Tag: Osun State

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…

No fewer than 2000 food vendors are to be recruited by the Osun State Government to enhance the State Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme popularly known as- O’MEALS. The vendors will join others in the preparation of meals for the public school pupils across the state. Programme Officer of…

A train derailment at the exit point of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), lddo Terminus in Lagos, delayed a 10am Lagos-Oshogbo bound free train service offered by the Osun State Government. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the delay was caused by a train shunting with a Lagos-Kano…

The Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Commands in Osun, have assured the people of the state of adequate security during and after the Easter celebration. The Osun Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Folashade Odoro, said the state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Abiodun Ige, had…

Motorists, especially commercial transport workers, in Osun State, South-West of Nigeria are agonising over constant extortion by men of the Osun State Police Command, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) across the State of Osun on daily basis. P.M.NEWS witnessed some untoward scenes on Wednesday, 10…

Despite assurances of availability of petrol by the federal government, many petrol stations in Osun State were not selling the product, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who went round the Osun State capital and its environs on Sunday reported that many of the petrol stations…

No fewer than 10 primary health centres in Osogbo, the Osun State capital recently benefited from medical equipment worth over N1 million donated by a foreign society group, the Sisters Cities International. The health centres include the ones at Okebale, Olugunna, Enikaoyun, Ota-Efun, Oke Abesu, Odiolowo and Ilie. Also, the…

All Progressives Congress in Osun State has filed petitions challenging results of two House of Representatives seats and two State House of Assembly seats before the State Election Petitions Tribunal. The party is challenging Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency, and Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency while also challenging that of Obokun State…