A bricklayer, recently arrested alongside four others for robbery and murder said he has lost count of the number of people he killed. The suspect who lives in Ikire, Osun State, his friend and three others paraded by the state police command in Osogbo allegedly conspired with others and killed a petrol station manager, Fatai […]
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Police Inspector General, Baba Usman The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo. Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead […]
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Four suspects allegedly linked to the killing of a filling station manager in Ikire, Osun State, were on Sunday arrested by members of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service. A source in Ikire, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said that one of the suspects was trailed to Ako Area of […]
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The contractor handling the construction of the MKO Abiola International Airport at Ido Osun in Osun State, JM & AS Limited, has written the state government to demand immediate payment of N570.2m debt expended on the project or be ready for court action. The firm gave the state government two weeks to pay the debt […]
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Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out a suit seeking nullification of submission of name of Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the recent July 16 election. The judge struck down the suit on the ground that the plaintiff lacked […]
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Aregbesola’s loyalists deny voting for Adeleke A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State loyal to the Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, has refuted a report that aggrieved members of the party voted against Governor Gboyega Oyetola in the July 16 governorship election. Rather, the faction […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has raised a panel to probe anti-party allegations against the Internal Affairs minister and the immediate former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola and his loyalists. Disclosing this at a press conference at the state party secretariat in Osogbo, the state capital, on Thursday, he said: “Party’s constitution […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), says it plans to challenge the results of the July 16 Osun governorship election at the election petition tribunal. Mr Gboyega Famodun, the state APC Chairman said this at a news conference on Thursday at the party secretariat, in Osogbo the state capital. According to NAN, he said that the […]
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Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has constituted a 37-member Transition Committee to facilitate a smooth transition between the incumbent and the newly elected administration in the state. This was contained in a statement by the spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osun State chapter, Oladele Bamiji, on Tuesday. He said that the transition […]
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By Ejiofor Alike Having received the mandate, which many believe was denied him in 2018, Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has tough tasks ahead to justify the confidence of his people. After the failed attempt by the police and the agents of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to nail him with an allegation […]
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