New Ooni, Enitan Ogunwunsi Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of the Giesi ruling house has been appointed the new Ooni of Ife. His appointment has also been approved by the Osun State Government. A statement issued by Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Olalekan Adeoti, on behalf of the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed that the…
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Siblings Burnt To Death In Father’s Petrol Station Inferno
Two children from the same parents were burnt alive in a petrol station fire incident that occurred on Wednesday in Osogbo, Osun State. It was said that the fire, which happened at Bovas Petrol Station, located in front of Osogbo Grammar School, was caused by a refrigerator. The victims’ mother was also said to have…
Fire Raze Osun Market
According to a report reaching our news room, a fire incident has occurred at a market in Ilesa area of Osun State. The unfortunate incident, according to an eyewitness, took place at the Atakumosa Market in Ilesha town. Several properties were reportedly razed by the inferno, but we could not confirm if there was any…
Truck Kills 10 In Ondo Market
An accident scene Tragedy was let loose on Thursday in Owena, a border town between Osun and Ondo States when an articulated vehicle rammed into a roadside market along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway in the town, leaving not less than 10 persons dead. It was reported that the trailer had a brake failure and in an…
Melaye Mocks Jonathan, Omisore
Controversial anti-corruption crusader and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dino Melaye, has taken a swipe at President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The former federal lawmaker from Kogi State, in a series of tweets on Sunday morning disclosed that all powers belong to God, directing his followers to ask President Jonathan and Iyiola Omisore, candidate…
Aregbesola Wins Osun Guber Poll
The Chief Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Bamidele Omole, has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Osun State governorship election, Rauf Aregbesola, as winner of the poll. Omole said while announcing the result in Osogbo on Sunday that, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and…
Police Arrests TVC Reporter In Osun
Aproko247 has learnt that a journalist with the Lagos-based Television Continental, TVC, has been arrested in Osun State. The journalist, Ayodeji Morakinyo, is the Ondo State correspondent of the TV station. He was picked by some heavily armed policemen in Oshogbo on Thursday afternoon after covering a news rally in the town. A journalist in…
Fani-Kayode: Boko Haram Party Will Never Rule Nigeria, Formally Rejoins PDP
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has formally rejoined the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, after he left the All Progressives Congress, APC, few months ago. At the PDP Osun mega rally held in Oshogbo on Saturday, August 2, 2014, the lawyer turned politician was presented by the Osun State chapter of the PDP to the…