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By Tunde Olamilekan An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has remanded five individuals over an alleged ritual attack on a 16-year-old boy, Farouq Abdulahi Taiwo, in Ikire. The suspects are: Awotunde Saudat, Muyideen Olutoki, Fatai Abiodun, Usman Ademola and Ismaila Abiodun, all accused of conspiracy and…
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By Tunde Olamilekan One of the appointees of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly called Emir, has allegedly killed one Kazeem Oyewole. According to a post on Facebook by the Executive Director, World Institute for Peace, Lamina Kamiludeen, Emir alongside his boys, allegedly killed Oyewole at Orita Elelede,…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has restated his administration’s determination to sustain the development of Ikirunland. Governor Adeleke stated this on Friday during a condolence visit to the families of the late head of Ikirun princes, Dr Ismahil Adeyemi; the Asiwaju of Ikirun land, DIG Lawal Kasali; and the…
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Osun State retirees under the auspices of the Independent Unbonded Contributory Pension Scheme (IUCPS) have called on the state government to release the bonds it owes them for the past nine years. The group, which comprises pensioners from the civil service, primary and secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and local government,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Taminu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has replaced the Sunday Bisi-led leadership of the party in Osun State with a caretaker committee. The PDP in a statement on Thursday, announced the appointment of a caretaker committee to oversee affairs of the party in Osun State. The announcement…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has directed the issuance of letters of appointment to the first batch of newly recruited teachers in the state. The governor who gave the directive to the state Commissioner for Education, Mr Dipo Eluwole, said the directive gave effect to the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The National Judicial Council, NJC, has cleared the Chief Judge of Osun State, Hon. Justice Oyebola Ojo, of all allegations bordering on financial recklessness, diversion of funds, and judicial misconduct. The Council, in a statement it made available to newsmen, said the decision was taken at its…
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The African Democratic Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party and the Labour Party have criticised the Bola Tinubu administration over reports that the Federal Government approved a $9 million contract for lobbying services in the United States, describing it as an attempt to polish Nigeria’s image abroad while…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has congratulated a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Sir Olakunle Akanni Odeyemi, on his 80th birthday. Owoeye, in a statement signed on Thursday, a copy obtained in Osogbo, described the elder statesman…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A legal luminary, Chief Yomi Alliyu SAN, has alleged that the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke has spent millions of naira on SANs and witnesses at the National Judicial Council to remove the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo. Chief Alliyu who is the Jagunmolu…
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