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By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo The Magistrate court Osogbo, Osun-State has arraigned a 77-year-old-man and two other for threat to kill one Dr. Adekeye Olaore and damaging his property. The three accused person namely : Rafiu Kadejo (77yrs), Tafa Oyebode (61yrs)  and Babatunde Tajudeen (66yrs) were arraigned on five count charge….

The Osun State House of Assembly has resumed legislative activities, with the House reeling out its target for 2017. As the House resumed on Tuesday after the festive holidays, the Speaker, of the House, Honourable Najeem Salaam, felicitated with the people of the state, saying that the peace and tranquility that…

A 52-year-old man, Morufu Olaitan, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court over alleged breach of public peace. Olaitan is facing a two-count-charge of malicious damage and breach of public peace. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Sunday Ajayi, told the court that the accused committed the offense on Jan. 10…

The Osun State Police Command has frowned at the use of underage children for cattle rearing business by Fulani herdsmen in the state. This was made known during a peace meeting organised by the state command of the Nigeria police to iron out issues of disagreement raging between some farmers…

Eighteen out of 675 students of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, JABU, in Ikeji-Arakeji in Osun State, have bagged first class degrees in various academic programs  . At a briefing ahead of its 7th convocation, Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Sola Fajana, said the university has made significant contribution to…

A 300-level student of the department of Civil Engineering at the Osun State University, Osogbo, Kazeem Amodu Ige has been killed in a fight that erupted among some students of the institution on Monday evening. Daily Trust correspondent gathered that Kazeem was allegedly stabbed in the chest by a 400-level…

Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has described the former national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bisi Akande, as an exemplary leader whose courage in public service has helped Nigeria in so many dimensions. In a press statement by Aregbesola’s spokesman Mr Semiu Okanlawon, the governor said Nigeria’s…

Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of being wasteful and reckless in the management of the state’s resources, DAILY POST reports. The party, in a statement issued by Prince Diran Odeyemi, the PDP spokesperson in the state, on Sunday alleged that governor…

A teacher at the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Dr Ademola Adebisi, eulogises the virtues of the elderstatesman and former All Progressives Congress (APC)  Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, who clocks 78 today. The Yoruba people of South Western Nigeria have their peculiar ways of playing politics and recruiting…

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his Ogun counterpart, Ibikunle Amosun, have commended President Muhammadu Buhari, the military ‎ other security organisations for successfully engaging the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. The governors spoke yesterday at separate events to mark this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Osogbo…