The Osun Government has vowed to prosecute those behind Wednesday’s protest in support of a monarch standing trial for alleged rape before an Osogbo High Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some people demonstrated at the resume hearing of Adebukola Alli, the Alowa of Ilowa, charged for rape, defamation, indecent assault and […]
By Remi Oyeyemi Wednesday April 25 , 2012 Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section “An organisation that is strong and stable, and is ready to commit time, money, and patience will be more apt to reap rewards than the quick-hitting opportunist.” -Richard Miller There has been a lot of hullabaloo on the […]
BY GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO — Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Iyiola Omisore, yesterday, dissociated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from alleged security report claiming that Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State was planning to islamise the state and secede from Nigeria. He argued that evidence on the ground was enough to substantiate the […]
No fewer than 400 women on Thursday converged on Osogbo in Osun State to campaign against rape in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the campaign was organised by the Office of the wife of state governor in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare. Speaking on the occasion, […]
Osun State Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aragbesola, shorn of all airs off office, calls himself an unconventional governor. Amidst allegations that he was coordinating plans by his party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to secede and Islamise Osun, he quipped: “I couldn’t even Islamise my nuclear family.” He spoke with KODILINYE OBIAGWU and SEYE OLUMIDE […]
Monday, April 16, 2012 Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has denied report that his administration was planning to islamize the state, saying he has no prerogative to embark on such agenda. Aregbesola said neither himself nor his administration had embarked on secession mission since he assumed […]
The Federal Government has mobilized virtually all security agencies in the country to put Osun State governor, Engr Rauf Aregbesola on 24-hour surveillance over an intelligence report generated by the Department of State Security (DSS) which accused the governor of creating an army of Islamic jihadists as a prelude to seceding from the Federal Republic […]
A 29-year-old Mathematics and Social Studies graduate of a college of education, Mr. Seun Oyeleke, has been caught pants down with a seven-year-old female pupil in a school toilet. Oyeleke teaches at a private nursery and primary school on Church Street, Osogbo, Osun State. One of the pupils’ mother, Mrs. A Ajiboye, had been informed […]
The Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli who is currently standing trial before an Osogbo High Court over alleged rape of a 23-year-old corps member, Miss Helen Okpara, yesterday, asked the court to compel Miss Okpara to show her private part to the court to confirm her […]
A mosque and Islamic school were burnt in Benin City on Tuesday as five persons lost their lives in the nationwide protests against fuel subsidy removal in the Edo State capital. “We have recorded five deaths so far on both sides, those that have been attacked and the attackers,” Secretary General of the Nigerian Red […]
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