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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has resolved to nominate Barrister Ajisafe Kamarudeen as the South West Zonal Chairman of the party. The Osun PDP arrived at this resolution in a communique released after a stakeholders’ meeting held in Osogbo on Wednesday. The meeting, which was attended by…
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The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kehinde Longe, has brokered peace between the Chief Imam of the Kamaudeen Mosque, Osogbo, Alhaji Kasim Yunis, and the custodian of a masquerade, Chief Kayode Esuleke, as the annual Egungun masquerade holds in the town. A statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday, signed…
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Acting Chairman, Osun Internal Revenue Service, OIRS, Abiodun Olaitan has warned revenue consultants working with the state government to desist from all forms of fraudulent acts. Olaitain gave this warning while clarifying the stand of OIRS and the state government on the news making the rounds about one of the…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has accused the immediate past administration in the State of mismanaging over N12 billion on Ilesa water project without any result. The All Progressive Congress-led administration was also indicted for frivolity, financial recklessness and mismanagement of State fund during its tenure in the State….
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Residents of Osogbo in Osun State have decried their inability to spend the old N500 and N1,000 denominations in spite of the Supreme Court’s pronouncement that they remain legal tender until December 31. Residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, said they were happy with the…
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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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