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The State of Osun House of Assembly has passed the bill seeking the extension of the retirement age of teaching and non-teaching staff of the state-owned tertiary institutions from 60 to 65 years. The bill was passed sequel to a motion moved by the leader of House, Honourable Timothy Owoeye on Thursday shortly after it passed through the committee of whole and necessary ammendment were made from clauses one to four. The teaching and non-teaching teaching staff of the institutions have been on strike since February over their demand for the extension of the retirement age among other agitations. The Speaker, Honourable Najeem Salaam was optimistic that the passage of the bill would resolve the crisis between the staff of the tertiary institutions and the government.  "By the passage of this bill, I think we have resolved the issue of the retirement age that has been a contention in our tertiary institutions. "I believe with this exercise that we have don

The current security challenges the country is facing has been attributed to the economic depression the nation  is facing. Governor of the state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the assertion today in Osogbo at the opening of a two -day capacity building training for security personnel . Speaking further at the workshop organised by the society for Peace Studies and Practice of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ogbeni Aregbesola highlighted unemployment, lack of infrastructural development and claim of superiority of one religion over the other as other causes of the security challenges the nation is facing. Ogbeni Aregbesola ,who stated that peace is not just the absence of violence but also the absence of animosity among the people, stressed that peace can not be bought but built through mutual understanding. Establishing a link between economic depression and social challenges, the governor stressed that social crisis is always a product of economic

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of  state of Osun has promised to continue to initiate and implement various programmes aimed at developing the state, if re-elected into office in the coming August 9 election. Aregbesola made the declaration while addressing a  mammoth crowd at the official flag off of APC 2014 governorship campaign held at the Government Technical College,Ilode, Ile-Ife, in Ife Federal constituency. Governor Aregbesola ,who expressed happiness at the turn out of the people at the rally, recalled the circumstances that surrounded the 2007 election that brought him to power, to be so declared winner later and enjoined the people of Ife to be vigilant and monitor their votes during the poll. He further explained that his administration will continue to strive for the good of the state, saying he's keen at improving the status of the state among its peers. Speaking the Oni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade whom the Governor had paid homage to in his pala

Human Rights Agenda Network (HRAN) commends the executive, legislature and entire People of State of Osun for their giant stride in the justice sector, by passing into Law, the Protection Against Domestic Violence Law of 2013. HRAN notes that the importance and values of this Law can never be over-emphasized, and so urges the government and people of the State to ensure effective applicability of the Law in the State. A similar version of this Law is currently before the Senate at the Federal level and has been passed by some other States like Ekiti, Lagos etc.   Domestic violence is a cankerworm, dreaded but very present in every society. It has destroyed families and societies over the years, thus the need for every civilized society to fashion out ways of check-mating the excesses, if not eradicate it entirely. The human rights sector is more curious about this social ill as it affects more, the most vulnerable members of the society.   The State of Osun law

The Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP) has been described as a means of creating a peaceful coexistence among Nigerians as well as boosting the economy if handled with commitment. This was the view of the Governor of the state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola at the opening of a 3-day Workshop on 'Message Development, Review, Testing and Harmonization on RAMP Communications' for all the six States involved in the project. Ogbeni Aregbesola ,who was represented at the programme by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Mushood Adeoti stated further that it is a good way of extending development to the rural communities while increasing their access to social and physical infrastructure. He stressed  that through RAMP, more communities in need of development will be reached easily and thereby encourage more people to retire to their rural communities as they will have access to basic ammenities which are only present in cities. While appreciati

The government of the state of Osun has assured the relations of all victims of the 14th April, 2007 Gubernatorial/ House of Assembly Election in the state of Osun that their death as a result of bravery will be in vain.   Speaking to reporters last Monday on the occasion of the 8th Anniversary of the bloodiest election in the history of the state, The State Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Sunday Akere said that everything possible will be done to immortalize them as heroes and martyrs of democracy.   According to him, the memory of the harmless young men that were killed at various polling units across the state while defending ballot boxes from being forcefully hijacked and carted away will not rest until free, fair, credible and transparent election is entrenched as the order of the day not only in Osun but all over Nigeria. It would be recalled that about twelve people lost their lives in Ikirun, Igbajo, Ila Orangun, Ile-Ife, Ilesa and some other parts

