Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo The joint operatives of Nigeria Police Force, Amotekun corps officials, hunters and vigilante men in Osun State have rescued the remaining person in the captive of kidnappers. Recall that gunmen had on Sunday night abducted travellers along…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Osun State Police Command on Wednesday dragged a 61- year- old man, Azeez Popoola, to Osogbo magistrate court for allegedly duping two land buyers to the tune of N1,588,000. The land speculator who is facing a four-count…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo As part of measures to manage the second wave of the coronavirus infection, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has ordered all Commissioners and Special Advisers in the state to take compulsory COVID-19 test to…
Food vendors and shuttle drivers are making brisk businesses at the ongoing post University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) holding at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). Newsmen reports that the UNN computer based screening for 2020/2021 session started on Jan.…
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) on Wednesday expressed shock over the news of the demise of the former Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Bala Ka’oje. The Public Relations Officer of NOC, Phemmy Adetula, in a…
Two drivers, Farouk Adamu and Adams Baba, appeared before a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for allegedly stealing a N3.8 million Toyota Hilux in Otukpo Town in Benue. The vehicle belongs to Rev. Fr. Francis Atama of Catholic Bishop’s House,…
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Wednesday, remanded a 20-year-old Ismaila Tahiru, for allegedly stealing a Bajaj motorcycle. The Prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Emmanuel, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 11, 2019 at about 10:04…
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has confiscated a large number of expired and sub-standard household products across Bauchi State in 2020. The State Coordinator, Mrs Hauwa Husseini told the Newsmen on Wednesday in Bauchi said that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Ka’oje family, the government and people of Kebbi State on the passing of Mr Bala Ka’oje, former Minister of Youth and Sports Development. The president made his feelings known in a…
Two members of the Osun state cabinet have tested positive to the coronavirus and have already started self isolation and treatment, the Commissioner for Information, Mrs Funke Egbemode has said. Briefing journalists on Wednesday in Osogbo, Egbemode said that the…
