No fewer than two persons has reported dead as a petrol tanker and a fish- laden truck had head-on collision along Ibadan-Ife road, Gbongan in Irewole Local Government Area. Eyewitness told newsmen that the accident occurred around 10:30am and that the accident was caused by the fish truck, which lost control. Our correspondent learnt the
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Residents of Okuku in Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Osun State were thrown into confusion following the discovery of the body of a 55-year old woman, Afolabi Olawatoyin, murdered in her residence. It was gathered that the woman’s neighbours in the house found her very early in the morning slaughtered. However, residents of the Oba Oyebode
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A cocoa trader in Osun state, Festus Olawale, has reportedly committed suicide in his cocoa store in Gbongan, Osun State. According to reports, Olawale, 43, reportedly took his life by hanging himself in one of the rooms in his cocoa store located at Oke Ola area of the town on Friday, August 14. Confirming the
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As part of its efforts to revitalize the agricultural sector of Osun, the state government has provided N329 million as agricultural input based loans to maize farmers, under the Anchors Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). The programme saw the Osun State Government partner with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Unity Bank and the Maize Farmers Association
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A 47-year-old man, Morakinyo Ezekiah, was on Friday brought before a Magistrates’ Court in Modakeke, Osun, for allegedly assaulting a police woman, Insp. Akinnifesi Iyabode. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge of assault and damaging. The Prosecutor, Insp. Glory Ona, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 17, around
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An Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo on Tuesday went ahead to sentence an expatriate Elisan Mohammed and 53 residents of the state to two hours community service without an option of fine for not wearing a facemask in a public place. 56 violators was arrested by the state COVID-19 Joint Task Force and
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The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the sacking of the two officers caught in a viral video flogging a lady, Azeez Alimat, for allegedly violating a coronavirus lockdown in Osun State. In a statement on Friday via Twitter the Nigerian Police said the officers, Inspector Ikuesan Taiwo and Constable Abass Ibrahim, were found guilty of
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Osun State Government on Saturday said it had received and kept in isolation some indigenes of the state that recently returned from the Ivory Coast. The travelers, said to be about 120, arrived in the state on Friday and moved to a government facility in Ejigbo where they would be observed for 14 days, as
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Fire has engulfed a branch of First Bank of Nigeria at Agip area of Ede in Osun State. The Administrative Officer of Osun State Fire Service, Fatai Aremu, when contacted confirmed the incident. He said distressed call was received from the scene late Friday evening. He added that men from Oke Fia Unit of the
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Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, says he remains the Oluwo of Iwoland despite his suspension by the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers. He said this in a post on his Instagram page on Friday. The post was in a reaction to his suspension by the Osun State Traditional Council. In the post, Oluwo attached a video,
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The Osun State Police Command on Monday said a woman, Amudatu Sani, had been arrested with human parts in Ikire. The Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, confirmed the arrest. Speaking through the command’s spokesperson, Folasade Odoro, the commissioner said the suspect was arrested with dry human parts which she concealed in a sack. He warned
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In Osun State, some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders were on Monday allegedly attacked by other members denied access to the venue of a stakeholders’ meeting called by the chairman, Soji Adagunodo, in Osogbo. Those allegedly attacked at the meeting were the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Diran Odeyemi, Akin Adeyi, Apesin Adegoke and Edward Olowookere.
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