BREAKING: Youths Burst Warehouse, Loot COVID-19 Palliative In Osun Ekohotblog, October 23, 2020 Hundreds of youths on Friday burst the Cocoa House, Ede where varieties of food items were stored and looted them. The youths and residents thronged the area around 11:40 AM and carted away packs of noodles, rice, sugar, garri, and other food … Read more
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, announced that the curfew imposed on the state over #EndSARS crisis has been suspended 48 hours after it was imposed. The governor made the announcement in a press statement by Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, on Friday. The statement titled, ‘Governor Oyetola suspends 24-hour curfew’, read in part, … Read more
Two people have been reported dead with several injured when the convoy of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State was on Saturday attacked by some hoodlums while he was addressing the #EndSARS Protesters in Osogbo, the state capital. The governor, who reportedly got back to the state less than an hour before the incident, had … Read more
JUST IN: Oyetola Joins #EndSARS Protesters In Osun Ekohotblog, October 17, 2020 Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola on Saturday afternoon joined #EndSARS protesters in Osogbo, Ekohotblog reports READ ALSO: Declare Your Stand On #ENDSARS, Ohanaeze Youths Tell South-East Governors The Governor marched with other executives of the state from Alekuwodo Area around 2:54 pm to Ola-Iya … Read more
JTF Chases Suspected Yahoo Boy To Death In Osun Ekohotblog, September 16, 2020…. Tension in Osogbo on Tuesday evening, as men of Osun State Joint Task Force allegedly chased a suspected Yahoo boy to death while others sustained injuries. Our reporter identified one of the suspected Yahoo boys who died from the scene as Remi. It … Read more
Army is determined to embrace professionalism in the discharge of its duties – Buratai Chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai, has revealed how the uncommon gallantry exhibited by his deputy, Lamidi Adeosun, saved him from an ambush in the north-east in 2015. Buratai was speaking at the inauguration of a bridge named after him in … Read more
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Adegboyega Famodun, at 62 Osun Deputy Governor, Mr Benedict Alabi, has felicitated with the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Prince Adegboyega Famodun, on his 62nd birthday. Alabi described the APC chairman as a political juggernaut and one with political dexterity. Read Also: … Read more
Principals and heads of public elementary schools in Osun state have been directed to revert to the old names of their various schools before the reclassification effected by the administration of ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola in 2013. Osun State Government gave the directive in a circular titled ‘Reverting: Reclassification nomenclature of schools to old status,’ and … Read more
Osun State Government, on Wednesday, ordered the reopening of hotels, and other categories of relaxation centres across the state. This is coming after five months of lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Other businesses that were ordered to commence activities included, hairdressing salons and barbing shops. The hospitality industry in … Read more
The Osun government has declared Thursday as public holiday to commemorate Hijrah, the beginning of a new Islamic year – 1442 AH, and also for traditional worshippers to celebrate “Isese Day”. This was contained in separate statements by Mrs Funke Egbemode, the Information Commissioner and Mr Obawale Adebisi, the Commissioner For Culture and Tourism, on … Read more
Mr Benedict Alabi, the Deputy Governor of Osun has described as false the claim by some individuals that the state is bankrupt. Alabi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olaniyi Ajibola, on Wednesday in Osogbo said those behind the claim had no single knowledge of macroeconomic theories and indices of Fiscal Sustainability Index. … Read more
Two persons lost their lives while three others sustained varying degrees of injury in a fatal motor accident along Awka -Onitsha express way, Anambra state. The accident which occurred Sunday night near Odumodu junction, involved a Toyota Hiace bus and two motorcycles. The bus driver was said to be on top speed when he lost … Read more
School to revert to their old names. Single-gender schools that were changed to mixed school to return to old order. Osun State government on Wednesday announced the abrogation of 4-5-3-4 school year system promulgated by the erstwhile governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola. According to the commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, … Read more
Thirty-two suspected fraudsters have been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday in Oyo state. Three of the suspects claimed to be serving members of the National Youth Service Corps, 19 were undergraduates from various universities across the country, while the remaining 10 claimed to engage in other vocations. The suspects … Read more
The National Emergency Management Agency has announced that flood may engulf about 28 states in the country due to impending heavy rainfall. The Federal Government agency also said about 102 local government areas might be at risk of the same menace. The alert came following the warnings from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency on the weather … Read more
Training and empowerment of 15,000 indigenous people per year for the post- COVID-19 has been initiated by the OYO state government on Thursday. Speaking at the official launch of the programme held at Industrial Development Centre, Oke Ayepe, Osogbo, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, said the state would begin training for 15,000 states in different vocations every … Read more
Tolupe Olagunju, a woman who stood on trial before the Osun State Magistrate’s Court In oshogbo for not adhering to COVID’19 safety rules, fell while the court session was going on. Olagunju was indicted with an emigrant, Elisan Mohammed, and 54 others were also arrested for not putting on a face mask as instructed by … Read more
One Tunde Oyediran has been arrested by the Police in Osun State for allegedly matcheting his wife, Sarah to death with a cutlass. The suspect was also said to have used the same weapon to kill two children living with the couple around 11 pm on Friday. Read Also: BREAKING: COVID-19: Nigeria Records 555 New … Read more
There was a heave of relief when a Lagos nurse, Ayomide Alao, who was allegedly declared missing in Bariga Area of Lagos State, was found fourteen days after resting in a hotel in the Ipetumodu-Okuku, Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State. It was gathered that while she was in the hotel, Ayomide allegedly … Read more
The Osun State Government on Saturday announced that the Secretary to the Government, Wole Oyebamiji, has recovered from the coronavirus disease. It was reported earlier that the SSG, Oyebamiji had tested positive for the virus but after 10 days of treatment, he has emerged one of the others who have recovered from the virus. Also … Read more