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By Joshua Dada For alleged robbery and possession of Indian hemp, an Osun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Friday remanded one Kazeem Adereti, and Idowu Ayodeji in prison custody. Adereti (24) and Ayodeji (21) according to the prosecutor, Sgt Sunday Osanyintuyi allegedly committed the offence on Feb 3,…

By NAN Members of the Osun House of Assembly on Thursday passed vote of confidence on the Speaker, Mr Najeem Salaam, over what they described as “his quality leadership style”. The assembly members commended the leadership of the house when they appeared before the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation to defend the 2017…

By Danielle Ogbeche One Ismail Afolabi has been arrested in Osun State for allegedly hacking one Afolabi Saheed to death over land dispute. The 45-year-old suspect was said to have sold a piece of land to the deceased, but later killed him when he asked for refund following uncertainties trailing…

By Ajibola Olaniyi There is apparent anxiety in Osun State, as indication emerged on Friday that Governor Rauf Aregbesola is now set to constitute his cabinet, by appointing commissioners to head government ministries, DAILY POST is reporting. The governor has been running the State without commissioners. But the Chief of…

By Yinka Kolawole No fewer than 17,000 farmers have benefited from the loan scheme of the Osun Quick Impact Intervention Programme (QUIIP) as part of the comprehensive programme of the Rauf Aregbesola administration to boost agriculture. A set of 77 farmers’ cooperative groups benefited under the QUIIP I while another…

By Channels TV The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun state has called on citizens who are loudly opposed to Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s reforms in the education sector to think again. In a statement on Monday in Osogbo, from the party’s Directorate of Publicity, Research and Strategy, signed by its…

By The Nation The Osun State government has said its high Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) rating will drop next year. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Akinyinka Esho said this at the grand finale of the End FGM Poster Art Competition organised by Value Reorientation for Community Enhancement in Osogbo. Esho…

By Ajibola Olaniyi A 38-year-old man, Isiaka Sanusi, was on Tuesday remanded in Ilesa Prison custody by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for disrespecting the court orders. Sanusi is facing a count charge of contempt. The Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, ordered the accused be kept behind bars due to the…