Tag: Osun State

Some old students of Saint Charles High School, Osogbo, Osun State, in the Diaspora, have lent their support to the students of the school. In a ‘No Student is left behind’ gesture, Charleans in Diaspora lent their support to St  Charles High School Students, Osogbo with over N1 Million. In…

A corpse that was recovered from River Osun has been identified as that of a Vehicle Inspection Officer who had been declared missing days before. The body was found floating on River Osun on Wednesday, and it has been buried at the bank of the same river where his body was…

Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has called for religious tolerance, harmony and peaceful co-existence among the people of the state. Oyetola also urged religious leaders to desist from sermons that could divide the people along religious lines. He made the call at the New Year Inter-Religious Prayer Service on Wednesday…

The corpse of a yet-to-be identified man was on Wednesday found floating on the River Osun, around Osunjela town, near Osogbo. Some residents of Osunjela told our correspondent that the body was discovered floating on the river early in the morning. As of 6pm when our correspondent left the area,…

A 40-year-old man, Jimoh Oyemomi, on Monday was arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Modakeke for having carnal knowledge of an 80-year-old woman. Oyemomi was arraigned on two counts bothering on rape and assault, and pleaded ‘guilty’ to the first count of rape, and ‘not guilty’ to…

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Monday, remanded one Adetunji Mathew, 22, in prison over alleged motorcycle theft. The accused, who was not legally represented in court, however, pleaded not guilty to one-count charge of stealing. The Magistrate, Muhibah Olatunji, did not grant bail of the accused. Olatunji said…

The Owamiran of Esa Oke, Oba Adeyemi Adediran, has called on the police and other security agencies to increase their patrols in the town and the surrounding communities to check hoodlums’ activities in the area. The monarch, in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, condemned the killing of an official of the…

The people of Fashina community in the Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State have alerted the state government to the dangerous emissions being released into the community by Ife Iron and Steel Company located in the area. The chairman of the community, Rev Jacob Fadare, told our correspondent…

Nineteen-year-old Kehinde and Taiwo Oladosu, and one other, have been dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court for being in possessionand selling of Indian hemp. The other suspect arraigned alongside the Oladosu twins is 21-year-old Muhammad Jamiu. At the resumed hearing in the matter, the prosecutor substituted the charge and…