Category: News

By Hameed Oyegbade A 22-year-old bricklayer, Ismaila Fatai, was yesterday remanded in prison by a magistrate’s court in Osogbo, Osun State for allegedly killing his uncle, Zakariyau Safiriyu, at a family meeting in Ede. The police prosecutor, Olu Abodunrin, told the court that Fatai hit his uncle on the head…

Workers at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital (LAUTECHTH) and the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) are at loggerheads over the upgrading of some members of staff of the hospital to their normal level in the service. Channels Television gathered that JOHESU is opposing the upgrading of the…

By The Nation Political parties have started re-grouping ahead of 2018 Osun State governorship election. Chieftains of different political parties, including the Accord Party (AP), the Labour Party (LP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Action Alliance (AA), the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), the Mega’s Peoples Party (MPP), some…

By Ajibola Olaniyi Members of Odua Peoples Congress(OPC), at Ede, Osun State had earlier this week engaged in serious fracas over yet to be known issue, leading to the death of one Mutiu Azeez. DAILY POST gathered that, a notorious member of the group, Taoreed Faronbi, who was recently released…

By Paul Iyoghojie Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote are among special dignitaries expected for the public presentation and launch of a book titled: JUSTICE KAYODE ESO, BEACON OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM. The book will be presented to the public on…

By Hameed Oyegbade A lady suddenly started display madness on the road at Akindeko popular market, near Olaiya junction in Osogbo, capital of Osun state on Saturday evening, Daily Trust correspondent stumbled on the scene. The lady caused confusion in the market for over an hour as there was no…

By Mustapha Aleem Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said that a recent study posited Osun State had the capacity of producing rice that would satisfy the needs of the South West region. He made this known through his social media handle, Twitter on Thursday at about 5pm. Aregbesola said he had…

Students of Osun State University under the aegis of Student Joint Campus Committee (SJCC) have threatened to shut down all the campuses of the university should the management of the institution refuse to waive the late registration fees. The Chairman of SJCC, Ohamara Victor Chinedu and General Secretary, Yusuf Muis…

By PM News The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in Osun, on Wednesday in Osogbo, inducted the Osun House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Najeem Salaam, as a patron of the association. The investiture which took place at the Osun House of Assembly quarters of the speaker was capped with…

By Ajibola Olaniyi The Chairman of Committee on Resolution of Crisis Between farmers and herdsmen in Osun, Hon. Mudashir Toogun, has said his committee had handled and settled over 5,000 cases involving farmers and Fulani cattle rearers across the state in the last three years. He disclosed this at a…