Some suspected armed robbers have killed a commercial motorcyclist, Kareem Jimoh and carted away his motorcycle and cash in Osogbo. It was gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday night at Akede-Iyaloja, Oke-Baale area, Osogbo, the state capital of Osun. Sources told DAILY POST that there was sporadic shooting at the area to chase residents […]
Two gunmen on Wednesday night killed a commercial motorcyclist identified as Kareem Jimoh, The Nation learned. A source told our correspondent one Adebayo Rilwan reported to the police that two male hoodlums accosted Rilwan at Akede Iyaloja in Osogbo around 8 pm snatched his bike, robbed him and shot him. It was gathered Jimoh was […]
The Osun State government led by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has inaugurated Osun Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps Board and the Amotekun Independent Complaints Board in the state. The security outfit was inaugurated at a ceremony held at the Governor’s Office in Osogbo on Thursday with Governor Oyetola informing that the security agency will collaborate with the conventional […]
The fatal Friday`s accident happened in the Ikeja district which is a crowded part of the state prominent for its businesses and residential apartments Olufemi Oke-Osanyintol, head of state emergency agency informed a local media that three people were on board when it crashed and the third individual sustained serious injuries and is currently receiving […]
…What bonds them together! Twins are said to be blessings to their parents. But this was not the case during the dark era of the 19th century when the innocent babies in some part of Africa were seen as evil messengers of the gods that must not live. It, however, took the intervention of one […]
World-renowned master of Nigerian talking drum and two-time Grammy winner, Sikiru Adepoju has released his second single, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” off ỌPẸ, his upcoming debut nine-track album and collaboration with Riddim Doctors project. Distributed by DashGo across all digital platforms, the single, which drops on Thursday, August 20, on MansMark Records, is a […]
Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Friday said the N-Power programme has improved the livelihood of a critical mass of young unemployed Nigerians. Farouq said this in an address at the grand finale of events in commemoration of the ministry’s first year anniversary, in Abuja. “As at […]
The Senate on Friday, took a swipe at the officials of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) over meagre remittance of N44 5billion into the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2019 out of N2.4trillion generated. Trouble reared its head on Friday during the interactive session when the Senator Olamilekan Adeola, All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos West […]
There is no question as to the fact that no governorship election in the history of Edo State has been as unpredictable and tension packed as the one scheduled for September 19, 2019. The two major candidates, Governor Godwin Obaseki and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, […]
Osun State Deputy Governor Benedict Alabi has debunked claims the state is bankrupt. Alabi, in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Olaniyi Ajibola, said those behind the rumour lacked the knowledge of macro-economic theories and indices of Fiscal Sustainability Index. The deputy governor, who said Osun was indebted like other states, insisted […]