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Three months  after President Muhammadu Buhari sent names of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation, the President, yesterday, resent the list. In the new list, name of former Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, was dropped with no replacement. Also dropped…

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has reiterated the commitment of his administration to further cooperate with the police and other security agencies in the interest of peace and security. Aregbesola spoke when the new Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 11 in charge of Osun, Ondo and Oyo, Paul Okafor,…

By Toba Adedeji The mastermind killer of a 400-level  Uniosun Student had been arrested by the Department of State Service, Osun State. It was learnt that the DSS  had apprehended one herbalist, identified as Jelili and commercial driver, Elijah Oyebode for kidnapping and killing Miss Rofiat Adebisi. It would be…

By Mustapha Aleem The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Civil Defence has paraded no fewer than three cattle rustlers, Abu Hamisu, Aliru Lawal and Sulaiman Musa, for reportedly terrorising a farm settlement, Onikoyi, in Ayedaade Local Government. The arrest, which was made at about 5:30 am on Thursday, was…

Three people have died in a crash that occurred along Ilesa-Akure express way on Wednesday evening, the Federal Road Safety Commission in Osun has confirmed. Sector commander Umar Ibrahim said the crash was the result of a head-on collision. One person who didn’t die in the accident is hospitalised with…

An Osun Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison a 29-year-old man, Emmanuel Oladayo, who scaled the fence of a house to steal a motorcycle. Magistrate Risikat Olayemi, sitting in Ile-Ife, said the accused should remain behind bars pending when the bail conditions would be perfected. “The accused should be…

Pensioners in Osun have their setting up a camp for displaced people in Osogbo, insisting their action was justifiable given the plight of retirees in the state. The Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Osun says it will continued to agitate until the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, pays their gratuities and…

Stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in the South West geo-political zone are currently meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Among those who beat the time to arrive early at the meeting billed to take place at 1pm include former interim National Chairman of the party and…