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Personnel of Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have intercepted 35 youths travelling out of the state. State Commandant of the Corps, Adeyinka Oguntuase, told newsmen that two vehicles conveying the youths were intercepted a few minutes after they left Ilesha on Monday evening despite…

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has nominated Barrister Segun Oladitan as the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) The Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye at Tuesday plenary read the letter from the governor seeking the confirmation of Oladitan and other members…

Fifteen days after 27 illegal miners were arrested in Osun State, another 10 Chinese and a Ghanaian have been arrested after raids on four mining sites in the state. The PUNCH reports that on Sunday, May 3, 27 miners – 17 of whom were Chinese expatriates – were arrested by…

The Federal Government has said it has not decided on the location of the new six (6) Colleges of Education recently approved, describing letters purportedly emanating from the Federal Ministry of Education and circulating in the social media as fake. Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr…

Government of the State of Osun on Saturday said it has discharged another coronavirus patient from its isolation and treatment centre, having recovered fully from the disease. This brings the number of cases successfully managed and discharged in Osun to 32, as at 16 May, 2020. The State Commissioner for…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has commiserated with his counterparts in Sokoto and Oyo states, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal and Mr. Seyi Makinde respectively, over the death of their commissioners. They are: Hon. Surajo Marafa-Gatawa, Sokoto State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, and the Oyo State Commissioner…

A truck driver, identified simply as Sheriff, Friday evening drowned in River Osun in Ogberin village, Ede, Osun State, when he slipped and fell into the river. The deceased, it was learnt, was at the river bank after he and his team had removed their truck that was stuck due…

The Federal Government has officially commenced its home feeding programme for schoolchildren in Nigeria. It flagged-off the programme on Thursday at the Central Science Primary School in Kuje, a suburb in Abuja. This came as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, who kicked-off the…

The Aketewi of Iketewi in Osun State, David Ogungbemi, 62, was on Thursday arraigned alongside his son, Idowu, and one Sarafa Olayiwola before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. They were arraigned before Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara on three counts of conspiracy, rape and sexual exploitation. They…