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...
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Police in Osun on Sunday confirmed Saturday’s killing of one Dr Richard Adeoriokin, a United States of America-based Nigerian lecturer at Ejigbo. Spokesperson of the police in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated in Osogbo that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the murder. “Police in Osun...
Seven persons lost their lives in an accident on Osogbo-Ilobu highway on Tuesday, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command. The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamaisia, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Osogbo, that the accident involved a blue Mazda commercial bus and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – A 30-year old ex-convict, Dada Isiaka, an indigene of Ada in Boripe Local Government of Osun, has been arrested by the Osun State Amotekun Corps for allegedly raping a 9-year old girl in Ada Town. The Osun State Amotekun Commander, retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, has denied having in the institution, some of the fake professors listed in a social media post that has gone viral. The social media post, sourced from a broadcast medium, listed 100 names as being fake professors in Nigerian universities,...
A new Commissioner of Police, Bzigu Dali Kwazhi, has been posted to Osun State to replace CP Isyaku Mohammed. Mohammed had assumed office in the state on Nov. 10, 2023. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, in a statement on Thursday said the new CP...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN ), Osun Chapter, has rejected the dissolution of the state executive committee by the national leadership of the union. Mr Olugbemiga Eludire, the chapter chairman, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Osogbo, said a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps in collaboration with Nigeria Police Force have arrested eight suspected cult members in Ilesa Town of Osun State. The State Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on...
stern Nigeria Security Network (code named Amotekun Corps) in Osun, has arrested three suspects in connection with exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for rituals This is contained in a statement by Spokesperson of the Corps in Osun, Mr Adeniyi Brown, and made available to newsmen...
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 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....
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...