A leader of Osogbo Progressive Union (OPU), Osogbo in Osun, Dr Yemi Oladimeji, has decried the inability of the town to produce a governor since the creation of the state 33 years ago. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that OPU is the umbrella body of all Osogbo...
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Police Command in Osun says it has arrested a 29-year -old commercial motorcyclist for allegedly robbing his passenger of her valuables and also raped her. Police Spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known when it paraded the suspect and others at the state police headquarters on Wednesday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has received an award of excellence from the Nigeria Education Loans Fund (NELFUND) for propelling achievement of first position by Osun state in the nationwide enrolment of beneficiary states by NELFUND. Presenting the award to the Osun State...
An unidentified man may have committed suicide by jumping into the Gbodofon River in Osogbo, Osun, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. NAN gathered that the man, who was described as middle-aged, committed the act at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday A witness, who identified himself as...
The Amotekun Corps Commander in Osun, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewunmbi (rtd), has called for the upgrading of the outfit to a state policing system across the South-West region of the country. Adewunmbi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo....
Mr Ayowole Adekonipekun, a resident of Osogbo, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun to help in locating his wife, Cpl Ruth Ayowole, who went missing while on official duty in Abia. Adekonipekun told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo that his...
An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Thursday, sentenced two convicts to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder . The convicts, Wasiu Afolayan, 36, and Kola Adeyemi 34, were arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, attempted robbery, armed robbery, possession of firearms...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed pre-emptive security measures around government structures in Osun State to forestall any copycat occurrence of alleged takeover by suspected Yoruba nation activists. As the incident at Government Secretariat was ongoing, Governor Adeleke directed his Special Adviser...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun Amotekun Corps has arrested a 25 year-old man, who works as a private security guard, for allegedly stealing nine air conditioners in Osogbo. Osun Amotekun Commander, Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, said the suspect, Micheal Eze from Ebonyi State, was arrested after allegedly selling...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Police Command has warned dog owners to cage their pets or risk arrest. The police spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, said in a statement on Sunday in Osogbo that the warning became necessary following increasing rate of dog attacks on people in the...
The Osun branch of Amotekun Corps (the Southwest regional security outfit) took custody of a 26-year old commercial bus driver on Saturday for allegedly charming and abducting a 15-year-old girl in Osogbo. Its commander, retired Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, stated in Osogbo on Monday that personnel of a private...
An unidentified driver of a mini commercial bus ” Korope”, on Wednesday, died in an accident that occurred on the Olaiya overhead bridge in Osogbo. An eyewitness, Mrs Funmi Adeyemo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident, occurred when the bus driver allegedly slumped while...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun, has arrested a 54- year-old herbalist, Oyeyemi Lukman, for allegedly being in possession of a live AK-47 ammunition. NSCDC’s State Commandant, Dr Akintayo Adaralewa, made the disclosure when he paraded the suspect on Wednesday in Osogbo. He said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has ordered full investigations into the reported cases of food poisoning at St James primary School B ,Owoope Osogbo The State Governor , Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke directed immediate action when the matter was reported to him by...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – In pursuance of his infrastructure expansion agenda, Governor Ademola Adeleke has launched road dualisation construction activities at Ede and Osogbo while documentation processes are almost completed on planned flyovers across the three senatorial districts. The roads which is a total of 11.17km...
Members of Osun chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) embarked on a peaceful protest on Monday in Osogbo, picketing the office of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Adepele Ojo. They demanded reasons for the delay in the payment of their wardrobe allowances since 2021,...
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...
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a war of words on Monday over the convening of a cabinet meeting. The APC argued that the inability of Gov. Ademola Adeleke to hold a state executive council meeting after 54...
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 JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed the interest of the Osun State citizens to participate in the on-going Skill Acquisition Training and Youth Empowerment Programme by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). Governor Adeleke stated...