Tag: Osun State

The International Breweries Plc of Ilesa, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the police and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have warned drivers against the dangers of drunken driving. The Legal and Corporate Affairs Director, IB Plc, Chief Michael Daramola, said at a sensitisation programme organised by the company in…

The Election Monitor (EM) has urged INEC to consider conducting a forensic audit to determine the cause of the sharp increase in voided votes observed in the last governorship election in Osun State. The Coordinator of EM, Mr. Abiodun Ajijola, made the call at the weekend in Abuja at the…

Zainab Bulkachuwa, president of the court of appeal, has reconstituted the Osun state governorship election petition tribunal. Sa’adatu Kachalla, the court’s head of media and publicity, disclosed this on Thursday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state had filed a petition against the victory of Isiaka Oyetola, candidate of…

One Babatunde Matthew, 29, on Friday appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Ile-Ife, Osun State, for allegedly assaulting a police officer, Insp. Ayodele Dania, and his team while performing their lawful duty. The accused, who is of no fixed address, is standing trial on four counts of assault, breach of…

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State are protesting on the premises of the Osun State High Court following the alleged disbandment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal hearing matters arising from the recently concluded governorship poll in the state. Scores of PDP members while staging a peaceful…

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has been reconstituted by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. Bulkachuwa was said to have taken the decision because of the need to expose the new members to election petition cases since the old members had recently had experience…

No fewer than 3,000 Osun residents are to benefit from the Federal Government free Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B, C tests. Dr Olubunmi Ayinde, the South-West Coordinator, Nigeria AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo. Ayinde said that NAIIS officials would…

By Femi Adesola   The Osun West Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Engineer Adelere Oriolowo, has commiserated with the Adejumo family over the demise of the Ace Actor, Moses Adejumo, popularly called Baba Sala. Oriolowo who is the Osun State Project Director of the Rural Access Mobility…