Tag: Osun State

Motorists, especially commercial transport workers, in Osun State, South-West of Nigeria are agonising over constant extortion by men of the Osun State Police Command, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) across the State of Osun on daily basis. P.M.NEWS witnessed some untoward scenes on Wednesday, 10…

Despite assurances of availability of petrol by the federal government, many petrol stations in Osun State were not selling the product, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who went round the Osun State capital and its environs on Sunday reported that many of the petrol stations…

No fewer than 10 primary health centres in Osogbo, the Osun State capital recently benefited from medical equipment worth over N1 million donated by a foreign society group, the Sisters Cities International. The health centres include the ones at Okebale, Olugunna, Enikaoyun, Ota-Efun, Oke Abesu, Odiolowo and Ilie. Also, the…

All Progressives Congress in Osun State has filed petitions challenging results of two House of Representatives seats and two State House of Assembly seats before the State Election Petitions Tribunal. The party is challenging Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency, and Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency while also challenging that of Obokun State…

Five months ahead of the annual Osun Osogbo festival, plans to make this year edition a huge success and different from the previous ones have begun in earnest. The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Oyetunji, during the visit to his palace by a team of a tourism, art and…

A 40-year-old woman, Tawa Bamidele, was on Wednesday, docked in an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court, Osogbo for allegedly stealing cartons of fish worth N72,000. The police charged the defendant, whose address was not provided with stealing. The Prosecutor, Insp Elisha Olusegun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in…

The Osun state government will strengthen its economy by creating an enabling environment for business and investment to thrive. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola stated this on Wednesday while receiving the Venezuela Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr David Nieves Valasquez-Caraballo; envoys from Israel, Cuba, Cote d’Ivoire and Republic of Benin‎. The envoys, who…

The Osun State judiciary and the state police command, on Tuesday, agreed to work in harmony to ensure fast dispensation of justice. While receiving the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Ige, in her office, the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo, said the judiciary in the state and the police command…

The Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) Mr. Umar Dikko has hailed Osun State for creating an enabling environment for small businesses to thrive. Speaking at the 2019 Osun Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise opportunities open fair in Osogbo, the director-general said Osun State government…