Osun

The Government of the State of Osun has placed a ban on all  gatherings that would bring together 50 or more persons in the same place. This measure takes immediate effect and will be in place  until further notice. The ban will affect all Schools in Osun, Churches, Mosques, Night …

Two eminent lawyers, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) and Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), have formally protested the heavy cost imposed on them and the harsh words directed at them by the Supreme Court at their appearance in relation to the Bayelsa State governorship election judgment. Both lawyers represented the All Progressives …

The prosecution in the criminal case involving former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has alleged that the defendant was plotting to kill them. It urged a Federal High Court in Abuja, before who he is being tried, to revoke the bail granted Maina to …

Plans are on the way to secure a N45 billion grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to strengthen the Federal Government’s fight against the out-of-school children, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said. Already, the government has secured N220 billion loan from the World Bank to address the …

Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the police to pay a couple N2 million for detaining them for eight days. Justice Sule Hassan said the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Ikoyi, Lagos, breached the fundamental rights of Reverend Godwin Izuchukwu and his wife, Reverend Prayer Godwin. The respondents …

Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has said the United States government will partner the state in tourism development. Oyetola, in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ismail Omipidan, in Osogbo, the state capital, said that his administration would collaborate with the U.S. government to develop tourism. …

The Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers has suspended the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, for six months. Oba Akanbi was found guilty of assault by the committee set up by the council of Obas following his encounter with another Oba within Iwoland. Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi A …

While giving the breakdown of the roads, Omowaye revealed that five major roads had been approved by the Council across the three senatorial districts for reconstruction and rehabilitation. According to him, the state will expend N1,569,734,774.00 for the construction and rehabilitation of Ada-Igbajo 13.15km road, while N644,734,203.03 will be expended …

A Magistrates’ Court in IPetmodu, Osun, on Monday, sentenced a fake lawyer, Melvin Oromidayo, to three years imprisonment with hard labour. Magistrate Abosede Sarumi, sentenced Oromidayo after he pleaded guilty. Sarumi held that though the convict pleaded guilty to the three counts of forgery, Impersonation and fraud, a sinner must …

TRAGEDY struck on Sunday when six persons returning from a spiritual exercise in Osun State died in an auto crash on Eripa-Otan-Ayegbaju Road in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of the state. The police confirmed the figure, adding that nine persons sustained injuries in the crash. The incident took place about …