Tag: Osun State

Adeleke Takes Over, Freezes Govt Accounts, Reverses State Name

Gbenga Adeoti

The newly inaugurated Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has frozen all government accounts in the state. Adeleke directed this in his first executive order upon inauguration on Sunday. Adeleke, in his speech delivered at the inauguration, alleged that the erstwhile governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, carried out some actions “maliciously” after he (Adeleke) won the July 16 governorship election, including “hurried” employments without provisions to sustain them. READ ALSO: STINKER: Apostle Suleman Slams ‘Pastors’ Over Sammie Okposo’s Death JUST IN: He Drowned, Autopsy Confirms Cause of Davido Son’s…

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We Wore Same Clothes, Studied Same Course, Became Professors – 80-Year-Old Twins

ADEOLA YUSUF

Eighty-year-old twin brothers from Edo State, David and Joshua Ukponmwan, who studied the same course and both became professors, speak to GODFREY GEORGE about their growing up, career and families When were you born? My name is Prof. David Ukponmwan. I was born on August 10, 1942. I am a twin. I have a twin brother, Joshua. He is professor just like me. I was born in Benin City, Edo State. I am from Oredo Local Government Area of the state. Did you grow up in the village? I grew…

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Why I marked Father’s Day With Borehole Donation To Eripa – Lasisi Olagunju

ADEOLA YUSUF

“We’ll do more for that town” Nigeria’s newspapers top columnist Lasisi Olagunju in an emotional Father’s Day tributes for his dad, the man he described as his closest confidant who died 20 years ago   A top Nigerian newspaper’s columnist, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju, has marked the 20th year of his father’s death with the donation of a borehole to his home town, Eripa in Boluwaduro Local Government Area, Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. Olagunju, an Editor with Tribune newspaper, who, on his verified Facebook page, said that he and his siblings…

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Oduduwa Varsity Founder Arrested Over Postgraduate Student’s Murder

Gbenga Adeoti

Founder of Oduduwa University and Ile-Ife Polytechnic, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command in connection with the death of a Master’s degree student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Timothy Adegoke. The institutions’ proprietor is also the Chairman of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife. The state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, who disclosed this through the command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, disclosed that Adedoyin was arrested on November 15. READ ALSO: Embattled A.B.C Orjiako Resigns As Seplat Energy Chairman Don’t Ask Me What…

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