Tag: Osun Osogbo festival
Devotees of Osun Osogbo alarmed as gold miners pollute river with lead and mercury
The Osun River is under constant threat from pollution from waste disposal and other human activity - especially the dozens…
2021 Osun Osogbo festival: Oba Oyetunji issues statement
The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, has announced Aug. 2 as the commencement date of the two-week 2021 edition…
Osun festival to hold despite COVID-19, pollution
Osun Committee on Culture and Tourism disclosed that the 2021 Osun festival billed for August will hold despite COVID-19, pollution…
Osun-Osogbo festival ends with low turnout
The grand finale of the annual Osun-Osogbo festival ended on Friday with a low turnout of people to the groove…
Osun-Osogbo festival: Aregbesola pledges sustained support
This year’s edition of the Osun-Osogbo festival ended on Friday with Gov. Rauf Aregbesola promising sustained support to the popular…
Osogbo Agog for grand finale of Osun Osogbo festival
Tourists and cultural enthusiasts from across the globe on Friday flooded the ancient city of Osogbo, Osun, to join the…
Osun-Osogbo festival: Police, NSCDC promise adequate security
The Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun on Thursday promised to ensure adequate security…
Osun-Osogbo festival: NSCDC deploys 2000 personnel
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, said on Thursday that it had deployed 2,000 personnel to…
2017 Osun-Osogbo festival to include social content
Mr Abimbola Daniyan, the Chairman, Osun State Tourism Board, says the 2017 Osun-Osogbo Cultural Festival scheduled to hold in August…
Osogbo set for Osun festival grand finale
Osogbo, the Osun capital is agog for the grand finale of the annual Osun Osogbo festival. NAN correspondent monitoring events…
Osun projects improved revenue from tourism
The Special Adviser on Culture and Tourism to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, Oladipo Soyode, on Friday said that tourism…
Ebola: Osun Osogbo festival organisers reject visitors
Organisers of one of Nigeria’s most famous cultural festivals on Monday said they were warning outsiders to stay away because…
Osun set for cultural festival
The State of Osun government said it has put all necessary arrangements in place to ensure a hitch-free celebration of…