The Osun Amotekun Corps has arrested a 35-year-old man, Muritala Ibrahim, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in Agba, Boripe Local Government Area of the State. According to a statement by the Corps’ Spokesperson, Yusuf Idowu and obtained by SAHEL STANDARD Correspondent on Monday, the suspect was arrested after the victim’s mother had lodged a…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke will address the people of Osun State in a broadcast, on Tuesday, 27th August, 2024 as Osun clocks 33. According to press release signed by the spokesperson to the Governor, Olawale Rasheed on Monday, the broadcast will be live on OSBC TV and Radio at 7am. “Other Television, radio,…
…E.D says it’s a movement for grassroots leadership and community engagement in the state The Executive Director of OsunOpenLG, Jare Tiamiyu has described OsunOpenLG initiative as a movement aimed to provide grassroots leadership and community engagement in each local government in the state. The director stated this during, the first OsunOpenLG stakeholders Town hall meeting,…
Osun State Government on Monday confirmed the outbreak of monkeypox (Mpox) in Ilesa-West local government area of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Barr. Jola Akintola who made the confirmation, in a statement in the Ministry of Information bulletin, also urged residents of Ilesa and the State not to panic, as the state is managing…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new directors-general of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and the Department of State Services, DSS. Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new Director-General of the NIA, while Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi as the new Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). This is even Yusuf Bichi has resigned as the director-general of the DSS. He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on September 14, 2018, to replace Matthew Seiyefa, who had served in an…
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the widespread poverty in Africa is man-made and not an act of God. Obasanjo made this statement on Monday at the opening ceremony of the FESTAC Africa Festival at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya. The former head of state remarked that, given the continent’s abundant…
The Borno State Government announced the death of the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Ahmad Ali Ahmad, on Monday. In a statement released by the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, it was confirmed that Ahmad died on Monday morning. According to the statement, “His burial is scheduled for 5 pm on Monday,…
A 13-year-old girl has been reportedly raped to death allegedly by local miners at the Tipper Garage area in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The council’s Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Ibrahim Ciroma, who disclosed the incident to Daily Trust through telephone on Sunday, said the girl,…
Osun State Government has promised to create and domesticate the National Senior Secondary School Education Law to further improve the standard of education in the State. Governor Ademola Adeleke made the pledge while hosting the Executive Secretary of the Senior Secondary Education Commission, Dr Iyela Ajayi and his team who were in the state to…
