Tag: Osun State

Islamic New Year: Osun Gov. Oyetola declares Monday as public holiday

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Governor Gboyega Oyetola, of Osun State, has declared Monday, August 9, as a public holiday to commemorate the Islamic new year — Hijrah 1443 AH. The information is contained in a statement issued by the State’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, TajudeenLawal, on Friday in Osogbo, the State capital. The governor enjoined both Muslims and people of other religions to use the holiday to pray for the growth and development of the state and Nigeria as a whole. The Hijrah is the first day in the Islamic New Year calendar.

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‘Some Indians in Nigeria to harvest human parts’, Osun monarch alleges

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A Osun monarch, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has raised an alarm on the presence of some Indian nationals in Nigeria allegedly moving around to purchase human parts. The Osun monarch claimed that the foreigners are luring some youths into the alleged crime with as much as N5 million to get human beings for their parts. Oba Akanbi, who made the revelation at a public function in Abuja, lamented that several youths have allegedly keyed into the heinous crime for the love of money, leading to sudden…

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INEC unveils 56,872 more polling units across Nigeria

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…Announces dates for Ekiti, Osun gubernatorial elections…Says it’s ready for June 19 Kaduna by-election The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has announced the addition of 56,872 more polling units in various parts of the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement yesterday at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, noted that the move was in line with the resolve to expand voters’ access to polling units. Prof. Yakubu disclosed that INEC has also made efforts to relocate many polling units from inappropriate places to public buildings accessible to…

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Firm to begin gold exportation from Osun in June – Minister

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Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, says the Nigerian-Canadian company mining gold in Nigeria’s Osun State is to start exporting the precious metal in June this year. Adegbite made the announcement in Abuja at the weekend, during a News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) forum. He described the Segilola Gold Project as a strategic investment for Nigeria’s economic diversification. The minister said the company was a ‘poster child’ and the first foreign investor that was doing genuine and serious business in Nigeria. Gold exportation ought to have commenced in…

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Osun: 101 yr-old woman recovers from Covid-19

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The Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, says it discharged a 101-year-old grandmother after recovering from Covid-19. This was contained in a statement released to newsmen by the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Ile-Ife, Prof. Victor Adetiloye, yesterday. The CMD said that the grandma was on admission in a private hospital for treatment before the medical personnel of the hospital noticed that she was showing some symptoms of Covid-19 like the acute onset of cough breathlessness, fever and malaria, before she was transferred to OAUTHC. Prof. Adetiloye, who…

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Osun: ‘We use human parts’ proceeds to drink beer, have fun’ – Suspect

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A murder suspect, Tajudeen Monsuru, 30, allegedly involved in Iwo ritual killings has confessed that proceeds from sales of human parts are used to drink beer during his leisure hours.Fielding questions from journalists while he was paraded along with other suspected criminals at the State Police Command Headquarters in Osogbo, Osun State yesterday, he said he has two accomplises, including his girlfriend, Alani Mutiyat.He admitted to strangling his victims to death after gaining their trust.“We strangle our victims to death after gaining their trust. Most times, we sleep together at…

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Osun: 23 yr-old anti-suicide campaigner commits suicide

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A 23-year-old 100-Level student of Osun State University, Ikire campus, Juba Orisajafor has died after ingesting a poisonous substance.  According to reports, he died on Tuesday, a few hours after preaching against suicide on WhatsApp.  His post on WhatsApp read: “Often time I ask myself: Why do people commit suicide? Perhaps because they’ve got no one to encourage, motivate or guide them or because they felt there is no solution to whatever problem they are going through. Perhaps they forgot there’s more to enjoy when there’s life (hope) is not…

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