By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. The police spokesman, Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Osogbo, said the deceased was found hanging dead...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has debunked reports that Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state. The police spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola says Osun State has kept faith with the vision of its founding fathers to sustainably build “the state of virtue’’ in its 31 years of creation. The governor made the declaration in a statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday by his media aide, Ismail Omipidan to...
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed that the convoy of Mrs Kafayat Oyetola, wife of Osun Governor, was attacked by hoodlums on Friday at Owode in Ede. The command’s spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the attack in a statement issued on Saturday said one security personnel on...
The Osun Government has alerted residents in the state to be security conscious following reports of attacks by suspected kidnappers disguised as commercial transporters. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said the state government had gotten intelligence reports that kidnappers...
A faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has denied the allegation that its members voted against Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, during the July 16 governorship election in the state. The Chairman of the faction, Mr Rasaq Sanisile, while addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Osogbo, said that...
Former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, was buried in his country home of Ila-Orangun, Osun, on Saturday. Balogun was appointed Nigeria’s 21st Inspector-General of Police on March 6, 2002. He left the office in 2005. He passed on in Lagos on Thursday, four days to his 75th birthday....
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Suspected cultists in the early hours of Saturday have invaded a residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore LGA of Osun State and shot a 43-year-old man, Yinusa Okunloye to death. The spokesperson of The Osun State Police Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident in a...
Popular Nigerian singer, Davido has reacted to a tweet suggesting his family will use Osun’s money to build mansions in Atlanta. Recall that a Twitter user had tweeted “Las las Adeleke will use Osun state money to build Atlanta Georgia. What a pity for the people of Osun state.” The accusation is...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to the Governor-elect of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, His presentation comes almost 72 hours after defeating the incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, with 403, 371 votes compared to Oyetola’s 375,027 votes on...
Sunday Akingbala, a Nigerian who is said to be a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporter and member of Amotekun, has reportedly shot himself. The man is said to have accidentally shot himself while celebrating the victory of Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the party. The shooting is said to have...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, was on Sunday declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election to cheers from allies and supporters. Adeleke, 62, was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after polling 403,371 votes, to defeat his closest rival...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, in Saturday’s Governorship Election holding in the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, declared that the suit filed by a chieftain of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has expressed confidence that the party would win Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. Dr. Ayu stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary,...
Popular Nigerian simger, Davido Adeleke has arrived Osun state to support his uncle and aspirant, Sen Ademola Adeleke ahead of the governorship election on Saturday, 16th July. The singer who was surrounded by police officers could be seen standing on a Toyota Hilux as the car was being driven...
Ahead of the July 16 Osun governorship election, hotel accommodations in Osogbo have been fully booked, with little or no space available . A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) correspondent who visited some hotels in Osogbo on Wednesday , said most of the rooms in several hotels were...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the party’s Presidential candidate and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, have urged people of Osun to re-elect Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, during Saturday’s governorship election. Also, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun...
The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has released a preliminary findings on its recently concluded Governance Assessment of Gov. Gboyega Oyetola’s administration in Osun. NGIJ’s National Secretary, Mr AbdulRahman Aliagan who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the preliminary report contained majorly the Data Analysis of questionnaires administered during...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police has warned cultists planning to celebrate the July 7, (7/7) Day to desist from such plans, noting that unlawful gatherings will not be tolerated. The 7/7 is a day set aside by some cult groups to celebrate what they call...
A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Osun, Mr Kolapo Alimi, on Wednesday, defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alimi, one of staunch the supporters of the Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, announced his defection at the PDP secretariat...