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The Osun State Police Command has arrested one Babangida Muhammed over an alleged attempt to kidnap and extort a resident of the state. In a statement issued on Thursday, the spokesperson of the Command, Abiodun Ojelabi, said Muhammed was arrested by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU, Team…
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Members of the Joint Action Committee of Unions, Osun State University Teaching Hospital, UNIOSUNTH, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest over an alleged plan by management to privatise key departments including the laboratory, ICU, kitchen, radiology, morgue and security. The protest followed what the unions described as a breach of…
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The Southern Youth Forum, SYF, has passed a vote of confidence on the Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye, commending him for transforming the institution through massive infrastructure, academic expansion and restoration of peace. Addressing journalists on Thursday in Osogbo, the National President of the…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke has faulted the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities over its criticism of the tenure extension of the Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Prof. Clement Adebooye. The state Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi, in a statement, said the university is governed by law…
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The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has moved to withdraw a petition filed before the Election Petition Tribunal challenging the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke. It would be recalled that the Tribunal on Monday pasted a notice showing two petitions dated September 5, 2026, purportedly filed by the APC…
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The Orangun of Oke-Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin, has urged officers of the Nigeria Police Force to embrace “Policing with Humanity” as a strategy for restoring public trust and improving security nationwide. Oba Abolarin made the call during an engagement with senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force at the Police…
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The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Taye Kasali, over the alleged murder of his mother, Mrs. Kudirat Kasali. The command spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, in a statement on Wednesday, said that both the suspect and his late mother were reported missing on September 1, 2026, at about…
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The Accord Party candidate for Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has alleged that a female supporter of the party, Ms. Adeola Adegoke, was banished from Ilase, Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, over her political affiliation. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Olajengbesi claimed that Adegoke’s shop was looted…
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The Olobu of Ilobu, Oba Ashiru Olatoye Olaniyan, has commended Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State for approving the establishment of Aromiwe Community High School in the Idi-Kaka area of Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area. The monarch, in a statement on Wednesday, expressed profound appreciation to Governor Adeleke and the…
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The vice-presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Lawal Daura, has declared that President Bola Tinubu is not unbeatable in the 2027 presidential election. Daura stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, hours after the APM, which has Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State…
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