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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…
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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…
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A private school in Osogbo, Kunike International School on Tuesday embarked on repairs of two kilometres of road along Osogbo-Ilesa road, the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports. Students and teachers of the school were seen in their dozens as early as 7 am filling several portholes and bad portions of…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Patricia Etteh has got the mien of a cat and the heart of a tiger, a Bengali tiger to be precise. Yet she is only Nigerian, and a woman for that matter. While her exit from the House of Representatives hung loosely above her face like a recalcitrant ogre, she…
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A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oloni of Eti-Oni, Oba Dokun Thompson, at the weekend used the Holy Bible to pacify the Land, warning that poverty would persist unless the Land was appeased. Speaking at the first Cocoa Festival in Africa, the monarch explained that there may have been…
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Doctors in Osun State have appealed to the state government to ensure immediate payment of their salaries during the period they downed tools to push demands for better remuneration. The doctors, under the aegis Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), spoke at its general meeting, held as part of the 2016 Physicians…
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