Author: News Desk
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A 28- year- old automobile mechanic,Akeem Jimoh has been sentenced to three-years in prison ,after he was found guilty of stealing yams worth thirty- five-thousand Naira. Arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate Court ,sitting in Osogbo ,the police prosecutor, Babatunde Olukokun, said the defendant stole 17 tubers of yams behind Africa Primary School, Ataoja Area […]
The Nigeria Police Force has appointed a Chief Superintendent of Police, and Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin as its new Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO. This followed the redeployment of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Muyiwa Adejobi to the Delta State Police Command. CSP Hundeyin has been serving as the Lagos […]
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has called for an urgent amendment of the Oyo State Persons Living with Disability (PLWD) Law 2017 to ensure more inclusiveness. CCD made the call in Ibadan during a workshop it organised to review the law, identify gaps and recommend reforms for better rights protection of People with […]
Warring Communities in Irepodun and Orolu Local Government Areas of Osun State have been urged to sheath their swords and embrace peace. Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan made the appeal during a visit to stakeholders in Erin-Osun, Ilobu, and Ifon-Osun. A4O Radio reports that both communities have been warring against each other in […]
Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Sharafadeen Alli has described the death of the Asiwaju of Igboora land, Chief (Dr) Amos Adepoju as a monumental loss. In a condolence statement personally signed, Senator Sharafadeen Alli expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Chief (Dr) Adepoju, who is the father of Federal […]
Ahead of the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, activities have been officially lined up with the inaugural meeting of the Coronation Committee held under the Chairmanship of a former President-General of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, CCII, Chief Bayo Oyero. The meeting, which had in attendance the Commissioner for Local […]
President Bola Tinubu says the experience and contributions of the late Former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Ehigiator Arase will be greatly missed. In a statement signed by his special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu said Arase’s reforms as IGP and later as Chairman of the Police Service Commission brought lasting […]
Mr. Richard Adelowo Ayeni was born on May 6, 1948, to Chief Ruben Ayeni, the Elegbero of Obalu of Efon Alaye Ekiti, and Mrs. Martha Oni. Growing up in Efon with his siblings, Richard attended St. John’s Anglican School Idagba from 1956 to 1961. He later learned photography in Akure and worked as a laborer […]
Timely intervention came for victims of a ghastly motor accident along the Benin-Auchi road on Saturday, thanks to the Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The Governor was en route to Irrua in Esan Central Local Government Area with his entourage, when his convoy encountered a heavy gridlock after the bypass and immediately alighted to […]
In what could have been another communal clash between two Communities in Osun State, it took the intervention of officers from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps , NSCDC to forestall the chaos. This followed a dispute between Iloba and Egbedi Communities in the State over land. A witness account stated that, the altercation […]
