An Osun Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo has remanded a 44-year-old woman Olawuni Adetoro for allegedly pouring substance suspected to be acid on one Olapoju Olawuni. Daily Times gathered that the victim was still in critical condition and is yet to recover since September 12, 2017 when the incident occurred. Police prosecutor, ASP Fagboyinbo Abiodun […]
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Osogbo, Osun state has warned members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) against selling petrol above the official pump price. DPR Operations Controller, Mr. Olusegun Daboh, gave the warning in an interview on Wednesday in Osogbo. He said the official pump price which filling stations were allowed […]
Muslims in Osogbo on Friday attended the weekly Juma’at congressional prayer following the reopening of worship centres by the Osun Government on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government reopened the worship centres after a meeting with religious leaders where it was agreed to reopen all worship centers for two […]
Banks and major markets were shut in Osun on Wednesday following a total state lockdown ordered by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, in a bid to minimise the spread of coronavirus in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor had, in a statewide broadcast on March 29, announced the total lockdown of […]
Ladesope Ladelokun The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has harped on the need by telecom consumers across the country to be more conscious of the threats in the cyberspace when carrying out financial transactions or any other activity online, urging them to use strong and secure passwords for internet-based accounts and online transactions. The Commission stated […]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has asked the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo to declare him the winner of the governorship election in the state. Senator Adeleke made the prayer on Tuesday when he filed a petition at the tribunal to challenge the victory of […]
The Osun State governorship election re-run scheduled for yesterday, in seven polling units of Osogbo, Orolu, Ife North and Ife South Local Government Areas of the state took place amid tight security by men of the Nigerian Army and the Police. The governorship election was declared inconclusive last Sunday by the INEC returning officer, Professor […]
The office of the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, at the State Secretariat, Osogbo is currently on fire. Our correspondent gathered that the fire started from an air conditioner inside the governor’s office, but the governor was not around. A source said the fire was devastating because the security doors leading to the office […]
The Police in Osun on Monday arraigned three persons in an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly giving false information. The trio, Saka Semiu 35, Rauf Akeem, 20, and Abdulafeez Busari, 20, were docked on a two-count charge of conspiracy and false accusation. The Prosecutor, Insp Fagboyinbo Abiodun, told the court that the defendants committed the […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that 15 revenue generating agencies of the Federal Government failed to remit N8.1 trillion to the Federation Account between 2010 and 2015. The Minister made the disclosure in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday, while commissioning the Channelisation, De-silting, Flood Control and Development of Okoko […]
The South West Zone of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it would hold a rally on May 5 to show its strength in the zone. The Chairman, Publicity Committee of event, Moshood Salvador, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the rally, to be held in Osogbo, Osun State was […]
The South West zone of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is billed to hold a mega rally on May 5, in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. The rally, according to a communique issued at the end of zonal meeting of the Extended Working Committee of the South West PDP, held in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, is […]
FORMER Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Hon Adejare Bello, on Tuesday said the incumbent Governor Rauf Aregbesola would have emerged as the best governor in the history of the state if he takes other peoples’ advice for the effective management of human and capital resources in public administration. Bello, who contended that nobody in […]
Tragedy struck in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State on Monday evening when a grey colour Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) crushed a Junior Secondary School (JSS) pupil of a public school to death. Eyewitnesses said that the deceased, who was a student of Government Middle School, Gbodofon, Osogbo identified as Samadi Azeez had gone to […]
A 65-year-old man, Adegoke Atanda and one Obe Adegbola, 50, were on Monday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Osogbo, Osun State, for allegedly stealing six chickens worth N9,600. The prosecutor, Mr. Gafari Muslimi, told the Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Fatimoh Sodamade, that the accused stole the live chickens from Olu Alabi Farms in the […]
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday said that he washed dead bodies as a youth to pay his tuition fees while schooling abroad, the Governor said this at a South-West Youths Regional Summit in Osogbo. The governor, while advising the youth to have a positive mindset toward hard work, said he spent eight […]
…Says our season of famine‘ll be over by March 2018 Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the State of Osun, on Sunday said that the financial crisis that forced the state government to payment of modulated salary to its workers would be over by the end of March, 2018. Aregbesola who addressed the workers at the Civil […]
….Gov Ugwuanyi expected The Brand Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN) the umbrella body for all journalists who cover the Integrated Marketing Communications sector in the country is set to hold its 5th Annual Brands and Marketing Conference in Enugu State, Nigeria. The conference, which is one of the association’s major programmes for the year, is […]
The Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has fixed the resumption of activities at the university for Friday, September 15, 2017 . The registrar of the university, Jacob Agboola, said this in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Lekan Fadeyi, in Osogbo on Thursday. The […]
Daily Times has received reports of unrest and a fracas between armed youths and police operatives at Osogbo metropolis this afternoon. Angry youths were said to be on a rampage and have threatened to set ablaze the Oke-Baale Police Post, Osogbo over the killing of yet to be identified youths in the Irate area of […]