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...
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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...
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun on his Appeal Court’s victory. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday, annulled the Osun Governorship Election Tribuna’s decision and upheld...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, says the unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja which affirmed the victory of Gov. Ademola Adeleke, reflected the will of the people of the state. Mr Oladele Olabamiji, spokesperson of the party in the state, while reacting to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State have arrested a suspected 37-year-old hoodlum, who has been unleashing terror on residents of Ikoyi-Ile Town, in the Isokan Local Government of the Osun state. The Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, said in...
Mr Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun, has decried the low turnout of voters and pockets of violence that characterised the house of assembly election in some parts of the state. Oyetola spoke with newsmen shortly after he and his wife, Alhaja Kafayat Oyetola, cast their votes...
Amotekun Corps, the security network of states in the Southwest geo-political zone arrested a 24-year-old suspected rapist in Iwo, Osun on Friday. He was alleged to have been keeping a 16-year-old girl in his room for three days while having carnal knowledge of her. Commander of the corps in...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday said he would tackle youth unemployment in the country, if elected the next president of the country. Speaking during the APC presidential campaign in Osogbo, Tinubu said he would establish more industries to address unemployment in the...
Osun State office of INEC on Thursday in Osogbo dismissed media reports that its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Mutiu Agboke, said there was over-voting during the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. Head of Department, Voter Education, Publicity and Inclusivity in the office, Mr Adewale Francis,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the validation of Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola as winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun on Friday represents victory for democracy. A three-man Election Petition Tribunal, headed by Justice Tertsea Kume ruled in Osogbo on Friday that Gov. Ademola Adeleke of...
A 32-year-old woman and her child were abducted at Otaefun/Kobo’ngbogboe Area of Osogbo on Tuesday, police in Osun confirmed on Wednesday. Police spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, said a report of the abduction was made to the police and that machinery had been set in motion to rescue...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 1.7 million tramadol pills at Greenfield Estate, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the consignment was traced to a warehouse in the estate on Tuesday, Jan....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to political parties to allow for healthy competition in the coming general elections. Dr Mutiu Agboke, Osun INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), made the appeal in Osogbo on Friday, at a meeting between INEC and candidates of various political parties’ with...
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to consider the requests for assistance made by Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun, who was at State House on a ‘thank you’ visit. The governor, elected on platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said he had come to appreciate the President for providing...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Federal Road Safety Corps( FRSC) has said 17 passengers escaped death in an accident on Ilesa-Ipetu highway in Osun State. The Osun Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Friday in...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, has reiterated call on Nigerians not to vote for political candidates based on ethnicity or religion. Mr. Obi made the call during his presidential campaign rally held in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Saturday. The former Anambra State governor,...
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, Prince Dotun Babayemi, has urged political stakeholders in the country to ensure that the 2023 general elections is devoid of bloodshed. Babayemi, in a statement by his media aide, Deji Kayode on Monday in Osogbo, said that through the ballot,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed the immediate suspension of the project consultant for the Ilesa Water Project, Mrs Tawa Williams over questionable handling of $106 million dollar loan for the project. Governor Adeleke in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale...
Mr Ismail Omipidan, Media Aide to former Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola, on Thursday insisted that the administration of his principal never took any bank loan for the four years he served as governor. Omipidan, in a statement in response to Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s speech that Oyetola’s administration left behind...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun on Monday, said his administration would recover all monies owed by mining/gold companies operating in state fields. Adeleke said this on the sideline of the inauguration of solid mineral sector committee in Osogbo. He said the state had no record of any payment made...