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The Aketi Campaign Platform, the campaign group of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has raised the alarm over alleged importation of thugs from Lagos and Osun states for attacks on APC members and cause violence in the Saturday governorship election. A…

Osun State Governor Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Wesnesday said that the Peoples’ Democratic Party was notorious for corruption at all levels and that Nigerians rejected PDP because of its corrupt tendencies. The Governor who spoke through the Director of the Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the…

Governor Aregbesola’s Osun state government has, Wednesday, taken a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state saying that there is no similarity between it and the party which it claimed had been muddled with corruption. Reminding the party that there is no strand of similarity between them, the…

The police on Wednesday arraigned two suspected cultist, who are members of the Aye Confraternity for murder before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The prosecutor, Mr. Mereti Wilson told the court that the two accused: Adebayo Saheed and Razaki Jamiu killed Shina Akinwale  and Adekunle Badmus and also…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Tuesday  unveiled a uniquely designed Moremi Statue of Liberty, with a charge on governments to meaningfully engage the youths. A statement signed by Moses Olafare, the Director of Media and Public Affairs in the palace in Ile-Ife, Osun, said that the…

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has denied reports that a $400 million donor funds meant to eradicate polio in Nigeria was stolen. Professor Adewole dismissed the reports at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Health Services. It was held to consider ways of revitalising…

Governor Rauf Aregbesola has described the peace in Osun State as a stimulant to the development of its tourism. He reiterated his administration’s determination to continue to provide the enabling environment for investments to thrive, urging the people to pay their taxes to enable the government to perform its obligations….

Five suspects were on Tuesday arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrates Court for alleged theft of N2.2 Million. Amusan Musa, 48, Salau Waheed, 45, Hassan Oladipo, 67, Fasaulat Waheed, 45, and Saliu Liasu ,45, are facing charges of conspiracy and theft. The prosecutor, Insp. Olu Abodunrin, told the court that the…

A woman, Olayemi Mohammed, who allegedly stole N700,000 from a supposed client under the pretence of selling a piece of land to him was on Tuesday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court. Mohammed, 51, a trader residing at Abebi Ejigbo in Osun State is facing a two-count charge of obtaining…

Governors in the South West Region of Nigeria have joined forces to tackle socio-economic problems confronting the six states and militating against development even as they tackle recession by leveraging on comparative advantages in the zone. Hosted by the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, other governors of Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti,…