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Why Male Priest Carried Sacred Calabash at Osun-Osogbo Festival?

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The 2025 edition of the world-famous Osun-Osogbo Festival recorded an unusual but culturally valid adjustment in its centuries-old tradition, as a male priest carried the...

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“Release Osun LG Funds to the State Government” — Ataoja of Osogbo Tells President Tinubu at Osun Osogbo Festival Grand Finale

The Ataoja of Osogbo Land, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Larooye II, has made a powerful public appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging the immediate release...

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Osun Govt Denies APC’s Claim Over Arrest of Facebook User Who Threatened Governor Adeleke

The Osun State Government has debunked allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Governor Ademola Adeleke masterminded the...

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Education

UNIOSUN Shines Again, Wins Two FG-NRF 2025 Research Grants

Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has further cemented its reputation as one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising research institutions by winning two of the 158 competitive research grants...

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2025 Osun Osogbo Festival: Osun SSG Teslim Igbalaye Felicitates Ataoja, People of Osogbo

The Secretary to the Osun State Government (SSG), Bobagunwa Teslim Igbalaye, has felicitated the Ataoja of Osogbo, His Royal Majesty Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun (Larooye...

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Politics

Adeleke Will Crush Unelectable APC Aspirants in 2026 – Osun Govt Declares

The Osun State Government has described the array of governorship aspirants paraded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state as politically deficient and...

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Opinion

[OPINION] Osun IGR: The Numbers Shut Up Naysayers

By Sarafa Ibrahim Sometime in 2023, a former media aide to ex-Governor Gboyega Oyetola, Mr Ismail Omipidan tried to spin away the reality of the...

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Police Assure Maximum Security Ahead of Osun Osogbo Festival Grand Finale

As anticipation builds toward the grand finale of the annual Osun Osogbo Festival slated for Friday, August 8, 2025, the Osun State Police Command has...

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Owa Obokun Warns Against Land Grabbing, Urges Police Neutrality in Land Disputes