The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has reserved judgment on the appeal filed by Ramon Adedoyin, who was sentenced to death by an Osun State High Court in Osogbo over the death of a student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, the late Timothy Adegoke. Adegoke was allegedly killed in…

Officers of the Nigeria Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been engaged in a public brawl in Osogbo

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State, Prof. Taiwo Olufemi Asaolu, has described the recurring invasion by herdsmen and encroachment by illegal miners on the school land as some of the challenges confronting the institution. He said that due to the lack of perimeter fencing in the school, herders and miners have…

A former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, has described the Alolade College of Health Sciences and Information Technology built by former governor of Osun State

Some members of the Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed concerns over an alleged plan by Governor Ademola Adeleke to install a chieftain of the major opposition party in the state, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Abikoye Johnson Adekanmi Alani, as a traditional ruler in the state. The politicians, under…

The Ofokutu Royal Family of Ilesa, Osun State, has said it is their turn to produce the next Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland. The paramount ruler of Ijeshaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran 11, joined his ancestors on September 12, 2024, at the age of 86. The family explained that it is certain that the crown is…

Residents of Osogbo, Osun State, have expressed dissatisfaction with the poor condition of the roads in the state capital. The residents, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Sunday, said the deplorable state of the roads had made it difficult for them to carry out their daily businesses with…

Last week, the Federal High Court in Abuja granted an Interim Injunction in favor of Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL), restraining the Osun State government and its officials from interfering with the company’s mining operations.

Secondary School students in Osun State have joined the advocacy against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), describing it as an evil

No fewer than 83 graduates of the Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State bagged First Class as the institution held its 16th convocation

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, inaugurated a committee with a seven-day deadline to investigate the ongoing disputes between the Osun State Government and Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL) concerning gold mining operations. It said that the committee aims to thoroughly investigate the circumstances leading to the shutdown, addressing concerns from stakeholders in the mining sector…

The Federal Government has appointed Osun State as the coordinating point for the implementation of the food system transformation pathways in the South West geopolitical zone, an initiative targeted at boosting nutritious and sufficient food production in Nigeria.