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The Osun Police Command has arrested and arraigned a 54-year-old suspected scammer, Ojo David Oluwaseun who allegedly defrauded unsuspecting victims under false pretences of securing a travel visa for them. According to a statement by the command spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, the suspect, in January 2025, allegedly defrauded two people to…
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A pan-socio-political group, Dee Osun Monitors, has urged the Nigerian Bar Association to take concrete actions over the continued withholding of the allocation due to local governments in Osun State. The group’s convener, Prince Jide Akinyooye, while addressing the press on Thursday, said there is a need for the leadership…
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Former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party remains a very strong political platform in the state, despite the defection of the current governor, Ademola Adeleke, to the Accord Party. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting of the party held in Osogbo on Thursday, which…
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A civil rights group, Ta’awunu Human Rights Initiative THURIST on Thursday, held a peaceful protest at the office of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company in Iwo, demanding urgent action over persistent power outages in the town. The protest drew community members, traders, students, and artisans who expressed frustration over what…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of concentrating developmental projects in his hometown, Ede. Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the APC, through its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, described the Adeleke administration as “incorrigible and selfish without any consideration for…
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An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday, dismissed a chieftaincy suit challenging the appointment of the Alawo of Awo, affirming that the Osun State Government acted lawfully in the selection and installation of the monarch. Two princes of the town, Lawal Oloyede Oyekunle and Ganiyu Ademola Adediji,…
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged local and foreign investors to harness the state’s vast solid minerals potential and invest in the state, noting that the state could boast of enhanced security and has a significantly improved ease of doing business environment. The governor, according to a statement signed…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has disclosed that the party would adopt a consensus approach across all the states at its forthcoming Congress. Basiru stated this on Wednesday, while briefing some journalists at his office in Abuja. The APC scribe said…
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday raised concerns over what it described as chronic underfunding of the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation, warning that the trend could undermine Nigeria’s anti-corruption architecture and weaken public accountability. The concern was raised during the 2026 budget defence session of the Office…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The immediate past governor of Osun and Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, has described the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, as the right person to govern the state. Oyetola said the former Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority…
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