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A fishing canoe sits near a dam that sources the sacred Osun River in Esa-Odo, Nigeria, on Saturday, May 28, 2022. The river, which flows through the dense forest of the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove — ...
News Nigeria » Osun » Life: Gold and the goddess
Ilesha, Nigeria - In his early twenties, Simeon Abolarinwa did the grown-up thing of making a curriculum vitae for the first time. At the bottom of the document, he listed his hobbies: hunting, hiking ...
News Nigeria » Osun » Life: Why Osun’s election matters for Nigeria’s 2027 vote
Osogbo, Nigeria – On Saturday, voters in southwestern Nigeria’s Osun State will choose their next governor. On paper, it is a contest over who will run a state of about 4.7 million people. But for ...
News Nigeria » Osun » Life: Osun State residents benefit from free medical outreach in commemoration of WHO’s 75th anniversary
Osun - In accordance with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) mandate of improving public health services in Nigeria, over 500 residents of Osogbo community, benefitted from a free medical outreach ...
News Nigeria » Osun » Life: Osun State optimizes Africa Vaccination Week, improves coverage of COVID-19 Vaccine
Osun, 22 May, 2023 - Summoning the courage to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, 49 years old Mrs Olatunji Kafayat, residing in Osogbo, Osun state, southwest Nigeria, closes her eyes as the syringe pierce ...
News Nigeria » Osun » Life: Microplastics in Nigeria’s Osun River: new study flags alarmingly high levels
The Osun River is one of the major rivers in southern Nigeria. It flows from its source in Ekiti State, through several states, before emptying into Lagos state’s Lekki Lagoon. It is an important ...
News Nigeria » Osun » Life: Nigeria's Osun River: Sacred, Revered and Increasingly Toxic
Yeyerisa Abimbola has dedicated most of her 58 years on Earth to the Osun, a waterway in deeply religious Nigeria named for the river goddess of fertility. As the deity's chief priestess, she leads ...
News Nigeria » Osun » Life: Nigeria's Osun River: Sacred, revered and increasingly toxic
Michigan State Police are investigating the Grosse Ile Police Department following a lawsuit filed by the department’s first female officer, who alleges she was demoted and suspended after reporting ...