Tag: Osun

  • Police confirm 2 officers death in Osun bank robbery

    Police in Osun have confirmed the death of two Inspectors who tried to thwart a bank robbery on Tuesday in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state. SP Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson for the police in the state confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo. Opalola gave the name of the two…

  • Police arraign 3 employees over alleged N2.53m theft

      The Police in Osun, on Monday, arraigned one Mujidat Omoloye, 22, Kehinde Oke, 45 and Hammed Oke, 43 in Ile-Ife for allegedly stealing their employer’s N2.53 million. The Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Osanyintuyi said the defendants allegedly converted their employer – SAMJAYDOVE Block Industry’s N2,532,000 to their personal use. He told an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court…

  • Police warn private owners against opening schools to all students

    The Police Command in Osun has warned private school owners in the state planning to reopen school for all students, under the cover of partial reopening to exit classes for the purpose of writing examinations, to desist from such action. The police command in a statement by its Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola in Osogbo on Tuesday,…

  • COVID-19: Banks, markets shut in Osun as state’s lockdown begins

    COVID-19: Banks, markets shut in Osun as state’s lockdown begins

    Banks and major markets were shut in Osun on Wednesday following a total state lockdown ordered by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, in a bid to minimise the spread of coronavirus in the state. Our correspondent reports that the governor had, in a statewide broadcast on March 29, announced the total lockdown of the state for two…