Tag Archives: Osun

A gang that specialises in exhuming corpses and removing their parts for rituals has been arrested by the Osun State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps.   In a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Osun State Amotekun spokesperson, Adeniyi Adeshola Brown, said the three suspects were; Kamilu Kehinde, a 43-year-old …

Some Nigerians have reacted to a video of a policewoman helping Osun First Lady, Titilayo Adeleke to wear her earring.    While some defended it by saying they might be close, others condemned it and stated that the policewoman is not a private security personnel as she is being paid …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA on Saturday 25th November raided a lounge in Osogbo, the Osun state capital where a night party organized for illicit substance abuse was going to hold and arrested some of the organisers who were found with drug exhibits.     A …

Operatives of the Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a farmer, Paul Amaechi, over the alleged killing of a herder for grazing cattle on his farm at Telemu village in Ago-Owu, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Ondo State.    The mutilated body of the herder was said to have been …

Deputy Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Osun state, Femi Adesuyi, has been suspended over the alleged diversion of palliatives provided by the state government to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal.   Adesuyi had represented IPAC on the committee established by the Osun State Government to …

Five men have been convicted and jailed for cyber-stalking and defrauding former Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, of the sum of N38 million.   The convicts had reportedly blackmailed the speaker with his 13-second nude video which was leaked on the internet in 2018. They accused …

  Seven commuters have lost their lives in an auto crash at the Ogidi village axis, along the Osogbo/Gbongan Road in Osun State.     The accident which happened on Saturday, October 21, involved an ash-colored Nissan Sharon car, with registration number: WWD57AE.     An eyewitness said the vehicle’s …

The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Monday, Oct. 16, paraded a private school teacher, Patrick John and five others for allegedly tampering with electrical fittings at various areas in Osogbo, the state capital.   Other suspects are, Jaye Abayomi, Abidemi Enoch, Jackson Imukodro, …

A communal crisis is looming between Ilobu and Ifon-Orolu of Osun State after unknown gunmen killed a 28-year-old farmer identified as Sodiq Alamu, on a disputed land.      It was gathered that the Ilobu in the Irepodun local government area and Ifon of Orolu local government area of Osun …

Unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have killed a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Ada area of Osun State, Dele Agboola.    It was gathered that Agboola was killed on Thursday night, September 14, 2023, by three men disguised as customers who wanted to purchase …