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![FOR REAL! 120Yrs Old Chief, Busari Oyewumi Arrested For Allegedly Defrauding Man Of N400,000 In Osun]()
FOR REAL! 120Yrs Old Chief, Busari Oyewumi Arrested For Allegedly Defrauding Man Of N400,000 In Osun
A 120-year-old man, Chief Busari Oyewumi, has been arraigned by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly defrauding one Wasiu Adebisi of N400,000. the suspect was arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Osogbo headed by Mrs. Fatima Sodamade on Monday on three counts of stealing, obtaini... -
![Nigerian Politician, Rufus Woleola Who Stole N22 Million From Osun State Sentenced To 6Yrs In Prison]()
Nigerian Politician, Rufus Woleola Who Stole N22 Million From Osun State Sentenced To 6Yrs In Prison
A former chairman of Orolu Local Government Area of Osun state, Chief Rufus Woleola Ojo was yesterday convicted and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for corruption. The convict who was prosecuted at the Osun State High Court, Ede by the Ibadan Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Comm... -
![Angry Osun State Civil Servants Stage Protest Over Modulated Salary Being Received For Over 2Yrs]()
Angry Osun State Civil Servants Stage Protest Over Modulated Salary Being Received For Over 2Yrs
Civil servants in Osun have been barred from gaining entry into the Abere secretariat by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as they commenced indefinite strike over the modulated workers salary being received for over two years now.According to Channels Television, the NLC on Wedne... -
![Osun State Workers Plan Show Down With Governor Over Half Salary Payment, Begin Indefinite Strike]()
Osun State Workers Plan Show Down With Governor Over Half Salary Payment, Begin Indefinite Strike
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State is in loggerheads with state workers who after an emergency meeting of labour leaders on Thursday declared their intention to begin an indefinite strike. The strike is as a result of the refusal of the state government to revert to paying them full salary and ... -
![PHOTOS: Speaker Of Osun House Of Assembly, Najeem Spotted Throwing Gala & Lipton Tea To His Constituents]()
PHOTOS: Speaker Of Osun House Of Assembly, Najeem Spotted Throwing Gala & Lipton Tea To His Constituents
Speaker of the Osun state house of Assembly, Najeem Salam brought the dividend of democracy to his constituents in Ejigbo as he took to the streets to share Gala and Lipton tea.This is in apparent shown of appreciation to the people for their unflinching support and to celebrate the yuletide season... -
![Osun College Of Education Girl Permits Guys To Grab Her Bosom To Celebrate Their Graduation (SEE PIX)]()
Osun College Of Education Girl Permits Guys To Grab Her Bosom To Celebrate Their Graduation (SEE PIX)
Signing out of school of in style, a graduating students of the Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, shared photos with his classmates as they celebrated their graduation.He also shared some kissing one of the girls and grabbing her boob. In another photo shows him posing with her while anoth... -
![AGAIN? Phone Triggered Gas Explosion Kills Rotary Club President, Opeyemi Omobolawa In Osun State]()
AGAIN? Phone Triggered Gas Explosion Kills Rotary Club President, Opeyemi Omobolawa In Osun State
Barely 48 hours after a gas cylinder explosion triggered by a phone call, killed three people in Sagamu, Ogun State, reports have it that the Deputy Director, O-Ambulance, a State of Osun safety organisation, Olori Opeyemi Omobolawa Fola, has also died as result of gas explosion in Osogbo.The sad i... -
![Court Overrules Gov. Aregbesola, Declares Renaming Of Osun State To Be 'Illegal, Null & Void']()
Court Overrules Gov. Aregbesola, Declares Renaming Of Osun State To Be 'Illegal, Null & Void'
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has declared that the change of name of the state to “State of Osun” by Gov. Rauf Aregbesola is illegal, null and void. While delivering the judgment on Thursday, Justice Yinka Afolabi ruled that the law and its makers were unknown to the 1999 Constit... -
![Osun State Assembly Issues Warrant For The Arrest Of Bola Ige's Son, Muyiwa (See Reasons)]()
Osun State Assembly Issues Warrant For The Arrest Of Bola Ige's Son, Muyiwa (See Reasons)
A warrant of arrest has been issued against Muyiwa Ige, the son of late Chief Bola Ige, a former governor of the old Oyo State, by the Osun State House of Assembly for his alleged refusal to honour the lawmakers’ invitation. the assembly is investigating a land matter at Ilobu and the former Comm... -
![Lecturer Attends To Only One Student That Has Paid His School Fee At Osun State Polytechnic, Iree]()
Lecturer Attends To Only One Student That Has Paid His School Fee At Osun State Polytechnic, Iree
