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The Eko Electricity Distribution Company on Tuesday confirmed the total system collapse of the Transmission Company of Nigeria national grid. “There has been a total system collapse of the TCN national grid as confirmed by NCC Osogbo,” EKEDC tweeted. Although the distribution company did not release when the system collapse…
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Motorists, especially commercial transport workers, in Osun State, South-West of Nigeria are agonising over constant extortion by men of the Osun State Police Command, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) across the State of Osun on daily basis. P.M.NEWS witnessed some untoward scenes on Wednesday, 10…
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The Governing Council of the Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State, has appointed Prof. Adebola Adebileje as the substantive Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The university made this known in a statement on Monday. Until her appointment, Adebileje, who obtained her PhD in English Language Education in 2002, was the…
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Despite assurances of availability of petrol by the federal government, many petrol stations in Osun State were not selling the product, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who went round the Osun State capital and its environs on Sunday reported that many of the petrol stations…
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Reports of an inability to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were coming in from around the world Sunday morning. According to traffic-monitoring website DownDetector, the outage was first noticed at 6:28 a.m. EDT. Users started heading to other social media platforms to report issues accessing the services moments later. There…
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By Joseph Akanbi A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Engr. Segun Adebiyi, has opined that the appeal court panel will affirm what the whole word knows that the All Progressives Congress and incumbent Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, lost the Guber election at the first ballot. Adebiyi…
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By Joseph Akanbi The Osun State Police Command has arraigned an alleged fake lawyer before an Osogbo Magistrate Court. The accused, Yekeen Ajao Jimoh who was arraigned before Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, pleaded not guilty to the offense. The defense lawyer, Muftau Adediran swiftly applied for bail but the prosecutor Elisha…
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There is hope that electricity will be restored in Ilesha town, Osun State, following the intervention of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, in the face-off between Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and the community. Youths from the community went on the rampage last month, destroying some equipment belonging to IBEDC while protesting against…
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The Senator-elect for Osun East Senatorial District, Prince Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi has warned the federal government on the violence induced restructuring with a slide to regional governments due to regional commissions. This he said is due to government’s zero proactiveness on security of lives and property of Nigerians, irrespective of…
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A RULING house in Ifon-Orolu, the headquarters of Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State, the Olumoyero royal family, has alerted the police of alleged plot by some people to cause mayhem in the community over chieftaincy tussle. In a letter by Mogaji Karimu Ojolowo Magbagbeola, Prince Mufutau Mqgbagbeola, Prince…
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