Tag: Osogbo
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Pandemonium in Osogbo as Aregbesola security officers shoot sporadically
Osun panicked as the convoy of the Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, passed through the Old Garage area of Osogbo,
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Police arrest sergeant suspected of killing driver in Osogbo
Police arrest sergeant suspected of killing driver in Osogbo
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1 killed as masquerade group clashes with Muslim worshipers
The Osun Police Command on Monday confirmed the death of one person during a clash between a masquerade and his followers and Muslim worshipers in Osogbo on Sunday. According to Osun Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, many were also injured when Muslim worshipers , that were having their prayer in their mosque, got into a…
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JUST IN: Yoruba Nation agitators storm Osogbo
Scores of youths under the aegis of Omo Oduduwa United on Saturday morning stormed the streets of Osogbo, capital of Osun State to agitate for actualisation of Yoruba nation. The protesters converged on November 27 bridge in the Africa area, Osogbo for the protest. They marched from the November 27 bridge through Ogo-Oluwa, Aregbe junction,…
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PDP South-West Congress: Police arrest 4 persons with guns
The Police Command in Osun has arrested four persons with guns at the venue of the South-West People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Zonal Congress in Osogbo. The Command Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, told newsmen that the suspects were arrested Sunday evening with two loaded pump action rifles. Opalola said that the suspects were undergoing investigation at…
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Robbers invade six churches in Osogbo, cart away mixers, amplifiers, others
No fewer than six churches in Osogbo, Osun State were recently invaded by armed robbers who carted away a multimillion Naira public address system. The men of the underworld were said to have stole Mixers and Slave Engine Amplifiers at the affected churches which include Methodist Church, Isale-Aro; Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Bishop’s Court,…
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Aggrieved Nigerians protest in Osogbo over electricity tariff, fuel hike
Dissatisfied members of the Coalition for Civil Societies in Osun State Friday morning protested against the hike in electricity tariff and petrol price. The activists took off from Freedom Park, Osogbo around 8:30 am. The protesters displayed placards showing their anger over the increase in electricity tariff and petrol price. The protesters lamented that “approval…
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Teen bags six years for stealing female underwear, phone
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun State on Monday sentenced one Olasunkanmi, 19, to six years in prison for stealing three female underwear and one Techno mobile phone valued at N6,000. Magistrate Rofiat Olayemi sentenced the convict without any option to pay fine. The Prosecutor, Insp. Jafani Musilimi, had told the court that the…
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Police arrest two for beheading rice dealer in Osogbo
The police command in Osun says it has arrested two suspects over alleged robbery and killing of a rice dealer by beheading him. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, made this known while parading the suspects and other crime suspects at the Police Headquarters on Thursday in Osogbo. Adeoye said the arrested suspects…