Oba Oyelude and Gen Buratai at the reception for the COAS at the royal father’s palace By Banji Ayoola The Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude popularly called Makama, Tegbosun the Third, and his Ikoyi counterpart, the Olukoyi of Ikoyi, Oba Afeez Adigun Badeji, Akinmoyero Akinropo the Second, and some of their prominent subjects have […]
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Founder and Chancellor, African American University, Prof Ben Ezeohagwu By Banji Ayoola The Chancellor and Founder of African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, Prof Ikechukwu Benjamin Ezeohagwu, has advised the people of Ipetu-Ijesa in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, to look inwards and seek better ways to harness their rich human and […]
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Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has lifted the curfew imposed on the state following the looting spree after the #ENDSARS protests. The Governor had reviewed the 24-hour curfew to 8:00 pm till 6:00 am daily. Oyetola, in a statement by Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, announced residents should go about their businesses […]
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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola on Sunday warned hoodlums who are allegedly planning to cause another violence in the state on Monday. He implored parents and residents not allow themselves and children to be used to satisfy the tricks of hoodlums. The governor, through the Information and Civic Orientation Commissioner, Mrs Funke Egbemode, in a public […]
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‘Looting done in 14 councils’ Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola on Thursday handed over recovered belongings looted across the state to their owners. The Special Adviser on Special Duties to the Governor, who is also the Secretary of the Ad-hoc Committee on Recovery of Stolen Items, Mr. Samson Owoyokun, said looting was done in 14 […]
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Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said about 20 per cent of items looted last Saturday in the state have been returned by those that stole them. Oyetola, while inspecting the items that were returned at the Governor House, Osogbo on Tuesday, also urged those that are yet to return stolen items in their custody […]
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The suspected looters during the parade at police headquarters Osogbo. Photo: Toba Adedeji The Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, Mr. Undie Adie on Tuesday paraded 87 suspected hoodlums in the state. The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of CID, Adebola Hamzat, who represented CP Undie while parading the suspects at the police headquarters, […]
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Suspected hoodlums, on Monday, attacked the palace of Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi, in Osun State and held the monarch hostage. He was later ferried to safety by a team of security men, who dislodged the hoodlums. The Chairman, Irewole Local Government Area, Ikire, Remilekun Abbas, blamed the incident on the kingship tussle in […]
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Residents of Osun State have deserted major streets in different towns as banks and businesses, remained closed on Monday, in compliance to the curfew imposed by the state government on Saturday. Joint security personnel were enforcing the curfew imposed on the state as roads were deserted, vehicular and human movements were also affected and restricted […]
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Osun State Government has reimposed an indefinite curfew in response to the looting that has continued unabated in the state. The governor, Gboyega Oyetola, who announced this in a broadcast said the curfew would start from 3 p.m. on Saturday. He said the curfew was necessary to curb the looting of warehouses across the state. […]
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