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By Tunde Olamilekan A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, has announced his schedule for the conclusion of his local government consultation tours. Oyebamiji, popularly called ‘AMBO’, in a statement stated that his consultation tours will end this week with visits…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Tragedy struck on Saturday at Oke-Iro Street, Ilesa, Osun State, as a local hunter allegedly shot an infant died during a burial ceremony. According to local sources, the hunter, alongside his colleagues, was invited attend the burial ceremony by one of the deceased’s children. The sources noted…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The ongoing industrial action by the Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has stalled the trial of an alleged fraudster, Adeleke Adeniran. Adeniran was alleged to have duped a poultry farmer in Osogbo, Tijani Ahmed to the tune of N9.7 million. Narrating…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The immediate past Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has decried the state of Osun Amotekun, noting that the security outfit has strayed from its core purpose. Owoeye was reacting to the latest incident involving Osun Amotekun whose personnel shot four…
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Barring any last-minute change in plan, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will begin a two-week warning strike on Monday. This follows the expiration of the two-week ultimatum they gave the Federal Government to meet their lingering demands. Despite the ultimatum ending on Sunday night, the Federal Government…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The All Progressives Congress, APC, has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing its remaining leaders as “undertakers waiting to bury a dying party.” The Publicity Secretary of APC in Lagos, Mr Seye Oladejo, made the remark in a statement issued on Saturday in reaction to a…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Pioneer Director-General of the Osun Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu, has called for a fresh profiling of those recruited to the Amotekun agency by the current administration. Shittu alleged that some criminal elements have infiltrated the security outfit through improper recruitment. Shittu, who worked under the administration…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Coordinator of Ife/Ijesa Peace Forum, Prince Adeyemi Oyeyemi, has condemned a group named Concerned Youths of Ife-Ijesa for Good Governance and Security Stability in Osun State for criticising Senator Francis Fadahunsi’s intervention on the Akinlalu killings. It would be recalled that the lawmaker representing Osun East…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The lawmaker representing Osun East, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has confirmed that he was behind the sealing of Osun Amotekun operational base in Osogbo and Ife. Fadahunsi said Osun Amotekun offices have become the home of murderers, noting that the security outfit has lost its purpose. The lawmaker…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A father, simply identified as Tesojue has allegedly beaten his daughter to a state of unconsciousness. In a video posted on Facebook by the Executive DirectorWorld Institute for Peace, Lamina Kamiludeen, the teenage girl was seen with blood dripping from her eye and mouth. According to Kamiludeen,…
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