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SHOP owners in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Monday counted their losses as fire razed shops and destroyed properties. The affected shops were part of a shopping complex located at Orita Aje Street, Testing Ground area. It was gathered that the fire started in one of the shops following…
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Eight persons were remanded on Monday in Ile Ife Correctional Facility for allegedly breaking into the palace of Akire of Ikire palace and damaging properties. The accused Akeem Okeowo 30; Hammed Raifu 34; Lakin Oyetade 35; Okeowo Saheed 29; Ibrahim Musiliu; Ahmed Sunmonu 25; Kazeem Kamorudeen 18 and Kolawole Opeyemi…
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An undergraduate, Austin Onyekachukwu, on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, over allegations bordering on impersonation and intent to commit fraud. The defendant was dragged before Justice Emmanuel Ayoola by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly claiming to be a lady from…
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The National Universities Commission, NUC, has stepped into the lingering face-off between Oyo and Osun states over the funding and control of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, jointly owned by the two states. The disagreement between the two states often leads to a situation whereby a state…
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The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has presented a budget of N109.8 billion to the state House Of Assembly for the 2021 fiscal year. Oyetola presented the budget tagged, “Budget of Providence” to the assembly on Tuesday. He said the budget is aimed at helping the state recover from the…
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The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to look into cases of alleged police brutality, human rights violations and extra-judicial killings by the operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the State of Osun will on Thursday, November 12th, hold its inaugural sitting. The…
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The Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday criticised each other over the Federal Government’s 2021 proposed N6.17tn loans. The PDP’s spokesman, Kola Ologbodiyan, in an interview with The PUNCH, said the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu (retd.), had an insatiable appetite for loans. In…
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Lionel Messi scored as Barcelona overcame a depleted Dynamo Kiev 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Juventus eased Ferencvaros aside and Manchester United slumped to an unexpected defeat in Turkey. Nine-man Paris Saint-Germain lost to RB Leipzig in a repeat of last season’s semi-final and Chelsea proved too…
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An Osogbo Magistrate Court in Osun State has arraigned 69 persons for allegedly looting public and private properties in the state. This is coming a week after the police announced the arrest of 87 individuals in connection with the looting spree across the state. PREMIUM TIMES reported how properties were…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, on Wednesday, sentenced one Muritala Babarinde to one-year imprisonment for being in possession of 4.7kg of Indian hemp. The convict was arrested at Akinlalu village, Modakeke, by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. While being trailed by the NDLEA,…
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