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By Femi Makinde Residents of some areas in Ijebujesa, the headquarters of Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State on Tuesday trooped out to protest the power outage in some parts of the community which has lasted for one year. Armed with placards with various inscriptions, the angry residents stormed…
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By Chijioke Jannah A 44-year-old Man, Akeem Yusuf, was on Monday arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, on one count bordering on forgery. According to Police Prosecutor, Lamidi Rasaki, the accused person forged a letter head paper, seal, official stamp, and the signature of one Barrister…
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Monday Lines 14/08/2017 Lasisi Olagunju. I told a friend last week that Senator Bukola Saraki leads the Buhari faction of the APC. The friend is not a fan of Saraki. He didn’t like what I said at all. “Since when?” He asked and I smiled and told him: “Since the…
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By Oluwole Ige Fifty out of eighty five medical students of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), who were sponsored by the Osun State government to Ukraine in 2013 to complete their medical studies returned to Nigeria on Saturday evening after four and a half years of study overseas. The medical…
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By Chiemelie Ezeobi The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, at the weekend, unknowingly stirred the hornet’s nest when he took to his twitter page to gush about Arsenal Football Club players and their coach. In quick succession, he was attacked for tweeting about football while he was alleged to owe…
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By NAN A 35-year-old woman, Bukola Omotayo, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun over alleged theft of 15 bags of rice. Omotayo is facing a charge of stealing. The Prosecutor, Insp Taiwo Adegoke, told the court that the accused committed the offence in July…
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By Editor The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has opened a zonal command in Osogbo for Ondo, Osun and Ekiti states to reduce pressure on its Lagos state command of the agency. The official inauguration of the NAPTIP new office in Osogbo by the Osun…
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By Editor The Attorney General of the State of Osun, Ajibola Basiru has said that lawmaking is not a one-off process but a continuous and enduring one. Speaking to Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lawyers in the Media (LIM) Forum in Lagos recently about the development of law…
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By NAN An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday ordered the remand of four persons in prison over alleged abduction and having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old girl. The accused Seyi Akindoyin, 27; Tope Akanni, 20; Abiodun Olayinka, 19, and Seun Odugade, 22, pleaded not guilty to four-count-charge…
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By Editor The Osun State Commandant of the Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC), Mr. Paul Ayinde, has warned youths to be wary of sinister groups operating in the name of the organisation. The commandant gave this warning while decrying activities of a group, National Unity and Peace Corps (NUPEC), which has…
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