Number of people I killed uncountable – Murder suspect

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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19-year-old student commits suicide in Osun

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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Contractor gives Osun 2-week ultimatum to pay N570m on airport or face court

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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Court strikes out suit seeking Adeleke’s candidacy nullification

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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Osun APC faction blames Oyetola, party chairman for guber loss

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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Osun poll: APC probes Aregbesola, heads for tribunal

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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Osun governor-elect Adeleke sets up 37-member transition committee

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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All eyes on Osun governor-elect Adeleke to perform

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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