TETFund Assessment Team Visits FEDPOLEL

A three-member TETFund Assessment Team has visited the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, FEDPOLEL, to evaluate the impact of TETFund interventions on the Institution’s infrastructure and academic development. A statement by the institution’s Division of Information, Protocol and Public Relations, DIP&P, said the team comprised Prof. P. S. Olowolaju, Mr. Sunday Oluwaseyi, and Mr. Ekundayo Kayode. It […]

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Three ex-Osun lawmakers dump APC

Three chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, who had at different times been lawmakers in Osun State House of Assembly, have resigned their membership of the party. The lawmakers, Lekan Oyediran, Aleem Bakare and Folorunso Oladoyin, resigned their APC membership through letters addressed to the local government chairmen of the party. The three resignations occured […]

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Aiyedatiwa hails death sentence on Owo Church attackers

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has described the death sentence passed on Wednesday on four of the terrorists who had attacked the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, and killed over 40 worshippers on June 5, 2022 He commended the Judiciary and security agencies for securing the conviction and death sentence Reacting to […]

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Owo Church Attack: Court sentences four terrorists to death, acquits one

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four persons to death by hanging for their roles in the June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, which claimed the lives of at least 41 worshippers and left more than 100 others injured. Delivering judgment, Justice Emeka Nwite held that the prosecution, […]

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Ondo Govt debunks rumoured abductions, security threat in Akure

Ondo State Government has debunked rumoured abductions of school pupils and students in Akure the state capital. Like bushfire, rumours had spread in the state capital on Wednesday that bandits had invaded some Akure schools, and were kidnapping pupils and students, following which concerned parents rushed to schools, in anxiety for their children’s safety. Government, […]

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Ondo approves new flyover bridge for Akure

The four commissioners at the joint press briefing… Ondo State Government has approved the construction of a 2.38-kilometre flyover bridge in Akure, following traffic studies which identified the Alagbaka–Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) corridor as one of the state’s major traffic bottlenecks. It approved the new facility just as Owena Dam planned rehabilitation secures […]

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Hunters, local security men arrest invading suspected bandits in Osun community

By John Dike, Osogbo Hunters and local security operatives at Imesi Ile in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, on Wednesday arrested some suspected bandits who had reportedly invaded some farmlands in the community. Acting on a tip-off that the suspected bandits had invaded some farmlands, the hunters and local security men had reportedly […]

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Adeleke moves to strengthen Osun security with drones, others

By John Dike, Osogbo Amid growing concerns over the resurgence of kidnapping, banditry and other violent crimes across the South-West region, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has commenced plans to acquire new security drones and other modern surveillance equipment to boost intelligence gathering and strengthen security operations in the state. The move comes as […]

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Gunmen kidnap Adelabu’s sister, twin sons in Ibadan

Adelabu By John Dike, Osogbo Tension gripped residents of Ibadan on Wednesday following the abduction of Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, younger sister of former Minister of Power and leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, alongside her 12-year-old twin sons. The victims were reportedly kidnapped by […]

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