LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the governor of the south-western Osun state. Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in 2010 when he was arrested along with his accomplice, Morakinyo Sunday. They were said to…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Yoruba Emancipation Union Worldwide has expressed displeasure at “the uncontrollable dances at every available public occasion, wherever and whenever” of the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The group, In a statement, made available to News Express on Sunday, January 7, 2024 said that while there is nothing wrong in expressing…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has ordered an investigation into the alleged poisoning of 18 pupils at St James Primary School B, Owoope, in the state capital, Osogbo. It was reported that the pupils reportedly became ill after eating food supplied to the school under the state’s government-sponsored school feeding…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed in clashes between Ifon and Ilobu communities of Irepoodun Local Government Area of Osun State. It was gathered that a Divisional Police Officer, alongside three other policemen, were shot and their patrol van razed. Taofeek Adewale, a resident of Ilobu, told Radio Nigeria…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ademola Adeleke has called for the establishment of a trans – regional security taskforce to curtail growing cross border criminality just as the General Officer Commanding 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Valentine Okoro lauded the Osun state Governor for creating a safe and secure environment for residents to…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun state government said it has already commenced rehabilitation of water works in major towns of the state with the construction of 332 boreholes which are emergency intervention projects to address acute water shortage in the State. Responding to several issues raised by some stakeholders, the government through a statement by…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Resolving national economic challenges is a condition for strengthening democratic culture and enhancing productive participation of the citizenry, Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared. Speaking at the 2023 Democracy Day Lecture organised by Coalition of Civil Society Coalition in the State, the state Governor, represented by the Secretary to the…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRABGERS)-The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has exercised the authority vested in him by Section 105, sub-section 3 of the Nigerian constitution by announcing the dissolution of the 7th Osun State Assembly and proclamation for the 8th Assembly. Governor Adeleke conveyed the dissolution and the proclamation to…