Tag: Osun State

By Iyinoluwa Alabi A 19 year old boy, Adekanbi Babatunde has been arraigned by the Osun State Police Command before an Osogbo Magistrate Court on a two count charge of felony and robbery. Adekanbi who was arrested on the 6th of March, 2019 at around 1.45pm by the police for…

By Iyinoluwa Alabi A Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced Ganiyu Saheed to 6 years imprisonment for robbery . The accused was arrested by the Police around 3am on the 4th of May 2019 around Ofatedo, Osogbo. He was brought before the court on a three count charge for…

By David Abiola The Association of Community Pharmacist of Nigeria, Osun State chapter, has appealed to the Federal Government over the need for a speedy passage of the missing Pharmacy Bill. This was part of the statement issued during a press conference the association held at the NUJ conference room…

By David Abiola Pharmacies in Osun state (both pharmacist owned and non pharmacist owned) have been directed to observe 2hrs closure between the hours of 12noon and 2pm on Tuesday 7th May 2019. This is in compliance with the directives of the national executives of the Pharmacist council of Nigeria,…

The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Osun State chapter, Mr Jacob Adekomi, said the workers’ unions in the state will discuss with the state government on the new minimum wage after the release of guidelines for its implementation. Adekomi, who said this in Osogbo on Friday in an interview with SUNDAY…

 The Osun state Ministry of Education (Staff) Cooperative Investment and Credit Society Limited has extend its humanitarian service to Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) motherless home in commemorating its 25th anniversary. The visit to the motherless home was among the programmes to mark the silver jubilee where…

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced 25-year-old Sheriff Lawal to 12 months imprisonment in Ilesa Prison, Osun, for stealing N30,000. Lawal pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing preferred against him. Following the guilty plea, the defence counsel, Mrs Shade Adekanmi, urged the court to temper justice with…

A 25-year old man, Sheriff Lawal, who has served prison terms on four different occasions, on Thursday stunned an audience in the Osun Magistrates’ Court, Osogbo, when he said a spiritualist told him that he was under a spell. Lawal, who was standing trial for stealing a binding machine, was…