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There was palpable tension in Ipetumodu, Osun State, following the discovery of the remains of a farmer, Akeem Jimoh, on his farm located on the boundary of his community with a neighbouring town, Asipa. Akeem had reportedly left his house in Ipetumodu for the farm around 7 am on Thursday….
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As the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, OAUTHC, marked its 50th anniversary, the Chief Medical Director, Professor John Okeniyi, said the institution remains the best child-friendly hospital in Nigeria. He said the hospital remains the only consistent health institution in the country where open heart surgeries, especially in children with…
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The immediate past Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Dr. Adekunle Akindele, has thrown his weight behind Governor Ademola Adeleke’s rumoured defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the move as one driven by the larger interest of the Yoruba race and national unity. Dr….
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The Olowo of Owo Kingdom in Ondo State, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III said any aspiring Yoruba monarch must be prepared to abide by the dictates of the stool. He emphasised that those unwilling to uphold ancient traditions have no business becoming kings in Yorubaland. Oba Gbadegesin, who is the…
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As the controversy over the rumoured defection of Adeleke to the APC festers, a group within the party, identified as the Osun APC Youths Liberation Movement, has chided Iyiola Omisore for describing Adeleke as a political “orphan” desperately seeking re-election. The group contended that if the governor switches camp to…
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Tragedy struck the Oba-Ile community in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State when a man, suspected to be under the influence of hard drugs, reportedly went on a violent rampage and hacked three children to death. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Sodiq Eniola, was said to have been lynched…
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The Osun State Police Command has arrested Michael Ojo, a 27-year-old suspected cultist and leader of an armed gang accused of kidnapping and killing two residents of Akungba in Ondo State. He was apprehended in Ilesa on July 11, 2025, while allegedly attempting to sell a stolen black Lexus Jeep…
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The Osun State Commissioner for Education, Dipo Eluwole, has blamed the delay in the state’s ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise on the continued withholding of local government allocations by the Federal Government. Eluwole made the disclosure in Ede during the opening session of a capacity-building workshop for public school teachers and…
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As political activities begin to gather momentum ahead of the 2026 governorship election in Osun State, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ajibola Basiru, has said the state stands at a critical juncture and requires a leader with integrity, competence, and vision to move it forward….
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A group within the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC Youth Liberation Movement, has disclosed that the defection of Governor Ademola Adeleke would boost the chances of the party winning the election in a landslide. The group, which is under the Directorate of Youth organisations in the…
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