When adherents of the Oro traditional deity broke the fence of a mosque and forced their way in, Imam Abdul-lateef Adesiyan, could not just stand and watch. They were flogging the Muslims with canes, instructing them to leave the ablution area of the mosque in Ilare Ile-Ife area of Osun State Southwest Nigeria. Adesiyan moved […]
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Olatunji Lukmon was killed while defending the gate of his traditional ruler’s palace, during an outburst of violence that has put Osun state on alert. The 43-year-old was gunned down as he and other residents of Ikirun, 20 kms north east of State capital Osogbo, tried to prevent supporters of a controversial monarch take control […]
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Having worked as a teacher for 35 years in Ile-Ife, Southwest Nigeria, Remilekun Alimi, 75, retired to his three-bedroom apartment in April 2020. A month after, he became homeless when his house caught fire and burned to the ground. Two weeks after the fire incident, Alimi died as a result of hypertension. “The house was […]
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Azeez Adam, 52, stretched his left leg, braced with a metal cage, in his hospital bed by the door of the male orthopaedic ward of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo. On the bedside cabinet lay unwashed plates as Rofiat, his younger daughter, sat, watching keenly. Other patients quietly went about their daily routine; […]
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Thugs, suspected to be members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), on Monday, July 11, attacked the home of Lasun Yusuf, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. The incident was the latest of many that had been recorded since the preparation for the July 16 poll. […]
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Nurudeen Oyedeji, 33, was sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court in Osogbo, Southwest Nigeria, in Aug. 2021 for murder. He was arrested in 2019 in the Asubiaro area of the state capital, following a clash that caused the death of one Segun Adebayo. After two years of several adjournments, Nurudeen […]
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Five months after Saheed Olabomi, a 31-year-old motorcyclist was shot dead by a Police Sergeant in Osogbo, Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, justice has remained elusive, his family has cried out. Olabomi’s family members told HumAngle the Police Officer who pulled the trigger was escorting an important personality (not named) when the incident occurred on Tuesday, […]
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Not many people know where the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Inisha community, Odo-Otin Local Government Area (LGA) of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria is located. After hours of searching, HumAngle discovered the PHC via a faded signpost, pointing to a nondescript part of the community. There, it unveiled a building with fashionable rooftops and paint […]
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Ten months after three officials of the State Security Service (SSS) in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, attacked a police corporal at a party, both security agencies are yet to act on the incident. Rauf Fawale, a 35-year-old police officer, was at a birthday party hosted by his colleague, identified as Inspector Modinat, on Jan. 21, […]
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A correspondent of Daily Post Newspaper in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, Sikiru Obarayese, who was arrested by police on Wednesday, Oct. 20 has been released. HumAngle earlier reported that Sikiru was arrested while covering #EndSARSMemorial rally in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The incident occurred five minutes after he spoke with our reporter on the […]
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A correspondent of Daily Post Newspaper in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, Sikiru Obarayese, has been arrested by police while covering #EndSARSMemorial rally. Sikiru was arrested while discharging his duty on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The incident occurred five minutes after he spoke with our reporter on the highhandedness of the […]
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The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, has moved to set up a committee to probe the protests by the students of the university over the death of their colleague. Margaret Omosule, Registrar of the institution, said in a statement obtained by HumAngle that the university’s Senate, a supreme […]
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