Tag: osun
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Police arrest suspected serial killer in Osun
The Osun Police Command has arrested one Teslim Raji, also known as Akerele, and his accomplice, Femi Bamidele for alleged serial killings, kidnappings and gun running, within the Ikire axis of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Abiodun Ige, while parading the suspects in Osogbo, said the main suspect, Raji, was arrested after…
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Osun, Oyo to meet on LAUTECH ownership crisis
The Osun House of Assembly and its Oyo State counterpart, are now set to resolve the ownership crisis rocking the jointly-owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso and its teaching hospital, Osogbo. Mr Timothy Owoeye, Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, made this disclosure at the plenary session of the state Assembly in Osogbo on…
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Photos: Aregbesola’s former deputy, Titi Laoye-Tomori remarries 79-year-old Osun prince
The immediate past Deputy Governor of Osun State, Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori has remarried after four children in a previous marriage. The woman that Minister for Interior Rauf Aregbesola and her former boss once described as “a woman of extreme value, an achiever per excellence”, got married to Prince Michael Tunde Ponle, industrialist and owner of…
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JUST IN: NGE President, Egbemode, Akande’s son, others make Osun commissioners list
President Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mrs. Funke Egbemode has made the list of commissioners and special advisers submitted to the Assembly by Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. Oyetola submitted the 35-man list on Tuesday. Osun Speaker Timothy Owoeye read the list at plenary. Also on the list are: Femi Akande, son of the former Interim National…
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Bandits kidnap 14 bus passengers, driver in Osun
Bandits, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have reportedly kidnapped 14 bus passengers, including the driver, along Otan/Imesi-Ile road in Osun. All the eighteen occupants of the bus were initially, but four of them escaped. Police said they were rescued by their men. NAN reported that the kidnapping was carried out following a tip-off from one…
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Euphoria, as Access Bank opens new branch in Osun
There was profound jubilation among the people of Ipetu-Ijesha, in Oriade Local Government of Osun State, as Access Bank opened its new branch in the sleepy community. Speaking at the event, which was graced by many dignitaries across the country, the Group Managing Director/CEO of the Bank, Dr Herbert Wigwe reiterated the commitment of the…
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JUST IN: Tribunal sacks Osun Federal, State lawmakers
The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo, on Monday, has nullified the election of Mr Bamidele Salam, who represents Ede Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. The three-man panel, headed by Justice Eyo Ita, in their unanimous judgment ordered a rerun in 12 units of the…
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Narrative on salary arrears in Osun during my tenure mischievous, based on Ignorance – Aregbesola
Former governor of Osun state Rauf Aregbesola said on Monday that rumours of owed salaries in Osun during his tenure was due to mischief and ignorance. Aregbesola made this known during his turn for ministerial screening and confirmation before the Nigerian Senate. Aregbesola said “We (Osun State Government) ensured between July 2015 and July 2018…
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Osun guber: We take Supreme Court judgement in good fate – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun says it has accepted the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed Gov. Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the September 2018 governorship election in the state. Mr Soji Adagunodo, the State PDP Chairman, in a telephone interview said since the Supreme court is the apex court in the land,…
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Osun: Lawan charges Oyetola to be magnanimous in victory
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan on Friday congratulated the Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun over his victory at the Supreme Court, urging him to be magnanimous in victory. Lawan, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa described the judgement as victory to democracy, the All Progressives…