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The security network of states in the South-West, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 24-year-old suspected rapist in Iwo, Osun on Friday. He was alleged to have been keeping a 16-year-old girl in his room for three days while having carnal knowledge of her. The Commander of the…
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The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday demanded the removal of the Commissioner of Police in charge of elections, Mr. Abayomi Oladipo, accusing him of bias against the party. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun PDP acting chairman, Dr. Adekunle Akindele, alleged that the state had…
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The spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, has said Mr Isaac Omoyele, the Chief Security Officer to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has not been transferred from the state. Opalola was reacting to the claim in some quarters that Omoyele was transferred based on a petition…
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An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife has ordered the Army to pay N200 million as damages to land owners in Kelebe-Omu, Olorunda Local Government Area of the state. Plaintiffs in the land dispute – Chief Amodu Akanbi, Sulaiman Folorunsho, Alhaji Ibraheem Olabode, Rasaki Tiamiyu and Yekini Salawu –…
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The Police Command in Osun have confirmed that two farmers were kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday, at Ileogbo Town in Aiyedire Local Government of Osun. Spokesperson of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that police officers were on the trail of the kidnappers. She…
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Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner Mutiu Agboke has said for credible election results the number of accredited voters must tally with the vote cast. He said since Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) remains the only constitutionally recognised electronic device for accreditation in any election, no contrary results must be declared…
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A two-year old boy has been rescued from a mentally challenged lady suspected to be his mother in the Okinni area of Osun State. The boy, called John Mary, was reportedly rescued from his mother on the Osogbo-Ilobu road by two persons whose identities were not disclosed. A release signed…
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The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has urged politicians to embrace peaceful electioneering strategies as the nation prepares for the February general elections. Adeleke made this known while receiving leaders of thought from Osun state, Friday evening. Adeleke who condemned the increasingly disruptive nature of campaigns in some areas…
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The Immediate past Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola, has affirmed the readiness of the people of the state to vote enmasse for the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the February 25 general elections. Oyetola, who stated this during the visit by members of the APC…
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Ex-Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said he served Osun wholeheartedly for four years without resting before God intentionally planned his temporary rest. This is as he also said God told him he would return as governor of Osun State. He spoke at a prayer held in Osogbo on Monday,…
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