By Abdu Rafiu A video went viral last week showing a boy, presumably four years old, struggling with his father who was trying to undergo boarding formalities at Ahmadabad Airport in India for a London-bound flight. That was on Friday, the 13th of this month. When it was time for the father to pass through […]
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Ondo State Government has reacted to the displeasure expressed by the Catholic church over the demolition of the Owo cenotaph built in honour of the worshippers who were massacred in 2022 by terrorists. The Catholic Bishop of Ondo Diocese, Most Revd Jude Arogundade, had in a statement condemned the demolition by the state government and […]
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The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has stressed the urgent need for the Federal Government to establish state police in view of the escalating insecurity across Nigeria. It urged President Bola Tinubu to transmit an executive bill to the National Assembly soonest on the matter which all sections of the country, and their leaders now support. […]
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Osun State Police boss, CP Ibrahim Gotan The police in a crackdown on criminals in Osun State, have arrested many suspected cultists, armed robbers, and electricity infrastructure vandals Also dismantled in the operation were several violent gangs operating across the state. The state’s new Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, spearheaded the operation meant to […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has accused the Federal Government of sabotaging grassroots governance in Osun State by refusing to implement a Supreme Court judgment granting full financial autonomy to local governments. The union’s President General, Comrade Aliyu Haruna Kankara, in a statement condemned the refusal of the Central […]
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Osun State House of Assembly has reaffirmed that all elected local government officials in the state are to serve a three-year term, effective from the date of their swearing-in. It made the clarification against the backdrop of mosinterpretations of the tenure of local government officers, an issue that has sparked bitter controversies especially between the […]
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Osun State Government has declared Friday, June 27, 2025, a public holiday in observance of the Islamic New Year, Hijrah 1447AH. Home Affairs commissioner, Mr. Rasheed Aderibigbe, in a statement said the holiday was to allow Muslims across the state to mark the spiritually significant occasion. Also in a goodwill message, Governor Ademola Adeleke, through […]
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Amotekun Corps in Osun State has debunked social media allegations claiming that its personnel assaulted and used mystical means to “charm” one Mr. Olaore Taiwo in Iragbiji prior to an alleged arrest. It did this in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Yusuf Idowu Abass, in Osogbo on Wednesday. According to the statement: “We wish […]
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, announced the renaming of The Polytechnic, Ibadan after a departed former governor of the state, Omololu Olunloyo. He made this announcement in his brief remarks at the interdenominational commendation service for the former governor, held at the Obafemi Awolowo stadium in Ibadan, the state capital. Governor Makinde said, […]
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Adelami Hundreds of youths across Ondo state, on Wednesday, gathered in Akure to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ondo State Youth Network (OSYN). The event, which had in attendance major stakeholders from the public and private sectors, was an avenue to stir conversations around youth inclusion in leadership and national development. Addressing the gathering, Governor […]
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