LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The seeming prevailing peace in Osun after the conduct of August 15 gubernatorial poll was shattered on Sunday as gunmen reportedly shot dead one of the appointees of Governor Ademola Adeleke, identified as Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade. Findings by The Guardian indicated that Emir was brutally murdered around…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension reportedly gripped Ikire, Osun State, on Monday following a clash between officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and state motor park management officials over control of the Naira and Kobo Garage. The clash, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, reportedly left five people dead,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned against the growing practice of serving governors, senior political office holders and party leaders converging on states where off-cycle elections are being conducted, saying the trend could threaten Nigeria’s democratic stability. Jonathan raised the concern in a statement posted on his X handle on Tuesday while…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British High Commission in Nigeria has commended the people of Osun State for their peaceful participation in the August 15 governorship election and congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election. In a statement on Monday, the High Commission said it deployed accredited observers to the election after engaging with various stakeholders…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sule Fabiyi, a septuagenarian residing in Osogbo, Osun State, has narrated how banker Abdulwahab Sani Shehu allegedly terminated a N10.5 million fixed deposit investment he once had with First Bank and subsequently mismanaged the sum. While speaking with FIJ on Friday, Fabiyi said Shehu used to be the financial institution’s business banker…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension has gripped the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) community following the disappearance of Dorcas Oseghale, a 300-level student from the Department of Chemistry. In a statement issued by the Great Ife Students’ Union on Friday, signed by the President, Adelani David, as well as the Secretary General, Habeeb Oke, Dorcas has been…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Osun State High Court, sitting in Iwo, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Kabiru Ibrahim, to death by hanging for the murder of his client, Lukman Adeleke. Ibrahim was charged with conspiracy, murder, and theft, contrary to Sections 324, 319(1), and 390 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 34, Laws of Osun State….
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man identified as Kehinde Ijebu has allegedly committed suicide by drowning himself in Oyile River in Ibokun community of Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State. Sources informed our correspondent that Kehinde had gone missing on Tuesday but was later found to have drowned himself in the river. One of…
