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The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, has banned the hoisting of political banners and the wearing of clothes or caps with party logos and emblems during tomorrow’s Eid prayer across the town. The monarch who made the announcement through the Asiwaju of Osogbo land, Justice Moshood Adeigbe Rtd, also…
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Former speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, has warned members of the All Progressives Congress in the state that prayer alone cannot guarantee victory in the August 15, 2026, gubernatorial election. Owoeye who gave the warning on Wednesday at the annual Ramadan lecture of…
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The Osun State Police Command has arrested two suspects who specialise in snatching phones and receiving stolen property. The command said the suspects – Muideen Adejumo and Omoyoye Asimiyu were arrested by police detectives from Ikirun Divisional Headquarters. Providing a brief of the matter, the spokesperson for the command, Abiodun…
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An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Ilesa has remanded six men at the Ilesa Correctional Centre over alleged offences bordering on conspiracy, assault, breach of peace, threat to life and robbery. The defendants, according to the charge sheet, are Ukechukwu Uwanyi (25), Daniel Annes (18), Mtser Kenneth (26), Godwin…
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The Osun State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed 1,750 personnel to strategic locations across Osun State to ensure a safe, secure and hitch-free Eid-ul-Fitr celebration. This is equally as the state commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, issued a marching order to all Area Commanders and…
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The National Association of Nigerian Students, Southwest Zone D, on Wednesday, staged a protest against the crippling power supply across campuses and student communities in the zone. Addressing the students who converged under the popular November 27 bridge, Osogbo, NANS coordinator for the zone, Josiah Adeyemo, expressed displeasure at the…
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Some youths in Odo Otin Local Government under the aegis of The Odo Otin Lokan Parrot Movement, has called on political parties to allow Otin to produce the member to represent Ifelodun/Boripe/Odo Otin Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Abuja. In a statement by its convener, Bright Oyewumi, the…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the board and management of Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa to stop further processing of a Public Private Partnership deal on the college’s land. The governor issued the directive in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday. The statement noted…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday, reaffirmed his endorsement for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 election. Adeleke said the local government crisis rocking the state would not stop his support for the president. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday, noted that Adeleke…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has alleged the chairman of state Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr Ibukun Fadipe, of plot to rig the August 15 governorship election through the use of political hoodlums. In a statement by its Director of Media, Kola Olabisi, the APC alleged…
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