Osun State
Osun building export-oriented agric economy – Adeleke
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, says his administration is working towards making the state an export-oriented agric economy, A statement on Sunday by the spokesperson for the governor, Olawale Rasheed, said Adeleke made the remarks while updating industry captains and leading Nigerian businessmen at the 60th birthday of the wife of the former Senate President, […]
200 Osun students get education support grants
Two hundred students resident in Osun have been given education support grants to ease their admission process into higher institutions. The beneficiaries were initially given free JAMB form by the Ileri-Oluwa Education Support Scheme which was facilitated by the Executive Director, Marine Operations, under the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Engr. Olalekan Badmus. Thirty […]
Teachers’ recruitment: Give us chance to work – Persons with disabilities tell Adeleke
OSOGBO – Persons living with disabilities in Osun State have charged the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke to consider the group in the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise. The group under the aegis, Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Osun State Chapter, in a statement issued by its Chairman, Stephen Oluwafemi, also sought the quick […]
Osun teenager fingers stepfather for pregnancy
A teenage resident in Osogbo, Osun State, (name withheld), has accused a clergy also based in the town, simply identified as Femi, said to be her stepfather, of putting her in the family way at the age of 13. The victim, aged 16, had approached a Non-Governmental Organisation, the World Institute for Peace, to report […]
LG poll: OSSIEC swears in electoral, assistant officers
Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, has sworn in Electoral Officers, EOs, and Assistant Electoral Officers, AEOs. This is in preparation for the local government election in February 22, 2025. Performing the swearing-in, the Chairman of the Commission, Hashim Abioye said the move became necessary to achieve the goals of the election. The Chairman reiterated […]
Night guard killed at duty post in Osun
A night guard working at a shopping complex located along Station Road, Ikirun, Osun State, had been reportedly slaughtered at his duty post by some unknown assailants. The actual period when the night guard, simply identified as Ibariba, was killed could not be immediately determined. But sources at Station Road, Ikirun, where the shopping complex […]
Osun vows to clamp down on tax defaulters
Osun State Internal Revenue Service has said it would begin to clamp down on business premises that have failed to fulfill their tax obligations to the government. In a statement he issued on Saturday, OIRS Information Officer, Oluwaseun Ayeni, said the agency chairman, Mr Adesola Adewumi, gave the warning during an awareness campaign held in […]
NAPS condemns Osun poly students’ rustication
The National Association of Polytechnic Students, on Thursday, condemned the recent rustication of 12 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State. The association also accused the Rector, Dr Sanni Yahaya, of tyranny and lack of commitment to the welfare and progress of the students, and demanded his sack. NAPS’ Vice President on Special Duties, […]
Inter-state armed robbery gang nabbed in Osun
The Osun State Police Command on Wednesday paraded members of an inter-state armed robbery gang based in Lagos State but carrying out robbery operations in the state. One of those arrested, Solomon Michael, while responding to questions from PUNCH Metro, admitted participating in three different robbery operations with the gang, serving as the driver of […]
Tinubu’s Speech: Protest continues in Osun as organisers deliberate on next step
Protest organisers in Osun say they will meet to decide the next line of action, after President Bola Tinubu appealed to protesters to suspend their protest and come for dialogue. Mr Ajala Adetunji, the Osun Coordinator of Coalition of Concern Nigeria Citizens, the group spearheading the protest, said that the presidential appeal will be reviewed […]