A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has granted one Olalekan Oyeyemi, an appointee of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke N50m bail application with two sureties in like sum. The sureties the judge said must include a traditional…
Geometric Power and National Control Centre map out programme on electricity supply to Aba
Geometric Power Ltd and the National Control Centre (NCC) at Osogbo in Osun State have developed a timetable on how electricity will be supplied to all parts of the Aba Ring-fenced Area in Abia State following the commissioning of the…
Nationwide system collapse affects power supply in Aba, as utility company apologises
A nationwide electric power has occurred. According to sources at the National Control Centre at Osogbo in Osun State who did not want their names mentioned in the media because they are not authorised to speak to the public, the…
Don’t vote leaders based on ethnicity, religion — Peter Obi charges Nigerians
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, has reiterated the call on Nigerians not to vote for political candidates based on ethnicity or religion. Obi made the call during his presidential campaign rally held in Osogbo, Osun…
Police arrest fake vet doctor in Osun
A fake veterinary doctor was yesterday arrested by the police in Osogbo, Osun State. A statement by the press officer, Ministry of information, Toyin Adeoye, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security identified the fake doctor. “The quack veterinary…
Yoruba Nation: Security operatives seal off venue of Osogbo rally
There was a heavy presence of police, men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, the venue of the Yoruba Nation Mega Rally on Saturday. Also sighted at the venue were men of Amotekun…
UPDATED: Protest in UniOsun as security operatives invade hostels, arrest students (Punch)
Students of Osun State University, Osogbo main campus are protesting the arrest of several students from their various hostels on Thursday morning. The students blocked the Osogbo/Ibokun road to protest the arrest by the security operatives. A student of the…
Police arrest suspected abductor of OAU lecturer (Punch)
The Osun State Police Command, on Tuesday, said one of the suspected abductors of Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had been arrested. Adegbehingbe, who was returning to Ile-Ife from Lagos on Sunday, May…
Suspected cultists remanded for fighting in Omisore’s house (Punch)
Three suspected cultists were on Monday remanded by an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife for allegedly fighting during a meeting held in the residence of Senator Iyiola Omisore. The suspects, Awotide Oluwasegun, 38; Olamide Adesina, 25; and Rahmani…
Yoruba youths warn Tinubu against supporting Buhari (Punch)
A group of Yoruba youths known as the Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association has warned Asiwaju Bola Tinubu against supporting President Muhammadu Buhari reelection in 2019. The President of the YYSA, Mr Olalekan Hammed, made the position of the group known…
