Police bust fake dollar printing factory in Ondo

The Police Command in Ondo State says it has busted a suspected counterfeit dollar printing factory and arrested one suspect in Odigbo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Abayomi Jimoh, a deputy superintendent of police, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Akure, saying the bust followed a complaint […]

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Osun APC crisis deepens as four officials reject Tinubu campaign council list

By John Dike Osogbo …Fault omission of state executive members, demandimmediate review The internal crisis rocking the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken another turn, as four members of the party’s State Executive Committee have rejected the recently released list of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for President Bola Tinubu’s […]

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Ooni congratulates new Owa of Idanre, offers ancestral blessings

By John Dike Osogbo …Urges monarch to promote peace, unity, cultural preservation The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has congratulated Oba Mayowa Aroloye on his emergence as the new Owa of Idanre Kingdom in Ondo State, expressing optimism that his reign would usher in peace, unity and accelerated development. The Ooni, who is […]

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Osun LG Crisis: APC asks NLC to shelve planned strike, UBA picketing

By John Dike Osogbo …Alerts police, accuses labour leaders of partisan interference The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned three-day sympathy strike and proposed picketing of United Bank for Africa (UBA) branches across the state over the lingering dispute surrounding […]

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Osun LG Allocation: Labour backs NLC’s seven-day ultimatum

By John Dike Osogbo …Threatens sympathy strike, picketing of UBA branches over withheld funds Organised Labour in Osun State has thrown its weight behind the seven-day ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to the Federal Government and the Osun State Government over the continued withholding of statutory allocations meant for local government councils […]

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AIG, Fountain University strengthen partnership on campus security, police education

By John Dike Osogbo …95 per cent of students reside on campus, VC tells police chief The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 11 Headquarters, Osogbo, Bassey S. Ewah, has assured the management of Fountain University, Osogbo, of increased security attention around the institution following concerns raised over the safety of students […]

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US-convicted Osun monarch asks court to halt Adeleke’s succession plan

By Ade Oyeyemi The dethroned Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has approached an Osun State High Court in Ile-Ife, seeking an order restraining Governor Ademola Adeleke from appointing a successor to the vacant traditional stool. Oloyede, who was convicted in the United States of offences bordering on fraud, is challenging the process leading to […]

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