Politics

Osun 2018: Group petitions Oyegun over alleged illegal alteration on APC delegates’ list

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

Crisis appears imminent in the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a group of aggrieved stakeholders alleged massive illegal alteration on the list of the party’s Local Government and Ward Executive officers towards the coming primaries.   The aggrieved

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Osun to pay workers’ salary by Q2 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

Osun State Government has agreed to pay the full salary and pensions of workers from second quarter of 2018. The disclosure was made by the chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Jacob Adekomi, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, at the weekend, between the labour unions and the state government. […]

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Photo: Osun State, Chinese firm sign agreement

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2017 0

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola (2nd left); General Manager Jiangsu Wuxi Taihu Cocoa Food Company Limited, Liu Jianhui (right); Interpreter, Yan Kai (3rd right); Osun State Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Ismaila Jayeoba Alagbada (left) and Coordinating Director, Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Mr. Abimbola Osho, during the

Politics

Registered voters may hit 80m by 2019 – INEC

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has projected that the registered voters in the country might increase by about 10 million to over 80 million by 2019. The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made the prediction at a roundtable organised by the European Union Electoral Follow-up Mission to Nigeria and West Africa, held in […]

Religion

Islamic New Year: Osun And Kano Declare Public Holiday

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2017 0

The Osun Government on Wednesday declared Thursday, September 21, as public holiday to commemorate the Islamic New Year — Hijra 1439 AH, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The information is contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Adelani Baderinwa, in Osogbo, The commissioner quoted the state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, […]

Education Headlines News Nigeria

Finally, LAUTECH reopens tomorrow

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2017 0

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 […]

News In Brief

Youths on rampage protest killings in Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2017 0

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 […]

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Osun retirees protest a year of unpaid pensions

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2017 0

Retired staff of the 30 Local Government Councils in Osun state have said that the state owes them a year of pensions, explaining that non-payment of their entitlements had worsened their living conditions, making life unbearable for many of them. The coordinator, Forum of Local Government Retirees, Lanre Fadahunsi, noted that in the last 24 […]

News

Adeleke’s death stirs another uproar between Osun govt, his family

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2017 0

Family of former Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke and Osun State Government have expressed different views over the coroner inquest raised over the cause of the deceased death. The familyrejected the setting up of Coroner inquest into the death of their son by the state Government, saying it was to serve political interest. Addressing newsmen in […]

Crime

Man kills his mother with machete in Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2017 0

The Akinleye village via Osu in Osun State was thrown into mourning as a man identified as Kazeem Ayoola allegedly killed his mother, Taibat. It was learnt that Kazeem attacked his mother with a machete and took the life of the 85-year-old woman. The incident caused confusion in the village and the reason for Kazeem’s action […]

Crime

Couple to die by hanging for murder, armed robbery in Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2016 0

A couple, ‎ Mr. Fatai Jimoh and Lateefat Jimoh have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court sitting at Ile-Ife. The court, which was presided over by Honourable Justice Adedotun Onibokun sentenced the couple on Wednesday December 14. They  were arraigned on  June 2 2014, on three counts charge of murder, conspiracy […]

Health News

12 communities agree to stop female circumcision in Osun

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Moves to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Osun state, received a boost on Tuesday as 16 communities across four local governments declared their intentions to stop altogether female circumcision in their domains. This was as the governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed that the state must do everything possible to come out of its unfavourable […]

News

Ekiti, Osun police commands collaborate to fight cross border banditry

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2016 0

New war against crime has been declared by the police as  Ekiti and Osun State Police Commands have now taken proactive measures to stop cross-border banditry in the two state by fortifying patrols in all border towns to reinforce security of the states. This synergy was reached at a meeting presided over yesterday by the […]

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Bursary: Osun Students Threaten to Disrupt Govt Activities

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

‎Students, under the aegis of National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS), have given a three-day ultimatum to their state government to pay bursary, failing which they would embark on a protest that would disrupt government activities. The association also dismissed claims by government that bursary remained a privilege and not right. In a release […]

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PDP Should Emulate APC Govs Style To Regain Strongholds, Says Fadahunsi

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2015 0

  A Chieftain of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Chief Francis Fadahunsi has given reasons for the major cause of political defeat responsible for his party’s defeat in the just concluded general elections across the country. Fadahunsi said this while fielding questions from newsmen in his country home, Ilase-Ijesa in Obokun Local Government […]

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Strike: Trade Union Leaders Cautioned against Violence, Thuggery

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2015 0

  The Committee for the Defence of Human Right Rights (CDHR), Osun State Chapter, has warned trade union workers to desist from violence. The right group said this while reacting to a violence caused by the factions of Trade Union Congress in Osun over differences of opinion on a three-day strike. During the crisis, journalists, […]

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TUC Disowns Osun Chapter Chair

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

The National Secretariat of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has dissociated itself from the latest acts of gross indiscipline perpetrated by Mr. Francis Oladele Adetunji, when he mobilised thugs on Tuesday, April 14th, 2015, to help enforce an illegal strike action called by himself against the Government of the State of Osun. In […]

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Osun NUJ Decries Attack on Journalists

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

The Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Osun State chapter, has condemned the attack on some of its members on Tuesday, by suspected thugs, hired by the disputing leaders of Trade Union Congress (TUC). The two factions in the ‎TUC had caused confusion and chaos at Osun State Government Secretariat on Tuesday over difference of opinion […]

News

Osun Election: ‎ Omisore Heads for Supreme Court

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate in the August 9 Gubernatorial Election in Osun State, Senator  Iyiola Omisore, has proceeded to the Supreme Court to challenge his opponent’s victory. ‎ During the election, Omisore lost to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC).   After his loss, Omisore proceeded to

Headlines Politics

APC Cries out over PDP-Instigated Violence, Voting Disruptions in Lagos, Rivers, Ondo States

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2015 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the security agencies to cases of violence and disruption of voting in several areas of Lagos, Rivers and Ondo states, urging them to swing into action to ameliorate the situation. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]