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An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced 25-year-old Sheriff Lawal to 12 months imprisonment in Ilesa Prison, Osun, for stealing N30,000. Lawal pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing preferred against him. Following the guilty plea, the defence counsel, Mrs Shade Adekanmi, urged the court to temper justice with…
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The ides of March notwithstanding, humanity marches on each year to the bloom of April when plants open their flowers to beauty and new beginning. March and April would be non-identical twins if the months of the calendar were paired in twos. But March is benign; it forewarns. April does…
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Hon. Tunde Lekan Olatunji a Lawmaker representing Ife-North constituency in the Osun state House of Assembly has said his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has the final decision on whether he will contest for the speakership of the Assembly or not. The banker turned politician said as a loyal party…
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The Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife, Osun, has performed 70 open heart surgeries in the last two years. Prof. Victor Adetiloye, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of OAUTH , made the disclosure at a news conference on Wednesday in Ile-Ife, Osun. Adetiloye said the hospital was the first…
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The Ibadan Electric Distribution Company (IBEDC) on Saturday said arrangement had been concluded to restore electricity for its consumers in Ilesha community. This was contained in a statement signed by the Head of Branding & Corp Communications of IBEDC, Mrs Angela Olanrewaju, which was forwarded to Tribune Online in Osogbo….
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Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has enjoined citizens to imbibe the spirit of philanthropy and service to God and humanity. He said since worldly things would not last, it was incumbent on those favoured with abundant resources to deploy their wealth to assist the needy. Oyetola spoke on Saturday at…
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Nigeria’s electricity generation dropped further last Tuesday by 312 megawatts (MW) after the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) reported a cut in gas supply to three key power plants in the country. The gas supply company said the cut followed the emergency maintenance works it was carrying out on the pipeline…
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The court of Appeal sitting over the case of eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke in the September 2018 governorship election has adjourned till the 2nd of May 2019. The adjournment is on the request of the counsel to Senator Adeleke, to allow for amendments to observations made by the second…
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A 25-year old man, Sheriff Lawal, who has served prison terms on four different occasions, on Thursday stunned an audience in the Osun Magistrates’ Court, Osogbo, when he said a spiritualist told him that he was under a spell. Lawal, who was standing trial for stealing a binding machine, was…
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The Osun State Government is committed to workers’ welfare, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola said yesterday. He also spoke on his administration’s strategy to sustain the tempo of mutual relationship between the government and the workers. The governor stated these yesterday at the delegates’ conference of the Osun State Council of the…
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