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By Joseph Akanbi The State of Osun House of Assembly has today passed the Osun Security Network Agency (Amotekun) bill into law. The passage was done at today’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye. The bill became necessary following increased killings of farmers, banditry, highway robbery…
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By Editor Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun, has named a former Commissioner of Police in the State, Mrs. Abiodun Adebola Ige as his Special Adviser on Security Matters. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Ismail Omipidan, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said…
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Mother of Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi school-girl remaining in Boko Haram captivity, Mrs. Rebecca Sharibu, has doubted the commitment of the federal government, especially President Muhammadu Buhari to securing her release from Boko Haram terrorists. Mrs. Sharibu, who spoke in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British…
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A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a land speculator, Abidoye Adegoke for alleged fraud. According to the prosecutor, Akintunde Jacob, the accused person received the sum of N900,000 from one Adegoke Adam with a promise to sell three plots of land…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the result of the 11 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) tested in Nigeria is negative. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of NCDC, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Ihekweazu reassured Nigerians of their safety against…
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A twenty-six-year-old member of National Youth Service Corps serving in Kwara State, Oluwatosin Medaiyese, has been taken to an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court in Osun State for allegedly impersonating a judge to fraudulently secure postings for some corps members. The Department of State Services (DSS) in Osun State arraigned Medaiyese yesterday…
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The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to establish the Federal College of Education, Ibokun, Osun State. The bill was sponsored by Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi (APC–Osun East). In his lead debate, the lawmaker attributed the need for the establishment of the Institution to the failure of students in…
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A non-governmental organisation, Igbaye Development Vanguard (IGV), in Odo-Otin Local Government of Osun State has added another facility to its on-going community development projects by building a new modern post office to replace the old structure at a cost of N4.5million. The Vanguard, founded by some elites in the town…
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A FORMER national chair of Action Alliance party, Kenneth Udeze, and three others were yesterday re-arraigned by the Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 11 for alleged forgery. Udeze, 46, Ogunmodede Adeloye, 57, Vernimbe James, 42, and Adepoju Timothy Adetunji, 49, were standing trial before a Magistrate Court in Osogbo…
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By Joseph Akanbi The Speaker of the State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has admitted that the failure of the Federal Government to address the rising spate of insecurity, necessitated the birth of the South West regional security operation codenamed Amotekun. Owoeye made this known in…
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