Tag: Osun State

Five months ahead of the annual Osun Osogbo festival, plans to make this year edition a huge success and different from the previous ones have begun in earnest. The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Oyetunji, during the visit to his palace by a team of a tourism, art and…

A 40-year-old woman, Tawa Bamidele, was on Wednesday, docked in an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court, Osogbo for allegedly stealing cartons of fish worth N72,000. The police charged the defendant, whose address was not provided with stealing. The Prosecutor, Insp Elisha Olusegun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in…

The Osun state government will strengthen its economy by creating an enabling environment for business and investment to thrive. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola stated this on Wednesday while receiving the Venezuela Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr David Nieves Valasquez-Caraballo; envoys from Israel, Cuba, Cote d’Ivoire and Republic of Benin‎. The envoys, who…

The Osun State judiciary and the state police command, on Tuesday, agreed to work in harmony to ensure fast dispensation of justice. While receiving the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Ige, in her office, the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo, said the judiciary in the state and the police command…

The Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) Mr. Umar Dikko has hailed Osun State for creating an enabling environment for small businesses to thrive. Speaking at the 2019 Osun Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise opportunities open fair in Osogbo, the director-general said Osun State government…

No fewer than two persons have been killed and ten others injured in a community clash involving two nieghouring communities, Moro and Yakooyo both in Ife North Local Government Council of Osun State. The clash was as a result of dispute over boundary dispute between the two communities. Trouble started…

As part of measures to avert tragedy associated with building collapse, Oyo State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has ordered that integrity test be conducted on houses suspected to betray structural defects to prevent eventual collapse of such buildings. Oyetola gave the directive at the weekend, following last week’s collapse of buildings…

Nike Davis-Okundaye, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nike Centre for Art and Culture, says that her centres located in Osogbo, Abuja and Lagos have helped to rehabilitate and empowered several street girls in recent years. Davis-Okundaye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday that the centers…