Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Mr Samuel Ayanleye Aina as the new Head of Service of Osun State. He replaced Dr Oyebade Olowogboyega, who served in the same capacity under the immediate-past Governor Adegboyega Oyetola administration. Consequently,…
Adeleke appoints SSG, chief press secretary, others
Osun State governor Ademola Adeleke has appointed Rasheed Olawale as his Chief Press Secretary. Adeleke also approved the appointment of Kazeem Akinleye as his Chief of Staff and Teslim Igbalaye as the Secretary to the State Government. The governor said…
Osun herbalist caught at cemetery with human parts
A 28-year-old herbalist, Ismail Adewuyi, has been arrested with the head and intestines of an unknown female corpse by men of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service in Ede, Osun state. Adewuyi, it was learned, had stormed Muslim Cemetery located…
Osun herbalist caught at cemetery with human parts
A 28-year-old herbalist, Ismail Adewuyi, has been arrested with the head and intestines of an unknown female corpse by men of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service in Ede, Osun state. Adewuyi, it was learned, had stormed Muslim Cemetery located…
Osun: Medical doctor allegedly injects taxi driver to death, flees
A 36-year-old man, who claimed to be a medical doctor at one of Kwara State Government-owned hospitals, Abbas Adio, has been arrested by men of the Osun State Police Command for allegedly killing a taxi driver, Emmanuel Oyiobo and fleeing…
Osun PDP justifies expulsion of Babayemi
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday broke its silence on the expulsion of Mr. Dotun Babayemi, from the party, noting that the ward leadership complied with the party constitution and that the ward decision was…
Osun: Four arrested for killing petrol station manager
Four suspects allegedly linked to the killing of a filling station manager in Ikire, Osun State, were on Sunday arrested by members of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service. A source in Ikire, who spoke on condition of anonymity…
Thugs attack Osun Governor’s wife’s convoy
Some thugs on Friday night, attacked the convoy of the wife of Osun State Governor, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola, in Owode-Ede, in Ede-North local government area of the state. It was gathered that the convoy heading for Osogbo was stucked in…
Police arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Osun
Osun State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested three suspected kidnappers while trying to abduct business women, Mrs Falilat Oyetunji, popularly called “Ero Arike”, in Iragbiji town. SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson, made this known in a statement,…
Ex-IGP Balogun for burial Saturday
The burial of a former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun, has been scheduled for Saturday, as the family awaits his remains. Balogun died on Thursday in Lagos, at 74. A younger brother to the late IGP, Alhaji Yekini…