News | Business | Travel | Lifestyle | Events
By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed the Board chairman of Osun Amotekun, AIG Wale Abbas Rtd., to cooperate with the police investigation on the killings at Akinlalu community. Adeleke equally promised to compensate the victims of the September 30 incident, which claimed the lives of four…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan A House of Representatives aspirant for Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency under the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Barr. Abimbola Amusan, on Sunday, bagged the Osun Youth Ambassador Award. Amusan was given an award of excellence for his work and philanthropy at the 10th edition of OYAA, held…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, has announced his schedule for the conclusion of his local government consultation tours. Oyebamiji, popularly called ‘AMBO’, in a statement stated that his consultation tours will end this week with visits…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan The ongoing industrial action by the Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has stalled the trial of an alleged fraudster, Adeleke Adeniran. Adeniran was alleged to have duped a poultry farmer in Osogbo, Tijani Ahmed to the tune of N9.7 million. Narrating…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan The immediate past Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has decried the state of Osun Amotekun, noting that the security outfit has strayed from its core purpose. Owoeye was reacting to the latest incident involving Osun Amotekun whose personnel shot four…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan The Pioneer Director-General of the Osun Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu, has called for a fresh profiling of those recruited to the Amotekun agency by the current administration. Shittu alleged that some criminal elements have infiltrated the security outfit through improper recruitment. Shittu, who worked under the administration…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan The Coordinator of Ife/Ijesa Peace Forum, Prince Adeyemi Oyeyemi, has condemned a group named Concerned Youths of Ife-Ijesa for Good Governance and Security Stability in Osun State for criticising Senator Francis Fadahunsi’s intervention on the Akinlalu killings. It would be recalled that the lawmaker representing Osun East…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan The lawmaker representing Osun East, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has confirmed that he was behind the sealing of Osun Amotekun operational base in Osogbo and Ife. Fadahunsi said Osun Amotekun offices have become the home of murderers, noting that the security outfit has lost its purpose. The lawmaker…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan A father, simply identified as Tesojue has allegedly beaten his daughter to a state of unconsciousness. In a video posted on Facebook by the Executive DirectorWorld Institute for Peace, Lamina Kamiludeen, the teenage girl was seen with blood dripping from her eye and mouth. According to Kamiludeen,…
Read more
By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Police Command has appealed to residents, especially those in the scrap and waste business, to remain vigilant and work closely with the Police to prevent explosive-related incidents. The advice was given by the Commander of Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Base 16, Osogbo, SP Godwin Ogigha, during…
Read more