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The Senator representing Osun West, Lere Oyewumi, has empowered 600 artisans across the 10 local government areas of the Senatorial District with a total of N30 million. Each of the 600 beneficiaries drawn from the informal sector, according to a statement by his media office, received N50,000 cash grant to…
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Netizens have condemned the Osun State government over the public parade of over 30 persons arrested for dumping refuse on roads and drainage channels in Osogbo, describing the action as inhumane. osun.life reports that the Osun Amotekun Corps on Wednesday, October 6, announced that it arrested the suspects during a…
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The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the death of a man, Taofeek Azeez my, who allegedly committed suicide inside a police cell in Agbeye community. The deceased was said to have committed suicide on Tuesday inside the cell of the police outpost in Agbeye, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of…
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The Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Professor Shadrach Akindele, has said the prevailing economic realities and the new salary structure approved by the Federal Government necessitated the upward adjustment of fees by the institution. Prof. Akindele stated this on Monday during the 18th convocation press briefing, adding that…
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A human rights organisation, Ta’awunu Human Rights Initiative (THURIST), has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police and the Oyo State Commissioner of Police over the alleged rape and sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl by one Bayo, said to be the son of a serving police officer. The Director General of…
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The Iwo Board of Ulamas has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke to appoint an indigene of Iwo as chairman of the Osun State Hajj Commission. The appeal was made during a press conference attended by representatives of various Muslim organisations and prominent Islamic scholars from the town. The group also called…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke has summoned heads of security agencies in the state to a meeting following recent killings involving rival cult groups in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Samuel Ojo, who disclosed this to a journalist, said the meeting would deliberate on and address…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, Akin Adeyi, has faulted the deployment of operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps as private security guards to the factional chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state, Nurudeen Alowonle. Adeyi, who spoke on Western…
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The Osun State Amotekun Corps has arrested over 30 persons for violating environmental sanitation laws in Osogbo and its environs. Amotekun operatives arrested the suspects in the early hours of Tuesday, October 6, 2026, during an enforcement operation in collaboration with environmental sanitation officials. The operation targeted residents who dump…
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The Osun State Government’s Environment Taskforce has arrested a resident caught dumping refuse indiscriminately in Osogbo, the state capital. In a video shared by an aide to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday, a woman was seen being asked to enter the task force’s waiting vehicle, appealing that her face should…
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