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UNDETERRED by warnings of various state commands of the Nigeria Police against street protests, Nigerians, across the nation, on Wednesday

The Osun State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists has demanded an unconditional apology from the Osun State Police Command over the attack,

The government of President Muhammadu Buhari had recently amended the charge against the IPOB leader raising them to seven counts as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.

Sikiru Obarayese, DAILY POST correspondent in Osun State, who was arrested on Wednesday while covering the EndSARS protest in Osogbo, the state capital

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Tuesday ordered that eight men, who engaged in street fight be remanded in a correctional centre, after they failed to meet their bail conditions. | Pulse Nigeria

A 38-year-old petrol station manager, Abayomi Alabi, has been granted bail by an Iyagankun chief magistrate court in Ibadan for allegedly stealing N1,000,035 belonging to his employer. When arraigned in court, Alabi pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge levelled against him. Ruling on the matter, Mrs O. O. Ogunkomi admitted the defendant to bail […]

Adedayo Akinwale The member of the House of Representatives representing Ahiazu Mbaise and Ehinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon. Emeka Chinedu has said that he didn’t sponsor a bill criminalising protests in the country. In a statement he issued yesterday, the lawmaker clarified that his bill which passed the first reading on Tuesday was twisted and misinterpreted, saying it was not seeking to jail protesters. Chinedu said as a product of democracy he would not sponsor ...

Vincentians are said to be paying as much as $1500 for fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates in order to secure employment; a situation described by one employer as “highly dangerous”. “It is highly dangerous in the tourism sector because if you come to me for employment and you bring a vaccination card and it’s fake, next thing you know, you have a serious case of COVID that you pass on to …

Views: Visits 85 Osun state police command recently dragged a medical doctor and his staff before a Magistrate’s court sitting in Osogbo, for allegedly stealing a digital meter belonging to Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. The two accused persons are Olajumoke Tokunbo (46) and Oyinlola Oluwatosin (26). Police prosecutor, Sergeant Adepoju Kayode told the court that the accused persons committed the offence on January 27 and March 9, 2021, at Ogo-Oluwa area, in Osogbo. Adepoju ...

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo A rape suspect, Quadri Azeez, 20, disclosed that the urge to rape grabs him whenever he sees a girl. Azeez, who was arraigned before Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara of an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun state, upon inquisition further stated his problem is spiritual. Azeez said, “I always feel like raping girls that come my way, I always feel unease when I sight any girl, my parents has been going about for spiritual solution to my problem before I rape this girl. Th...