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The Education Students Association of Nigeria (ESAN), through its Students Representative Council, is set to host the second edition of the Ife Education Parliamentary Summit (IEPS 2.0) on Friday, June 20, 2025. The highly anticipated summit, themed “Empowering Student Leaders: How Education Reforms and Youth Policy Can Drive Economic Growth,” will take place at the EDM Boardroom by 9:00 a.m. It promises to be a dynamic gathering of student leaders, policy influencers, and change-makers across academia, government, and civic society. The summit aims to inspire actionable conversations around educational transformation and youth policy as tools for national economic development. Featured speakers include esteemed scholars and policymakers such as Prof. T.O. Bello, Dean of the Faculty of Education, and Hon. Sanmi Areoye, a distinguished member of the Osun State House of Assembly. Also joining the conversation are development advocate Com. Segun Oduyebo, Founder of Destiny De...

 The Osun Youths Vanguard, a coalition of young advocates with members drawn from various civil society platforms including the Nigerian Red Cross, has issued a formal demand for accountability over alleged financial irregularities within the Osun State Chapter of the Red Cross Society. In a strongly worded statement released on Thursday and signed by the organization’s Public Relations Officer, Tope Ayeni, the group expressed deep concern over recent reports suggesting corruption and lack of transparency in the disbursement of funds from the national headquarters of the Nigerian Red Cross to its Osun State Chapter. According to the Vanguard, there are troubling allegations that funds earmarked for the Osun Chapter were either withheld or possibly diverted, with fingers pointing at the current Branch Secretary, Mr. Tolulope Ogunleye. The group claims Mr. Ogunleye may have received funds without informing or consulting the appropriate local structures of the organization...