Osun
16 Feb
The Osun State Government has received knocks for including a non-refundable application fee of #2,000 in its online recruitment exercise for teachers which was announced on Thursday.
30 Jan
Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday imposed a 6 pm - 6 am curfew on Ifon and Ilobu due to the ongoing conflict between the two communities.
17 Jan
The Amotekun Security Corps in Osun says it has arrested five suspected armed robbers and killed three others in Osogbo.
11 Jan
Osun State Amotekun Corps, on Thursday said it arrested a 30-year-old ex-convict, Dada Isiaka, an indigene of Ada in Boripe Local Government of Osun, for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl in Ada Town.
11 Jan
The Osun Amotekun Corps in charge of anti-cultism squad have arrested some suspected cultists terrorising some communities in Ilesa metropolis.
1 Dec
The Osun government has approved the payment of the 57-month diverted salaries of some of the judiciary staff in the state.
29 Nov
The Osun State Government has approved the monthly payment of N15,000.00 to each worker and N10,000.00 to each pensioner in the state as palliatives to cushion the effects of the removal of petroleum subsidies by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The payments, which were approved by Governor Ademola Adeleke, will commence from December 2023 and…
24 Nov
Law enforcers in Osun State have vowed to prosecute perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in a bid to end the practice.
16 Nov
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has restrained Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke from removing the state's Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, and the Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSCN), Michael Obidiya.
3 Nov
The Osun Government has given the directive to enrol 19,000 retirees from the state in its health insurance scheme.
2 Nov
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of members of non-statutory boards and Chairmen, Secretaries and members of Local Government Education Boards.
1 Sep 2023
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun announced on Thursday the suspension of an additional 26 members of the party for alleged anti-party activities, after expelling 84 members for same reason on Wednesday.
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