••• Says it’s fake news to mention N14m as cost of a borehole In a bid for sustainable water supply to the people of Osun state, Governor Ademola Adeleke has commenced a phased rehabilitation of selected water works and water pipeline networks across Osun state. This new directive is coming as the sinking of 332…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the recent appointments of principal officers for the University of Ilesa as part of the fulfillment of his promise to nurture a sustainable tertiary institution for Ijeshaland. In a statement issued by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Friday in Osogbo….
One Mr Sodade Sesan has attempted to kill a commercial motorcyclist, otherwise known as okada rider, in an attempt to steal his bike. The 40-year-old man was said to have slit the neck of the Okada rider, thrown him by the road and made away with his motorcycle. The Commandant of the Amotekun Corps in…
A corps member in Oyo State, Ukanwa Ikechukwu, was Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235,000. The police charged the defendant with false pretence and theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olufemi Omilana, told the court that Ukenwa, on…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced two online journalists, Gidado Shuaib and Olufemi Alfred to three months imprisonment over a false publication about an Agro-allied company based in the state. The duo convicts who worked for News Digest, an online publication, were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and defamation by the…
Federal Government, through the National Startup Act, NSA, Secretariat and Osun State Government will on Saturday hold a stakeholders’ forum on the adoption and domestication of the Nigeria Startup Act. Recall that the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke while receiving Members of the Osun House of Assembly in his office earlier in year…
Nigerian film maker, Tunde Kelani has announced that he is set to release the second part of his movie, Saworoide. He made this known on his Instagram page on Thursday. Kelani wrote, “When there is a cultural vacuum, moral and mental decay follows. SAWOROIDE 2 ( New movie) COMING SOON!” Saworoide is a classic Nigerian…
Isreal DMW, one of the aides to Nigerian musician, Davido, has spoken out about the allegedly broken contract between him and an online vendor. On Thursday, a herb vendor, #Mideshaven Official, posted on her Instagram account that she paid Isreal N800,000 out of the N1 million he billed her for an influencing job, and he…
The Osun Amotekun Corps on Thursday intensified its effort to curb the spate of crimes in the state capital and environs by increasing number of patrol teams and vehicles. Part of the effort is patrol activities which is to curb the incessant robbery attack around Ataoja Flyover and Ebunoluwa axis through the Ilesa garage, Osogbo….
The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Oladipupo Moruf for stealing a black Lexus jeep during robbery in Anambra State. The black Lexus jeep was said to have belong to one Igwe Odinaka in Obosi, who was shot in the stomach when his car was stolen at Idemili South local government area…
