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Osun court grants four N250,000 bail for fighting

4 months ago864 min

Four residents of Osun State were on Monday arraigned before a state Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegations bordering on fighting in a pub, destruction of properties and theft. The defendants, Abdulgarfar Opeyemi, Michael Abayomi, Opadotun Taiwo and Azeez Abiodun, had appeared before a presiding magistrate, Dr Olusegun Ayilara, on five counts pressed against them by the police. The counts included conspiracy, assault, malicious damage, breach of peace and theft. Giving...

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NSCDC hunts killers of Osun guard murdered at shopping complex

4 months ago664 min

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, Osun State Command, on Monday, said it had begun an investigation to apprehend the killers of a night guard working at a shopping complex located along Station Road, Ikirun, Osun State. The actual period when the night guard, simply identified as Ibariba, was killed could not be immediately determined. But sources in Station Road, Ikirun, where the shopping complex where the deceased used to work is located, said he...

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Four arraigned for assault, theft in Osun

4 months ago5153 min

Four residents of Osun State were on Monday arraigned before a State Magistrates Court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegations bordering on a fight in a pub, destruction of properties and theft. The defendants, Abdulgarfar Opeyemi, Micheal Abayomi, Opadotun Taiwo and Azeez Abiodun, had appeared before a presiding Magistrate, Olusegun Ayilara, on five-count pressed against them by the police. The counts include conspiracy, assault, malicious damage, breach of peace and theft. Giving further...

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Osun Osogbo Festival Will Not Stop #EndBadGovernance Protests, Says Take-It-Back Movement

5 months ago1097 min

The Take-It-Back Movement in Osun State has announced its intention to continue its ongoing protest immediately after the Osun Osogbo festival. The movement, which has been advocating for the Nigerian government to meet the demands of its citizens, emphasised the continuation of their peaceful demonstrations. The organisers urged security agents to maintain their presence to ensure the safety of both people and property during the protests, as mandated by law. This was...

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Devil pushed me to kill my friend for ritual —Osun herbalist

5 months ago6395 min

A herbalist based in Oba-Oke, Osun State, Ganiyu Kehinde, arrested by the police for killing his friend, Emmanuel Collins, has said he committed the act in a bid to get human parts that would be used for money rituals. Kehinde was among the suspects arrested across the state for various crimes paraded by the police at Osun Command’s headquarters in Osogbo on Friday. Giving the facts of the case, Osun Police Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola,...

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Nigerian Police Arrest Serial Killer ‘Itaapa’ Who Named Osun Politician As Godfather, Said He Got 30 Rifles During 2023 Polls

5 months ago1017 min

The Nigeria Police Force, Osun State Command has arrested a 32-year-old notorious cultist and alleged serial killer, Bode Owoeye, also known as Bode Itaapa, for conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms and murder. The suspect alleged that his group were political thugs working for a certain Honourable Sanya Omirin, who typically gave them instructions through another wanted cultist named Adefioye Solomon. Owoeye was arrested alongside Mukaila Lateef, 45, and David...

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Osun Govt Fires Back At Ex-Governor Oyetola, Denies Culpability In N700Million Contract Abnormally

5 months ago839 min

The Osun State Information Commissioner, Alimi Kolapo, has reacted to claims made by the spokesman for ex-governor Gboyega Oyetola that the state under the leadership of Ademola Adeleke is to be blamed for the violation of procurement act reported by SaharaReporters. In a statement sent to SaharaReporters, the commissioner postulated that such statements are untrue. Kolapo said, “The attention of Osun state Government has been drawn to another big lie and deliberate distortion...

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BREAKING: After Raking In Millions Of Naira From Applicants, Osun Government Fails To Hold Teachers’ Recruitment Exams, Leaves Many Stranded

9 months ago854 min

The failure to hold the CBT exams is despite the millions of naira raked in by the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led state government as each applicant was made to pay N2000 for registration. The Computer-Based Test (CBT) for the Osun State Government Teacher’s Recruitment Exercise did not hold as scheduled on Wednesday leaving thousands of applicants stranded across the various centers in the state, SaharaReporters has learnt. The failure to hold the CBT exams is...

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Adeleke tells PDP in Osun: “We Shall Meet In The Trenches”

2 years ago6364 min

In good fortune, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has received the Supreme Court’s verdict and affirmation of Governor Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the governorship election on July 16, 2022. However, the party admitted that the court’s decision was painful. It did, however, assure the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the incumbent government that they would meet in the trenches when the time was right under the law. According to reports,...