Tag: Osun State

By David Abiola Pharmacies in Osun state (both pharmacist owned and non pharmacist owned) have been directed to observe 2hrs closure between the hours of 12noon and 2pm on Tuesday 7th May 2019. This is in compliance with the directives of the national executives of the Pharmacist council of Nigeria,…

The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Osun State chapter, Mr Jacob Adekomi, said the workers’ unions in the state will discuss with the state government on the new minimum wage after the release of guidelines for its implementation. Adekomi, who said this in Osogbo on Friday in an interview with SUNDAY…

 The Osun state Ministry of Education (Staff) Cooperative Investment and Credit Society Limited has extend its humanitarian service to Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) motherless home in commemorating its 25th anniversary. The visit to the motherless home was among the programmes to mark the silver jubilee where…

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced 25-year-old Sheriff Lawal to 12 months imprisonment in Ilesa Prison, Osun, for stealing N30,000. Lawal pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing preferred against him. Following the guilty plea, the defence counsel, Mrs Shade Adekanmi, urged the court to temper justice with…

A 25-year old man, Sheriff Lawal, who has served prison terms on four different occasions, on Thursday stunned an audience in the Osun Magistrates’ Court, Osogbo, when he said a spiritualist told him that he was under a spell. Lawal, who was standing trial for stealing a binding machine, was…

No fewer than 2000 food vendors are to be recruited by the Osun State Government to enhance the State Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme popularly known as- O’MEALS. The vendors will join others in the preparation of meals for the public school pupils across the state. Programme Officer of…

A train derailment at the exit point of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), lddo Terminus in Lagos, delayed a 10am Lagos-Oshogbo bound free train service offered by the Osun State Government. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the delay was caused by a train shunting with a Lagos-Kano…

The Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Commands in Osun, have assured the people of the state of adequate security during and after the Easter celebration. The Osun Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Folashade Odoro, said the state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Abiodun Ige, had…