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An Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo on Thursday sentenced three men to death by hanging for the murder and dismemberment of a 52-year-old woman, Asiata Yekeen, in Ile-Ogbo community. The convicts — Muideen Tunji, Yusuf Muslim and Rabiu Fatai—were found guilty of conspiracy, murder and unlawful possession of…
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The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has commended the Nigeria Police Force, Zone XI Command, over the ongoing investigation into the alleged murder of some members of the party in Boripe Local Government Area during the February 17 mayhem over the control of councils in the state. osun.life reports…
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The leader of the Peoples Democratic Party local government Chairmen elected in the February 22, 2025, election, Mr Sarafadeen Awotunde, has accused the state Commissioner of Police, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, and the Ikirun Area Commander of attempts to intimidate elders and community leaders in Ikirun in connection with…
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Two families of the two people killed during the faceoff involving chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress and members of the Peoples Democratic Party over the control of local government areas in Iragbiji, Osun state, have demanded immediate prosecution of the five people arrested in connection…
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The Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Wednesday, launched the first clinical trial for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Under the initiative, colorectal cancer patients will receive free treatment from the OAUTH, Lagos University Teaching Hospital and Medserve’s NSIA-Diagnostic Centre, Lagos. A Professor of Surgery at the…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Senator representing Osun East, Francis Fadahunsi, the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Hon. Oluwole Oke and the National DG Next Level Progressive Movement, Abiodun Owoeye, have congratulated Otunba Ajibola Olujobi on his inauguration as the Renewed Hope Ambassador Coordinator for Obokun Local Government. Olujobi was inaugurated…
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Not less than 200 secondary school students from Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State have benefited from the free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) support by the Executive Director of Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Engr Fatai Adeyemi. The programme, in partnership with the IleriOluwa Education Development,…
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The Police in Osun State have reportedly arrested five persons in connection with the alleged kidnapping of two residents of Ora-Igbomina in Ifedayo Local Government Area of the state. It would be recalled that some yet to be identified gunmen on Sunday night kidnapped two people at a private residence…
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The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has said the state would work towards giving President Bola Tinubu about one million votes in the 2027 general elections. A former Commissioner for Information in the state, Sunday Akere, who is currently the Osun State Ambassador of Renewed Hope, stated this on…
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The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Osun-born Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Justice Oyewole born on May 13, 1965, is from Ila-Orangun, Osun State and takes the southwest slot made vacant as a result of the retirement of the immediate past Chief Justice…
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