The ancient town of Iwo stood still for several hours on Friday asmembers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Iwo gathered withone voice to adopt the second term bid of the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. It was a fully packed playing field of the DC Elementary SchoolAraromi, venue for the programme as members and followers of the partyin their thousands gathered to express their appreciation for theGovernor. Prominent among the sons and daughters of Iwo land who spoke at the event was the "Ekerin of Iwo land" who was also a onetime commissionerfor Information, Otunba Bayo Aremu who stressed that, the achievementof Ogbeni Aregbesola in the last three and half years isunprecedented. According to him, "Aregbesola's government is incomparable, noadministration in the history of Osun has performed as much as he hasdone, he has transformed not only Iwo land but the whole of Osun" he stressed. "For Aregbesola to pick the SSG, the Commiss

The Governor of the State of Osun, Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has been unanimously returned as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Osun gubernatorial election slated for August 9, 2014. Governor Aregbesola, who is eyeing his second shot in the governorship seat of the state, received an overwhelming support across the thirty Local Government Areas and Ife East Area Office of the state emerging as the consensus candidate of the party. In his acceptance speech titled: Building a New Nigeria, Governor Rauf Aregbesola thanked members of the party for the confidence they repose in his government saying his second term in office will open a new vista for the state of Osun. Governor Aregbesola, who said the rebuilding process of a new Nigeria should be vital to any responsible, responsive and courageous leader in the country today, said APC will cause a monumental change at the federal level of the country come 2015 considering the array of eminent political gladiators w

Nigerian youths have been charged to make use of the nation's recently rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which placed Nigeria as the nation with the largest economy in Africa and 26th in the world as announced few days ago, to better their lots. The Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Education in the State of Osun, Mrs. Grace Titilayo Laoye-Tomori, gave this charge as a guest lecturer at the conferment of an Award of Excellence on Professor Afolabi Ojo, the founding father of the Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife tagged; The Role of Geography in Contemporary Nigerian Society which held at the University campus. In her speech titled: Recognition as Motivation, Mrs. Laoye-Tomori urged every young university lecturer to emulate Professor Ojo in the discharge of his/her duties, to display leadership traits together with commitments to service, stating further that, a day for being rewarded like Professor Ojo is just around the corner. She said that,

The state of Osun House of Assembly has called on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to petition the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)at the appropriate quarters, over the recklesness and exesses exhibited by the party's stalwarts at its gubernatorial primary election last weekend.        Speaking on behalf of the honourable members who had earlier strongly condemned the act at a plenary session, the Speaker, RT Hon Najeem Salaam described the incident where a former Governor of the state was openly molested as unfortunate. He said the ugly incident is an indication that certain elements in the Party are out to truncate the peaceful athmosphere which had hiterto been in existence since inception of the present administration in the state.    While promising that the present administration will do everything possible to resist lawlesness, the Speaker called on the Federal Government to call police to order, saying police should not be partisan but rathe

Justice F.E Awolalu of Court 2 High Court of Justice Osogbo today dismissed the case instituted against the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) and ten others which include the State Governor, Atttorney General and Commissioner for Justice and others. The case was instituted by Hon. Akanfe Atidade, Ademola Abioye, Hon, Mutiu Abiola, Hon. Segun Amure Lawrence for themselves and on behalf of Chairmen and Counsellorship aspirants of the People Democratic Party and Accord Party in the State. Delivering her judgment, Justice Awolalu considered the issues raised by the plaintiff by way of originating summon and preliminary objections raised by the defendants before finally dismissing the case of the plaintiff in its entirety. The court dismissed the case which was instituted against the OSSIEC , the Governor of the State of Osun, the House of assembly and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice among others. The court found that the issue in

Poverty, unemployment, get rich quick syndrome and security lapse have been identified as the major causes of untold nefarious activities being perpetrated by people in the country. This observation was made in Ibadan by the Special Adviser to the Governor of the State of Osun on Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Comrade Biyi Odunlade, when he led a team of officials of the Department of Special Needs of the Ministry on solidarity visit to Oyo State Government on the atrocities committed by yet-to-be identified ritualists at Soka village on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Comrade Biyi Odunlade said that, the visit was to sympathize and show solidarity with the Oyo State Government on the evil act and to identify citizens of the State of Osun who were among the rescued victims, with a view to bringing them to the state for rehabilitation as directed by Governor Rauf Aregbesola. He added that, the 'O' Rehab programme of the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was create