Osun
31 Aug
Four people were killed and 20 injured in a multiple-vehicle accident on the Ilesa/Akure expressway in Osun State. The crash occurred near Ikeji-Arakeji and involved two buses and a truck. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attributed the accident to excessive speed, adding that victims included three female adults and one male adult. FRSC Osun…
29 Aug
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said there are ongoing plans for his administration to generate electricity for the use of the state. The governor made this known on Thursday while flagging off the Obokun 33kV Feeder Line from Osunjela to Ilesa-West Local Government Secretariat in Ilesa. Adeleke said that Osun has a draft electricity…
28 Aug
A female apprentice, simply identified as Tawa, has reportedly abducted her employer's child on her first day at work. Tawa was said to have disappeared with the male child, aged one year and three months, in Osunjela community, along the Ilesa Garage area of Osun State, on August 2, 2024. Confirming the incident on Wednesday,…
27 Aug
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has lamented the continuous destruction of its transmission tower in Osun State by suspected vandals. This is as the company confirmed the arrest of a vandal in the state. The suspect was nabbed on Tuesday by armed vigilantes in an attempt to return to sabotage a transmission tower. The TCN…
26 Aug
The son of an Osun-based journalist, Peter Kehinde Odewumi, who was declared missing about two months ago has been found. His disappearance had caused panic among his family members and concerned individuals as well-wishers prayed and circulated information about him on social media seeking information that would lead to his whereabouts. Chairman of the Nigerian…
26 Aug
The Osun State Government has confirmed two cases of monkeypox in Ilesa West Local Government Area. To prevent the spread of the virus, the state government has activated an emergency response. While the first case was recorded in March this year in Ilesa West Local Government, the state government said it confirmed the second incident…
8 Aug
Newspaper vendors and sales representatives in Osun say their businesses are no longer lucrative due to prevalence of online media outlets. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Osogbo, the vendors and sales representatives said that online media had reduced sales of hard copies. They said that it was affecting their…
29 Jul
The Osun State Government has said it has started receiving the expected 43 trucks of food palliatives of garri and corn from the Federal Government as part of efforts to cushion the effects of hardship currently experienced by Nigerians across the country. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the state Commissioner…
26 Jul
A resident of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, Abibat Hammed, has been reportedly held hostage by officials of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, over her inability to pay her hospital bills. Abibat, a deaf woman who also has an intellectual disability, was said to have delivered a baby at the hospital on…
25 Jul
A Chief Magistrate's Court sitting in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, has ordered the remand of a medical doctor in the employment of the state, Olayode Shakiru, for allegedly assaulting and raping a teenage girl. Shakiru was arrested last week Thursday by a team of policemen from Oke-Baale Police Division in Osogbo, capital of the…
14 Jun
Despite the economic headwinds encountered for most parts of the second quarter of 2024, the Oyo/Osun Customs Area Command has declared generation of the sum of N6.34bn for May 2024. Cumulatively, when added to the revenue generated for January to April 2024, the sum of ₦30.66bn has been generated as revenue from January to May…
10 Jun
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, emerged as the Chairman of the South West Governors Forum on Monday. The governor, who read the communiqué after a meeting behind closed doors at the Lagos House, Ikeja, was unanimously nominated by his colleagues. The governor said the forum deliberated extensively on several matters, noting that the governors also…
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