Category: Osun State

Osun State Government has frowned at the incessant encroachment of Government properties by Land grabbers/ Estate developers,even the Federal Government. It warned that any one caught to have tempered with government properties without due authorization will face the full weight of the Law. Governor Ademola Adeleke, who was represented by the Commissioner for Water Resources, […]

Some constituents of Odo-Otin/Ifelodun/Boripe Federal Constituency in Osun State have called on their representative in the House of Representatives, Soji Adetunji, to provide factual information on the 1,240 bags of rice he purportedly received from the Federal Government for the constituency. The constituents, under the umbrella of Ikirun Reformers’ Generation, in a statement signed by […]

Three armed robbers who allegedly attempted to attack the Dangote Integrated Steel Rolling Mills in Osogbo,the Osun State capital have been killed in a joint security operation comprising the Police, Amotekun Anti-Cultism Squad, and Hunters. It was learned that information got to the Amotekun Anti-Cultism Squad on patrol, alerting the police and the hunters who […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke bars parties from further media appearances The panel set up by Governor Ademola Adeleke to look into the crisis rocking the Osun State College of Education, OSCOED, will begin sitting on Monday. The panel will meet expectedly to make far-reaching recommendations on the issues in contention to assist the government […]

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi has approved the redeployment of Dr. Adaralewa Micheal Akintayo to Osun State Command. The newly redeployed Commandant is succeeding Agboola Sunday who has been redeployed to Ekiti State. Adaralewa hails from Aisegba Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government, Ekiti State. He […]

Amotekun Corps operatives have arrested a 30-year-old ex-convict for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in Aogun in the Boripe Local Government Area of the state. He was arrested soon after he allegedly lured the victim to an uncompleted building where he reportedly raped her. It was learned that the girl raised an alarm during the […]

carpets opposition party over Ila Orangun College crisis The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has asked the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, to explain how it allegedly mismanaged the N11.9 billion refund by the Federal Government to the state. Wondering why the party has continued to exhibit perceived shallowness on critical issues, […]

Osun State chairman of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, NCSU, Comrade Christopher Arapasopo has been elected the chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. At the election which was held in Osogbo, the state capital on Wednesday during the 7th Triennial Delegates Conference of the congress, Arapasopo scored 270 votes to […]

Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have rescued a middle-aged woman who jumped into the Gbodofon River in a suicide bid in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Osun NSCDC spokesperson, ASC Adeleke Kehinde, on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. Kehinde said the NSCDC […]