It was a happy manifestation of many years of struggling to have a state carved out of the old Oyo state by the people of the newly created state of Osun. The announcement came on Tuesday, August 27, 1991 through the then Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, who announced the creation of Osun state.
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Eminent Nigerians converged at the Woman and Children Development Initiative Foundation Centre (WOCDIF), Osogbo, on Saturday, August 21, 2010 as an erudite lawyer, a renowned grassroots politician and a prolific writer, Hon. Oladosu Oladipo held a public presentation of a 7-volume book written by him titled, The History of Osun State: From Zero to Hero.
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*Taibat, Musili families cry out  
Yoruba believe very strongly that it would be a herculean task to change lies to truthfulness. But the case at hand concerns an Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) chieftain, Senator Felix Ogunwale also known as Jumokol who wanted to present a living person for the dead in an attempt to cover [...]

THE stage appears set for the Global Conference of Black Nationalities being packaged by the Osun State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Holding at WOCDIF Centre, Osogbo between August 23 and 27, 2010, Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in [...]

 It is my humble opinion that the discourse on Leadership especially on responsive and responsible leadership must be both descriptive and prescriptive. Very much unlike inventories that can be managed, people must however be led. Leadership itself is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places [...]

*Say they belonged to Elere cult
 For those who do not believe the story told by the greatest writer of Elizabethan era, William Shakespeare in his blockbuster, Macbeth about the three powerful sorceress that plotted the way of the former warlord to power, a similar display of an epitome of perfect dark art called magic was [...]

Chief  Taiwo Ogunjobi is the Chairman of Osun State Football Association and the former Chairman, Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). He spoke with reporters in Osogbo, Osun State capital after the association’s meeting held on Tuesday, July 27, 201o. Anita Omeoga of Osun Mail was there. Excerpts:
 
Anita Omeoga
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 Though the Election Petition Re-Trial Tribunal took some time before it delivered its judgment on the election petition filed by Mr. Rauf Aregbesola against Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the entire hearing of the case was accelerated, the final addresses were given on April 19, 2010 while the judgement was finally delivered on Friday May 28, 2010 [...]

If in future lucky pupils now in public schools in Osun state begin to stand in high places, walking tall as presidents, reformers, scientists, public affairs’ analysts and chief executives in various arms of government, even all over the world, it may possibly not dawn on people who would then be appreciating them that their [...]

 Alhaji Abdulrasak Oyelami aka KK is the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party in Odo-Otin Local Government. He spoke with Seun Adeoye of Osun Mail in this interview.
Political journey
I joined politics about 20 years ago during the time of old Oyo state. In a man’s life, there used to be landmark event that will be a [...]