekun Field Commander. The Asset Recovery Committee set up by the state government has commenced retrieval of state assets illegally charted away by top officials of the previous administration. The Committee under the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye started field operations yesterday after compliance with required due process as…
NEWS RELEASE Osogbo- 29/07/2024 …Urge CSO, others,to thread the part of peace, before, during and after the protests. Ahead of the planned nationwide protests scheduled to commence between August 1 and 10 throughout Nigeria,Osun state Governor,Senator Ademola Adeleke has hinged on the need for members of the Civil Society Organisations in Osun as well as…
●Retrieves vehicles from Ex-Amotekun Field Commander The Asset Recovery Committee set up by the state government has commenced retrieval of state assets illegally charted away by top officials of the previous administration. The Committee under the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye started field operations yesterday after compliance with required due process as…
Some residents of Osun State, whose mobile lines were barred by a network provider, MTN, on Monday said they paid as much as N2,000 to unbar their lines. Our correspondent, who moved around Osogbo, the Osun State capital, monitoring the situation, observed that many telecommunications retailers partnering with MTN were collecting as much as N2,000…