According the news reaching Gistmania, Iree polytechnics students protest because of the raise in their school fees. Now today according to a reliable source only one student was attended to in the lecture room just because the student has paid his own school fees and he was attended to alone at th... -
![UPDATE! Popular Osun State Monarch, Apetumodu Of Ipetumodu Oba James Adegoke Is Dead]()
UPDATE! Popular Osun State Monarch, Apetumodu Of Ipetumodu Oba James Adegoke Is Dead
Oba James Adedokun Adegoke, the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State is dead. Oba Adegoke died at his palace in Ipetumodu at the age of 80. It was gathered that the monarch died at about 1:10 pm on Sunday. Revealing more details, one of the relatives of the late m... -
![HARD LIFE! Commercial Motorcyclist & Father Of Two, Gafar Hangs Self In Osun]()
HARD LIFE! Commercial Motorcyclist & Father Of Two, Gafar Hangs Self In Osun
The residents of Okinin in the Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State were thrown into confusion on Monday following the discovery of the body of a commercial motorcyclist, identified as Gafar, dangling from the ceiling of his apartment.The lifeless body of the motorcycle rider was said to ha... -
![Osun Internation Airport Set to Be Ready In 8 Months, More Than 10000 Jobs To Be Created (Details)]()
Osun Internation Airport Set to Be Ready In 8 Months, More Than 10000 Jobs To Be Created (Details)
When the first phase of MKO Abiola International Airport, Ido Osun in Osun state is completed, the facility will save the country a foreign exchange of N22 billion per annum. The contractor handling the MKO Abiola International Airport in Ido-Osun, Osun, on Thursday said that the first phase of the... -
![UPDATE! Osun State Police Uncovers Two Ritualists’ Dens In Iwo Town (Photos)]()
UPDATE! Osun State Police Uncovers Two Ritualists’ Dens In Iwo Town (Photos)
The Osun State Police Command, following a tip-off, yesterday, uncovered a den of some ritualists in Elewonta village of Ayedire South Local Government Development Area of Iwo, in the state.According to, the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 11, Agboola Osodi-Glover directed his off... -
![UPDATE! Family That Died After Eating Amala In Osun Were Poisoned By Their Daughter’s Jilted Ex-BF]()
UPDATE! Family That Died After Eating Amala In Osun Were Poisoned By Their Daughter’s Jilted Ex-BF
Two days ago, we brought you reports that 2 women died and others hospitalized after eating Amala in Osun , Here’s an update on the story as death toll rises from 2 to 5. Death toll from the poisoned Amala meal in Ibokun, Obokun Local Government area of Osun State has risen from 2 to 5 and f... -
![Ex Deputy Gov Of Osun State Invited By Police For Allegedly Attacking Late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke]()
Ex Deputy Gov Of Osun State Invited By Police For Allegedly Attacking Late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke
A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has been invited by the police over an alleged attack on Senator Isiaka Adeleke in the build-up to the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2014.The late Senator was a governorship candidate of the PDP shortly b... -
![Two Dead, Four Hospitalized After Eating Amala In Osun]()
Two Dead, Four Hospitalized After Eating Amala In Osun
Tragedy struck in Ibokun, Obokun Local Government area of Osun State yesterday when two persons died and four others were hospitalized after eating yam flour also known as amala with stew.Saturday Sun gathered that one of those that died, Mrs Kehinde Fasanya, was a staff of Obokun Local Government ... -
![Seven Traders Crushed to Death In Fatal Accident Along Osun-Oyo Road (Photo)]()
Seven Traders Crushed to Death In Fatal Accident Along Osun-Oyo Road (Photo)
A fatal road accident has led to the death of seven traders along the Osun-Oyo road after their driver lost control of the vehicle. No fewer than seven traders, including a teenager on Tuesday morning, lost their lives in fatal auto crash around Oko, a border town between Osun and Oyo state, Tribun... -
![Police Uncovers Ritual Shrine Used By Cultists And Ritualists In Osun State]()
Police Uncovers Ritual Shrine Used By Cultists And Ritualists In Osun State
The Osun State Police Command Wednesday paraded two people suspected to be ritualists who specialize in duping and defrauding unsuspecting members of the public under the pretence of being herbalists. The two suspects paraded by the state commissioner of police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye at the Force headq... -
![HUH? Suspected Hoodlums Armed With Weapons Molest 6 Female Nurses On Night Shift In Osun Hospital]()
HUH? Suspected Hoodlums Armed With Weapons Molest 6 Female Nurses On Night Shift In Osun Hospital
