Oladejo counsels against divisive politics, bows out of office as Ayedire council chairman

Oladejo, greeting the Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude By Banji Ayoola Otunba Adeboye Mukaila Oladejo has bowed out of office as Chairman, Ayedire Local Government in Osun State, with an appeal to politicians in the area to shun playing divisive politics “as this would do us more harm than good.” He expressed appreciation to the royal […]

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‘Why we confined our daughter for 5 years’

Challenges are inevitable in life, irrespective of one’s age, religion, belief or accomplishments. For Prophet Samson Olatoke, the founder of Ileri Ayo Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ikirun, arrested by the Osun State Police Command for confining his 20-year-old daughter in an unkempt house alone due to her physical challenge, he said his daughter’s predicament started […]

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Osun, police rescue girl locked for five years, arrest father, brother

Osun State Government and the Nigeria Police have rescued a 20-year-old girl, Opeyemi Olatoke, locked up for five years in an abandoned house at Alfa Fire area, Ikirun in Ifelodun Local Government Area, Osun State. The father of the girl, identified as Samson Olatoke, who allegedly locked up her daughter and her brother were also […]

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Red alert in Southwest as quit notice to herders expires

• Governors to meet with Miyetti Allah in Akure over region’s security Southwest states are on red alert following the expiration of the quit notice given to herders by  Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The notice for the herders to vacate the Reserve Forest expired on Sunday. To prevent the herders from moving to their […]

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Oluwo slams Osun APC secretary over alleged threat

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasaheed Akanbi has slammed the Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, Abdulrasaq Salinsile. This followed allegation that three commissioners in the Governor Adegboyege Oyetola administration stalled his chieftaincy installation as Otun of Oluwo. Salinsile, at a news conference in Osogbo, had said the court order […]

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Osun #EndSARS movement prepares for massive protests

Osun #EndSARS Movement has called on “serious-minded and well-meaning youths to prepare for massive public-driven demonstrations that would bring about a new era in the Nigerian system of government. The movement made the call in a statement issued and signed by its spokeperson, Olawale Adebayo Bakare; Mobilisation Secretary, Ogunleye Olushayo; and Organising Secretary, Olawale Ogunruku, […]

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Oba Oyelude is a rare blessing to Kuta – Iyalode

The Iyalode of Kuta, in Ayedire Local Government Area of Osun State, Chief Mrs. Tolulola Atilola, has outlined some of her programmes to uplift the socioeconomic conditions of women of the town. She also unveiled her plans of training the youths of the town to channel their energy into useful economic ventures to their own […]

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Adeleke’s death: Court acquits nurse alleged of administering overdose on late Osun governor

An Osogbo High Court in Osun State on Thursday discharged and acquitted a nurse, Alfred Aderibigbe, alleged of administering overdose drugs on the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke before his demise on April 23, 2017. The Presiding Judge, Justice Ayo Oyebiyi, who discharged and acquitted the defendant, said prosecution counsel failed to prove his case beyond […]

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