…Dismiss Guber Ambitions Of APC Nat’l Secretary’. Former Local Government Chairmen on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have joined other party members advocating for the zoning of party’s governorship ticket to Osun West Senatorial District. The ex-council chairmen, numbering about 41, also dismissed rumours of the gubernatorial ambition of the National Secretary…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has approved the detention of 10 individuals suspected of planning to establish a Boko Haram cell in Osun State. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on an ex-parte application filed by the State Security Service (SSS), authorized the detention of the suspects for 60 days to allow the agency…
A young Nigerian man, Segun Olowookere, who got sentenced to death in Osun State for allegedly stealing a chicken, has shared the very painful details of his arrest, detention, and conviction. Olowookere, arrested in 2010 at the age of 17 that the complainant in his case was a family member. The incident that altered his…
The Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Olalere Oyewumi, has graciously donated N1 million to Iwo United FC for winning the coveted grand trophy of the SmartCity Osun State Football League. He acknowledged the role of youths in his grassroots support system, urging the football team to consider him as one of them. At…
Parading the suspects at the Command headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Giwa-Alade Emmanuel, said the arrest was made following a tip-off from a concerned citizen. Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested seven suspected ritualists for possession of human body parts. Parading the suspects at the Command…
A 50-year-old murder suspect, Kehinde Ganiyu, has confessed to killing his sick friend, Emmanuel Collins, and using his throat to make ritual soap in a bid to seek prosperity. Ganiyu, who was paraded at the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo, said he visited his friend on July 18, 2024, and suddenly had the…
Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have protested in Edo and Osun states over the economic hardship in the country. Inflation has reached 29 percent in Nigeria and with the subsidy on fuel removed, the cost of living has spiked in recent months. This has triggered debates and protests in some parts of Nigeria. To…
In the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, a blazing fire destroyed goods worth millions of naira in Oja Tuntun, the largest market in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Recall that between July 2019 and December 2020, the market experienced three fire incidents which destroyed many shops and goods. As at the time of this report,…