Suspected hoodlums armed with weapons sexually assaulted six female nurses on the wee hours of Sunday, September 24, 2017 in a hospital in Osun.According to an online report, the incident took place Atewogbeja hospital, Osogbo, Osun state.It was reported that a suspected thug earlier made several p... -
![Serious Commotion As Sunshine & Osun United Football Club Clash During A Match (See Details)]()
Serious Commotion As Sunshine & Osun United Football Club Clash During A Match (See Details)
No fewer than 20 persons allegedly sustained serious injuries while over 10 vehicles were destroyed as a Match between Osun United and Sunshine fans turned bloody with violence.According to witnesses, the invasion of the pitch by some Osun United fans after the referee sounded the final whistle led... -
![Osun State Commissioner Beaten To A Pulp By Political Thugs In Ondo (Video)]()
Osun State Commissioner Beaten To A Pulp By Political Thugs In Ondo (Video)
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![Osun Police Command Parades Fake Currency Syndicate (Photos)]()
Osun Police Command Parades Fake Currency Syndicate (Photos)
The Osun state police command has paraded a fake currency syndicate. The men who were arrested in the state, were paraded by the State’s Commissioner of Police at the police headquarters in Osogbo. More photos.... ... -
![Actress Mercy Aigbe Allegedly Spotted Wearing Her Wedding Ring At An Event In Osun]()
Actress Mercy Aigbe Allegedly Spotted Wearing Her Wedding Ring At An Event In Osun
Estranged (from husband Lanre gentry) Actress Mercy Aigbe was allegedly spotted at an event in Ilesha, Osun state and she had on her wedding rings.WOW you say?...Yes WOW!!According to Allure Vanguard Magazine, there are reconciliatory talks in the pipeline for the couple even though sources close t... -
![Two Suspected Herbalists Arrested With Human Parts In Osun State (Photo)]()
Two Suspected Herbalists Arrested With Human Parts In Osun State (Photo)
The gallant operatives of the Osun State Police Command has arrested two suspected herbalists with human parts in the Ife North Local Government Area. While speaking to journalists on Tuesday, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Fimihan Adeoye, disclosed that the State Police Command have arrest... -
![Nigerian Man, Adebayo Docked For Allegedly Using Military Son’s Name To Defraud Job Seeker In Osun]()
Nigerian Man, Adebayo Docked For Allegedly Using Military Son’s Name To Defraud Job Seeker In Osun
An Osogbo Magistrates’ court on Tuesday docked a septugenarian, Mr Adebayo Kareem, for allegedly using his son’s name, who is a military officer to defraud a man to the tune of N250,000.The prosecutor , Inspt Adegoke Taiwo informed the court that the accused committed the offence sometime in 20... -
![Osun Government Gives N17M To The Families Of Slain Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Oluwakemi Kolawole]()
Osun Government Gives N17M To The Families Of Slain Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Oluwakemi Kolawole
Osun State government has given the families of the slain Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Mrs Oluwakemi Kolawole and her driver the sum of N17million. Osun State Head of Service, Mr Sunday Owoeye made this known through a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo. The statement... -
![Police In Osun State Parades Suspected Fraudster For Duping Man 80,000 Dollars (N28M)]()
Police In Osun State Parades Suspected Fraudster For Duping Man 80,000 Dollars (N28M)
Men of the Osun State Police Command have nabbed a suspected fraudster, simply identified as Femi Agboola for allegedly defrauding an American a sum of 80,000 dollars, equivalent to N28m.The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye who addressed newsmen in Osogbo noted that the suspect was sai... -
![In The Midst Of Divorce Saga! Ooni Of Ife Celebrates goddess Of Love, Osun Without Wife (PHOTOS)]()
In The Midst Of Divorce Saga! Ooni Of Ife Celebrates goddess Of Love, Osun Without Wife (PHOTOS)
Amidst news that their 16-month-old marriage is over, the Oonirisa of Ile Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, yesterday, August 15th, celebrated the goddess of love and sweet waters, Osun, without his wife, Olori Wuraola beside him.With the Osun festival playing out in ILE Ife celebrating love, Olori... -
![‘I Duped Her of N6m Because She Is A Greedy Thief’ – Osun Herbalist]()
‘I Duped Her of N6m Because She Is A Greedy Thief’ – Osun Herbalist
An herbalist in Osun State, Usman Mohammed, has been arrested by policemen in Edo State for duping his victim of N6 million.According to The Nation, the victim allegedly gave the herbalist the money and asked him to help increase it to N12million.Mohammed told journalists at the Edo State police co... -
