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By Editor A 21-year-old sales girl, Oluwatobi Blessing, was on Thursday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N285,000 fraud. Blessing is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft. The prosecutor, Sgt. Sunday Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Aug. 7, at…
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By NAN Two men — Adeniyi Dada and Isaac Samson — who allegedly scaled the fence of a house in the night to steal some household items, were on Thursday brought before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused were, however, granted bail in the sum of N200, 000 each…
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The quote above, by W.B. Yeats, perfectly echoed my own sentiments on reading a report in the Punch, August 16, 2017 edition in which Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun was alleged by the ‘Forum of 2011/2012 Pensioners to have “paid political office holders who served between November 2010 and November…
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By Ajibola Olaniyi Managing Director of Bank of Industry (BoI), Mr Kayode Pitan on Tuesday said that the bank, in its bid to develop small and medium enterprises has disbursed the total of N3.5bn to business men and women in Osun State. Pitan disclosed this at the Osun State Business…
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By Oluwole Ige A Magistrates Court, sitting in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, on Tuesday remanded four persons in Ilesa prison custody over alleged armed robbery. The accused include: Ojo Ayobami, 21, Isaac Awe, 18, Rotimi Adedeji, 39, and Segun Adelabi, 26. They were arraigned on a 6-count charge, bothering…
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By Deji Joshua An Islamic Cleric, Jimoh Alimi and 15 others are currently being remanded in Ilesa Prison over religious crisis in Ejigbo area of Osun State. Two rival Islamic factions had been scheming to take over the control of Isoko Central Mosque in Ejigbo Local Government area of the…
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By Chioma Obinna The lamentations of women living with Vesico-Vaginal Fistula, VVF, leave much to be desired. The stories of rejection and mental frustration abound of these helpless women are commonplace. And between 120, 000 and 150, 000 Nigerian women and girls out of the two million worldwide live with…
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By NAN Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has said that it was high time for Nigeria to go back to farming to sustain itself, saying a time will come when the nation will be left with no other option than agriculture. Aregbesola said this while inspecting 40 acres of…
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By Oluwole Ige HOPE of the completion of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola (MKO) International Airport, located in Ido Osun brightened over the weekend as the Turkish government indicated its interest to collaborate with Osun State government on the project. The Turkish government also expressed its readiness to partner Osun on trade,…
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By Tunde Eludini The Vice Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, in Osun State, Najeem Alabelewe, has said the party would be victorious in the forthcoming gubernatorial election set for 2018 in the state. Mr. Alabelewe also gave assurances that the AD will recapture lost territories of the party…
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