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By Mustapha Aleem The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Civil Defence has paraded no fewer than three cattle rustlers, Abu Hamisu, Aliru Lawal and Sulaiman Musa, for reportedly terrorising a farm settlement, Onikoyi, in Ayedaade Local Government. The arrest, which was made at about 5:30 am on Thursday, was…

Three people have died in a crash that occurred along Ilesa-Akure express way on Wednesday evening, the Federal Road Safety Commission in Osun has confirmed. Sector commander Umar Ibrahim said the crash was the result of a head-on collision. One person who didn’t die in the accident is hospitalised with…

An Osun Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison a 29-year-old man, Emmanuel Oladayo, who scaled the fence of a house to steal a motorcycle. Magistrate Risikat Olayemi, sitting in Ile-Ife, said the accused should remain behind bars pending when the bail conditions would be perfected. “The accused should be…

Pensioners in Osun have their setting up a camp for displaced people in Osogbo, insisting their action was justifiable given the plight of retirees in the state. The Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Osun says it will continued to agitate until the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, pays their gratuities and…

Stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in the South West geo-political zone are currently meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Among those who beat the time to arrive early at the meeting billed to take place at 1pm include former interim National Chairman of the party and…

The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the Fountain University, Osogbo, Professor Abdullateef Usman has urged the Federal Government and the Federal Ministry of Education to include private universities in the disbursement of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). Professor Usman said this during a press conference heralding the 6th convocation ceremony of…

The Sport Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Osun state chapter, has inducted the Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola as the first Grand Patron of the association in the state. The Governor, while giving his acceptance speech, said that he was honoured being installed as the first grand patron of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi, as the Chairman of the newly constituted Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The former Council of the University was sacked mid last year over some crises in the University. The crises erupted as a…

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has bagged the 2016 Governor of Year Award in Education of the African Education Monitor (AEM) magazine for “guiding the state towards educational prosperity.” AEM Publisher, Mr Oludaisi Adetarami, said Aregbesola deserved the award as the state’s investment in education had yielded positive results…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has advised state governments in south-west Nigeria to align their policies towards actualising sustainable food security in the region. The monarch gave the advice during a visit to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, at the state House in Ikeja….