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Operatives of the Anti-cultism unit of the Osun State Police Command have arrested five people following the violent clash between the All Progressives Congress and the Accord Party on Monday in Ilesa. The arrested individuals who were suspected to be political thugs are: Basit Amokeaja, Segun Olatunde, Suji Adeyeye, Lekan…
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Some members of the Accord Party in Ife Central have urged the party leadership not to impose candidate through consensus/automatic tickets in the forthcoming primaries. osun.life reports that Hon. Abiola Awoyeye currently represents the constituency at the Osun State House of Assembly. The members in a letter sent to the…
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The Osun State Government has appealed to residents who are manifesting symptoms of tuberculosis to present themselves for screening to prevent death from the disease. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Isiaka Adekunle, made the appeal on Tuesday during an awareness campaign and free screening held in Osogbo, the…
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Hoodlums on Monday evening allegedly attacked the Egbedore Local Government Command headquarters of the Osun State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, in Awo, leaving several officers injured and firearms reportedly stolen. According to the spokesperson of Osun Amotekun, Yusuf Idowu, the incident occurred around 8:00 p.m. after a civilian fled…
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The national secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has dismissed rumours that there is crisis within the party in Osun State over his ambition to recontest at the forthcoming national convention of the party. Basiru in a statement on Tuesday, said he remains the sole candidate for…
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The lawmaker representing Iwo State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Adesina Atanda Rabiu, has withdrawn the letter of his official resignation from the Accord Party. The lawmaker had earlier in a letter announced his defection from the Accord Party. In the letter addressed to the Speaker…
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The Rector of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Mr Kehinde Alabi, has urged the Federal Government to establish more Polytechnics to solve the nation’s development problems. Alabi equally said there is no need for the competition between University and Polytechnic graduates, noting that both institutions were created for different purposes. He…
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Members of the Nigeria Forest Security Service, Osun State chapter on Monday pledged their support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. The group also declared their support for the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Osun, Mr Bola Oyebamiji. They made this known during a meeting held…
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There was tension in Ilesa on Monday as political hoodlums reportedly attacked the campaign team of a House of Representatives aspirant for Ijesa South Federal Constituency under the Accord, Prince Oluwaseun Ojo Adeloye-Famoriyo. It was gathered that vehicles were vandalized with some other valuables carted away by the attackers during…
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The National Youth Service Corps, Osun State, on Monday conducted a free medical screening for residents of Abere and its environs. The medical screening under the Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) was part of activities organised by the Alabere of Abere, Oba Dr Adefemi Mutalib Adelakin, to commemorate his…
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