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The Osun State House of Assembly has directed some officials of the state government and organisations to appear before it on Wednesday for questioning on how the 34.5 billion Naira bailout fund given to state by the Federal Government was used. The planned probe followed the decision of the Senate…

Sherifat Aregbesola, wife of Osun state governor, has intensified campaign against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation in efforts to discourage residents of the state from indulging in it. Osun is considered the state with the highest prevalence of female genital cutting in Nigeria. Osun First Lady, through her pet…

Moves to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Osun State received a boost on Tuesday as 12 communities across four local governments declared their intentions to stop altogether female circumcision in their domains. This was as the Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed that the state must do everything possible to…

Two women were on Tuesday ordered to be remanded in Ilesa Prisons by an Osogbo Magistrate’s’ Court for disrespecting the court. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, ordered the accused, Cecilia Okoli, 25, and Elizabeth Ankira, 30, to be kept behind bars for contempt of court without an option of…

The Ekiti and Osun State Police Commands are fortifying patrols in all border towns to reinforce security of the states and guard against cross- banditry in the two states. The synergy was reached at a meeting presided over by the Commissioners of Police in Osun, Mr Olafimihan Adeoye and his…

The quickest way of getting Nigeria out of the present economic recession is to improve private sector investments, the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said. Sanusi, who was also a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), stated this recently at the 2016 yearly directors dinner,…

The Police in Osun on Monday brought eight suspects before an Osun Magistrate’s Court sitting in Modakeke over alleged possession and smoking of Indian hemp. The accused are: Sarafa Waheed (26), Kehinde Bamidele (25), Gbenga Adewole (29), Moses Olojede (20), Kunle Adeyemo (20), Afeez Babawale (19), Abiola Ifatuwase (25) and…

Mr Afolabi Kayode, the Chairman, All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Osun branch, on Monday said the association had farm lands for interested persons who wanted to embrace agriculture in the state. Kayode told  the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo that, “We have lands at different farm settlements…

A 21-year-old man, Rilwan Adebayo, was on Monday brought before a Modakeke Magistrate’s Court in Osun for allegedly stealing four bags of cement. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Bona Glory, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Nov. 25, around 10:00 a.m. at Olorunsogo Area, off Ogunofeke, Modakeke, in…