[responsivevoice] Two unidentified women suspected to be kidnappers working for ritualists were on Thursday afternoon caught in the act and set ablaze in Iwo, Iwo Local Council of Osun state. This came on the heels of investigation into the upsurge in missing persons in the town by the police. According to the police spokesperson in…
Why Election May Not Have Held in Osun, Ekiti, Ondo
The people of Osun state woke up this morning to the news that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had postponed the presidential and National Assembly elections by one week. At a daybreak briefing, Prof Mahmud Yakubu said the postponement became inevitable due to logistics, operational and security challenges. Consequently, for the commission, ” going…
I’ll Resign If Supreme Court Faults Osun Election – Agbaje, Osun REC
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Olusegun Agbaje has vowed to resign his appointment if the Supreme Court finds the Independent National Electoral Commission guilty in the conduct of the recently concluded governorship election in the state. Agbaje said this in his speech in Osogbo on Wednesday during the presentation of Certificate of Return…
Oyo, Osun Workers Embark on Strike
As the economic hardship caused by unpaid salaries bites harder, labour unions in Oyo and Osun states have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike action in order to press home demands for the payment of owed salary arrears. Jacob Adekomi, Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Osun State, while addressing a news conference in…
Oyintiloye Commends Voters’ Determination
The people of Obokun Constituency of Osun State have been praised for their doggedness to exercise their voting rights in the face of stiff confrontations during the last governorship and states House of Assembly elections. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, serving lawmaker and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said his re-election in the April 11 poll…
FRSC To Promote Bicycles
Bicycles merchants in the country may soon be smiling to the bank as the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has restated its plan to promote the use of bicycles as an alternative means of transportation. Luka Kinya, FRSC zonal commander, Osun, Ondo and Oyo States, revealed this at the launch of the Commission’s annual ‘National…
Osun Election Tribunal Adjourns
The Osun State election tribunal which is adjudicating on the complaints arising from the results of the August 9 gubernatorial election held in the state has adjourned its sitting till Friday, November 28, 2014. While confirming the development to TELL, Adamu Mohammed, the election tribunal’s secretary, said the panel would resume sitting on Friday. “Today’s…
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