Tag Archives: Osun

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 …

The police in Osun state have begun a manhunt for the owners of two Alsatian dogs that allegedly attacked a nursing mother identified simply as Mummy Basira, killed her baby girl, and injured her around the Halleluyah Area of Ido-Osun, Osun State on Wednesday, August 30.   According to reports, …

An officer of the Directorate of State Security Service (DSS) identified as Tifase, allegedly stabbed his caretaker, Omosola Oladele after an argument over payment of an electricity bill in Osun State.   The incident happened in Tinumola area of Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday night, August 22, 2023, when …

Gunmen kidnapped a female traditional chief, Mrs. Grace Adepoju (Iyalode of Oyan land) and five others at Aworo, a community bordering Osun and Kwara States. Spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, SP Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, said one …

Rashed said at the appropriate time, he would unveil measures to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on civil servants. The Osun government says it is not the author of the purported new salary scale in circulation for workers.

Nigerian singer, Davido has reacted to the emergence of his cousin, Tunji Adeleke as a board chairman in Osun State. Recall, the Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke nominated the son of his late elder brother and ex-governor, Isiaka Adeleke, Tunji as chairman of the Local Government Service Commission stirring uproar on social …

Davido’s cousin, Tunji Adeleke, has been appointed as the Chairman Local Government Service Commission in Osun State.    Davido revealed this on social media while congratulating Tunji. Their uncle, Ademola Adeleke, is the incumbent governor of Osun state.    

A pub owner popularly called Iya Bisola, operating in Ikirun, Osun State, has been strangulated by hoodlums.    Punch reported that corpse of the deceased was found in her house located around Oke Glo Area in Ikirun, with marks of violence around her neck.   A neighbour, Jide told the …

Suspected kidnappers have abducted a farmer identified as Banji Idowu, in Osun State.   Idowu, who is a retired teacher in Lagos was kidnapped in his farm located at Iregun via Ilowa in Obokun Local Government area of Osun State.    According to the Vanguard, the incident occurred on Monday, …