By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a lounge in Osogbo on Saturday where a weird party organised for illicit substance abuse was to hold. The operatives arrested some of the organisers who were found with drug exhibits....
Osun State
The Federal Government has suspended Mr Balogun Tajudeen, the Acting Director, Admin, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun state over his involvement in a job racketeering saga in the institution. The Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms Patricia Deworitshe, disclosed this in...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, November 6, 2023 arraigned eleven students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State for their alleged involvement in...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has appealed to indigenes of Ifon/Orolu in Irepodun Local Government Areas of Osun to give peace a chance over their land dispute. Ooni made the appealed at a Press Conference in his Palace, on Friday, warning that there is...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company to create employment opportunities for over 50,000 indigenes of the state. Ooni signed the MoU with China Overseas Energy Development Technology Ltd on Tuesday in Ile-Ife under Community and...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osogbo Local Government in Osun, Mr Saheed Onibonokuta, has said the party is determined to return to government in 2026. Onibonokuta in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo, said no...
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting at Osogbo on Saturday nullified the election of Mr Awoyeye Jeremiah (PDP- Ife Central). The nullification followed a petition filed by Mr Adejobi Johnson of the All Progressive Congress (APC) challenging INEC’s declaration of Jeremiah as duly elected on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun state government has an infrastructure plan that has a sustainable funding model and which targets facilitation of economic growth and development of the state. Commissioner for Information, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi made this clarification in response to advocacy of non governmental...
Opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a war of words on Tuesday over the state’s finances. While the APC accused Gov. Ademola Adeleke of messing up the finances of the state, the PDP said the governor had...
The Osun State Government has imposed an indefinite dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ilobu and Ifon Communities both in Orolu and Irepodun Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The measure was coming in the wake of a communal clash between the two communities, leading to a total breakdown of...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, said six persons lost their lives in an accident that occurred on Imesi- Ile highway. The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamesia, said this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Sunday in Osogbo. Benamesia said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of additional 26 members of the party for alleged anti-party activities. The suspension is coming barely few days after the party expelled 84 members for taking up political...
Mrs Nafisat Muideen, the mother of a 5-month-old baby killed by a German Shepherd dog (Alsatian dog) at Hallelujah Estate, Osogbo, Osun on Wednesday, said there was no timely rescue during the attack. Muideen, 28, narrated her ordeals while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has released names of its Palliative Distribution Committee as demanded by a coalition of civil society even as it flaunts its credentials as a responsive, accountable and public spirited government. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the government said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the expulsion of 84 of its members over alleged anti-party activities. The Osun APC Chairman, Sooko Lawal, announced this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Osogb. ...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Nigerian Army has debunked allegation of confiscation of community land for a proposed civil-military intervention project in Orolu Community in Osun. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that one Chief Babatunde Oyetunji, Eesa of Ifon, had in a statement alleged that the Nigerian...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Operation Amotekun on Monday said that an ex-offender had been detained while reportedly trying to kidnap an 8-year-old girl in Osun State. The state Commander of Amotekun Corps, Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, in a statement,...
The Police Command in Osun has arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly lured her victim from Lagos to Osun, through the social media. The Command Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known on Tuesday in Osogbo. Opalola said the victim was lured to Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area...