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By David Abiola An Osogbo Magistrate Court on Tuesday has remanded Oyedokun Tunde, 34, in Ilesha prison on a two count charge for defiling and also indecently dealing with a 13-year old girl. The Prosecutor, ASP Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the court that the accused person committed the offence sometimes in April,…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Osun State House of Assembly under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has initiated bold steps to rid the State of the menace of kidnapping through the introduction of a bill titled “State of Osun Kidnapping (Prohibition Bill), 2019 which recommends life imprisonment for perpetrators…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu Workers in Osun State under the umbrella of the Association of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has kicked against the directive of the state government over the commencement of 1.5% deduction from the basic salary of all…
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By David Abiola Osun United is in disarray after conceding two goals in a match against Abia Comets last Saturday. The defeat has compounded the woes of Osun United in their quest to stay in the Nigerian National League (NNL). Anderson was caught unawares in the 2nd minute as he…
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By David Abiola The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has summoned a meeting of Yoruba Leaders in a bid to deliberate on the spate of insecurity in the region and ways to tackle it. The meeting which has…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu Political and respected community leaders of Ijesha extraction today paid a thank you visit to the Governor of Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, to express their appreciation over the Governor’s support for the emergence of their kinsman, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye as the speaker of the State…
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Osun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Ige, on Sunday said the state is safe and blamed social media for portraying the state as unsafe. Ige said the Command had curb incidents of kidnapping and other violent crimes in recent time because operatives now understand better how the perpetrators of such…
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By Jamiu Ganiyu The Joint Labour Movement of the three labour union in Osun State (NLC, TUC, and JNC) has expressed their dissatisfaction over what the trio described as poor treatment of workers and pensioners in the state. The Osun State labour movement made this known in a joint letter…
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When the Oyetola administration started, people were afraid that this might be an administration without any inventions or newness of style because he was Gov. Aregbesola’s Chief Of Staff and right hand man. However, his first few deeds in office got me pleasantly surprised. While on a trip to Lagos…
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His Imperial Majesty, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Ilufemiloye Telu 1, let me first of all rejoice with you and congratulate you on the occasion of your 52nd birthday anniversary, I am doubtless that even as a paramount ruler of National significance and repute, your best years are still ahead of…
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