Just 10 days after receiving a pardon from the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, a 27-year-old man, Adebayo Sunday, is facing fresh charges. Mr Sunday, whose name appeared on the governor’s 24th December pardon list, was arraigned in an Osun State Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing a plasma television valued at N600,000. The alleged theft…
The family of Inspector Tunde Olagbaju, a police officer who was allegedly killed in a road accident involving a road safety official in Osogbo, Osun State, has cried out for justice. According to the brother of the deceased, Olagbaju Abraham Ayodele, Inspector Olagbaju was attached to Zone 11 and had worked for AIG Okafor in…
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has appointed Sulaiman Olamilekan as Senior Special Assistant on Community Engagement. Sulaiman Olalekan, is the Osun State Coordinator of National Youths for Asiwaju-Shettima, GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered. In a congratulatory message by Hon. Kareem Khadijat Omotayo, the Personal Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on constituency affairs, she described the…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 10 suspected members of Boko Haram in Ilesa, Osun State. Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for the state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, said the suspects were members of Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP). He said the state government would continue to…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the State Security Service (SSS) the go-ahead to detain ten suspected terrorists, who had planned to launch a Boko Haram/ISWAP cell in Osun, for 60 days pending the conclusion of the investigation. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ‘ex-parte’ motion moved by SSS lawyer, Y.I….
An Osun State traditional ruler, the Ajeniju of Halleluyah, Oba Jelili Olaiya has disclosed that youth that laid siege on his palace beat him in the presence of security operatives. The monarch was beaten by some youths who were angry over his decision to appoint a Chief Imam for the community, thereby vandalizing his palace…
The crisis erupted in the Hallelujah community in Egbedore local government area of Osun State on Friday, as enraged residents beat the newly installed Ajeniju of Hallelujah, Oba Jelili Olaiya while attempting to conduct jumat service in the area. The Ajeniju, who was installed by the Timi of Ede a few months ago, against the…
The Presiding Bishop of Rapture Empowerment International, Dr Sina Olaribigbe, has been stabbed to death over suspicion of sleeping with a married woman. According to The Nation, the incident occurred on Thursday at BCGA area behind Olorunda local government Secretariat, Osogbo, Osun State. A source confided the couple had been having misunderstanding leading them to…
Segun Olowookere, an Osun state resident who was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a chicken and eggs in 2010, has been released from jail. Recall that the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has pardoned Olowookere and it was was made public in a statement released on Thursday, December 26, 2024. According to…
A former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Osun State, Adewale Adebayo, has demanded an account of excess revenue made by the Osun State Government in the outgoing year 2024. Adebayo, who currently serves as the state chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement, in a statement obtained in Osogbo, the state capital on Saturday,…