![45yr Old Sikiru Adebayo Arraign In Court For Allegedly Beating His Son To Death In Osun]()
45yr Old Sikiru Adebayo Arraign In Court For Allegedly Beating His Son To Death In Osun
Sikiru Adebayo, a 45-year-old man, was on Thursday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating his son to death.According to Gistmania, Adebayo is facing a count of murder.The prosecutor, Sgt. Duro Adekunle, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July... -
![SAD! Aged Woman Shot Dead By Unknown Men In Osun (Photos)]()
SAD! Aged Woman Shot Dead By Unknown Men In Osun (Photos)
A social media user, Bimbola Ibrahim shared that an unidentified woman was shot this morning, August 5th, in Osogbo, Osun State by unknown gunmen.According to Bimbola, the woman met her death somewhere around old garage (emumi emumi) in the state.Bimbo wrote: “An aged poor woman has been shot d... -
![SHOCKING! Man Sentence To Death By Hanging For Robbing Woman Of N3,420 In Osun]()
SHOCKING! Man Sentence To Death By Hanging For Robbing Woman Of N3,420 In Osun
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday sentenced a man, Kayode Adedeji, to death by hanging for robbing a woman of the sum of N3,420.The prosecuting counsel from the state Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Elisabeth Alabi, informed the court that Adedeji, while armed with a knife, invaded ... -
Davido’s Father, Adedeji Adeleke Secures The Release Of 200 Prisoners In Osun State (Photos)
Davido’s father Adedeji Adeleke has secured the release of two hundred prisoners in Osun state after he paid their fines. According to the vice chairman of the Springtime Development Foundation owned by Adedeji Adeleke, the foundation also provided seven hundred mattresses and pillows for inmates... -
![BREAKING! Osun State Pensioners Stage Protest To Demand Payment Of The Arrears Of Their Pension]()
BREAKING! Osun State Pensioners Stage Protest To Demand Payment Of The Arrears Of Their Pension
According to Gistmania, pensioners in Osun State under the aegis of Forum of 2011/2012 Pensioners on Wednesday staged a fresh protest to demand payment of the arrears of their pensions and gratuities.This fresh protest came just a day after Governor Rauf Aregbesola confirmed that he had received N6... -
![BREAKING- Kidnapped Osun Permanent Secretary, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole Murdered In Abuja]()
BREAKING- Kidnapped Osun Permanent Secretary, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole Murdered In Abuja
The Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Service of the State of Osun, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole has been killed by unidentified gunmen. Mrs Kolawole was reportedly killed yesterday when she was on her way to Abuja to felicitate with her friend who has just been made a judge. The news is still devel... -
![Two Osun State Staff Suspended For Insulting Gov. Rauf Aregbesola]()
Two Osun State Staff Suspended For Insulting Gov. Rauf Aregbesola
Two civil servants in the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC) have reportedly being suspended indefinitely for insulting the Governor of the state Rauf Aregbesola. According to Reporters, the workers Kunle Makanjuola and Gbadebo Adepoju had, while celebrating the victory of PDP’s Ademola A... -
![Davido's Uncle, Ademola Adeleke Defeats Aregbesola’s Candidate; Wins Osun West Poll + Full Results]()
Davido's Uncle, Ademola Adeleke Defeats Aregbesola’s Candidate; Wins Osun West Poll + Full Results
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the Osun West Senatorial District bye-election.The election was held in the 10 local government areas that make up the district. ... -
![Osun State Uni Female Student, Lateefat Oyeleye Abiola Graduates As Best Medical Student In Ukraine]()
Osun State Uni Female Student, Lateefat Oyeleye Abiola Graduates As Best Medical Student In Ukraine
Dr Lateefat Oyeleye Abiola has emerged the best graduating medical student at her university, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine and the entire country.She scored 95.6 per cent to emerge the best where she beat 564 other students in her university and also overall in Ukraine. Khark... -
![Obafemi Awolowo University 300 Level Student Drown In A Swimming Pool In Osun -Details]()
Obafemi Awolowo University 300 Level Student Drown In A Swimming Pool In Osun -Details
Fatile Emmanuel, a student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has died after drowning in a swimming pool at a hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State.According to Gistmania, the 300-level Pharmacy student and two of his friends, reportedly visited the Hilton hotel on Sunday to swim.A fellow student of the de...
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