The immediate past Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for unity among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun . Aregbesola said this at the luncheon organised for him by friends and loyalists as part of activities marking the homecoming reception for him on Saturday in...
Osun State
An Osun State High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Dr Abdulrahman Adedoyin to death by hanging for the muder of Obafemi Awolowo University’s postgraduate student, Mr Timothy Adegoke. The hotelier was sentenced to death alongside two others who were found guilty of...
There is an unraveling mystery about the Nigerian press. The custodian of this value is clearly misunderstood and misused in opportunities. But it is for the present crop of journalists to reinvent themselves into relevance; otherwise, the Nigerian press will remain a caricature of itself and the ideas of...
The family of late Nollywood Yoruba Actor, Murphy Afolabi in Osogbo, Osun, says his death is so saddening and heart breaking to them. While speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Mr Yusuf Lateef, the family head of Fetuata, Afolabi’s family compound in Osogbo, said the...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), in Osun has sealed 75 filling stations for operating without valid licenses and other infractions in the state. Mr Kunle Adeyemo, the NMDPRA State Coordinator, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo. The coordinator...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has recognized the Supreme Court’s verdict on the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun State, as well the important role of the judiciary in deepening rule of law and democracy. The president stated this in a statement issued by his...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has applauded Tuesday’s judgment by the Supreme Court that Sen. Ademola Adeleke won the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. PDP’s spokesman in Osun, Mr Oladele Olabamiji, said at Osogbo on Tuesday that the Supreme Court...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has warmed against conveyance of explosive materials like gas cylinders in passenger vehicles. Biu also warned drivers against excessive speed to avoid crashes while on the road. He gave the warning in a statement...
The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ), Osun State Command, has said that 16 persons lost their lives in Friday’s accident that occurred on the Ode-Omu highway. The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamesia, confirmed the unfortunate incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday...
A vulcaniser, simply identified as Bolaji, was killed on Saturday after loose stray tyres from an articulated vehicle knocked him down in front of his vulcaniser stand, at Fakunle Area, Osogbo, Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the accident, which occurred at about 7.00 a.m, left...
Mutatis mutandis, politics is not the same as repudiating the ethics of public administration. To say that the executive governor of a state has the right or power to stop the payment of workers’ salary – what they earn legitimately – is, to say the least, an evolution throwback!...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun and his predecessor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, have congratulated Muslim faithful on the successful completion of Ramadan fast. Adeleke, in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, on Friday in Osogbo, urged Muslim faithful in the state not to jettison the virtues of...
The husband and wife alledgedly abducted on the Iragbiji-Osogbo Road in the early hours of Saturday in Osun, while returning from a vigil, have escaped from their abductors. According to Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun State Amotekun Commander, the wife was spotted by operatives of the corps, running out of...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a couple on the Osogbo-Iragbiji Road in Osun on Saturday as they were returning from a church programme at 4 a.m. The man and his wife were reportedly riding on a motorcycle when they ran into an ambush mounted by the kidnappers....
An 18-year-old Nigerian, Eniola Glory, has emerged the best student in Nursing for the freshman category at the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. Eniola, who is a twin and hails from Ijebu-Jesha in Osun State, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the USA,...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has commended the patrol teams of Osun State command for returning N27.1million recovered from an accident scene. This is contained in a statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem on...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, says no fewer than six travellers lost their lives in an accident that occurred on Tuesday morning on Ipetu-Ijesa – Akure Highway. The FRSC Ipetu-Ijesa Unit Commander, Mr Bamidele Ayanwale, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of...
Amotekun Corps, the southwest security outfit, foiled robbery attack on vehicles on the Akure-Ilesa Expressway on Friday and recovered a vehicle loaded with engine oil. Commander of the corps in Osun, retired Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, told newsmen in Osogbo on Saturday that the robbers attacked vehicles at Ileki/Osu axis...
Osun Police Command on Saturday confirmed the abduction of a trader who was traveling with her goods by gunmen along Ikirin-Osogbo Road in the early hours of Friday. The command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Opalola said that the victim...
For the first time ever in Nigeria history, about 120 Royal Queens converged at the Ile Oduduwa, the Palace of the Ooni of Ife, Osun State on March 30, 2023 to commemorate the Black Women’s History Month. The conference, organised by Olori Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi and Olori Janet Afolabi, under...