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An indigene of Ikire, Osun State, Oladimeji Alowonle, recruited for community policing returned home to a heroic welcome after he successfully completed training at the Police Training College, Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State, in May this year.
Views: Visits 36 Gunmen, who killed six members of a family residing in a Fulani settlement near Wasinmi, along Ife-Ibadan Expressway, Osun State on Saturday, were asked for money before they were shot dead, new information has revealed. According to Punch, the gunmen called out the head of the family simply known as Samu, from a mosque, where he was praying, and asked him to kneel beside his two wives and three grandchildren and asked for money before killing the victims. His son, Yahaya Samu, said he fled when the settlement came under attack. He said the attackers came on two moto...
Punch Newspapers Sections Published 15 March 2021 Gunmen, who on Saturday shot dead six members of a family residing in a Fulani settlement near Wasinmi, along Ife-Ibadan Expressway, Osun State, called out the head of the family from a mosque, where he was praying, and asked him to kneel beside his two wives and three grandchildren and asked for money before killing the victims. The deceased family head was identified simply as Samu. His son, Yahaya Samu, who spoke to journalists at the scene of the incident, said he fled when the settlement came under attack. He said the attackers came on tw...
Punch Newspapers Sections Published 15 December 2020 BOLA BAMIGBOLA writes on the crisis rocking Ikire as a result of the kingship tussle in the town, which has allegedly claimed some lives For residents of Ikire, headquarters of the Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, Monday, October 26, 2020, will not be forgotten in a hurry following the crisis that rocked the town, as a protest occasioned by the tussle for the Akire stool turned violent. By the time the dust raised by the violent clashes settled, as many as six lives had been lost, while unspecified number of residents were wound...
Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has spent 1,500 days or 4.09 years on strike since the return to democracy in1999, findings by this newspaper suggest. This implies that about 19.5 per cent of every academic year is spent on strike. According to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, about 94 per cent of students attend Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions. However, most students spend more than the necessary time in school due to the usual clash between the government and lecturers. For example, in 1992, during the regime of General I...