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●Reportedly Spent Over N2.3 billion On Foreign Trips

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday embarked on his 11th foreign trip in 2024...... Read more:https://www.osundefender.com/tinubu-embarks-on-11th-foreign-trip-in-2024/

The long-standing feud between Nigerian music giants Wizkid and Davido has taken a new turn, with Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, becoming the latest target in the ongoing saga.

When u see people wey dem papa and family train u go know! U don’t see my uncle dancing online ! 😎❤️

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An unidentified crossdresser has been harassed and stripped in Abuja.

In a viral video, it was learnt that the crossdresser was confronted by a group of people who took issue with his outfit choice, hurling derogatory comments and making aggressive gestures.

Despite attempting to walk away from the scene, the crowd followed him, becoming increasingly hostile..... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/video-mob-attacks-strips-crossdresser-in-abuja/

There was a heavy security presence as Osun Residents converged at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, for the #FearlessInOctober protest.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/heavy-security-presence-as-osun-residents-converge-for-fearlessinoctober-protest/

The Nigerian Correctional Service has affirmed the suspension of its senior officers linked to the alleged ₦15m bribery allegations.

Osun Defender reports that the Civil Defence, Correctional Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) had earlier announced the suspension of four of its officers linked to.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/bobrisky-ncos-affirms-suspension-of-officers/

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubarahas approved the construction of a modern psychiatric hospital in Obi Akpor Local Government Area.

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT),.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/fubara-approves-psychiatric-hospital-in-wikes-lg/

Five worshippers have been confirmed dead after they took part in a feast known in Yoruba parlance as ipese organised by an Ibadan-based white-garment church.

Others are on ission at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo area.... Read more:https://www.osundefender.com/ibadan-5-worshippers-die-others-hospitalised-after-eating-ipese/

Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky, has filed a lawsuit against social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, in a bid to seek N1 billion in damages for defamation and blackmail.

Osun Defender recalls that EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede had initiated an investigation on Tuesday into an.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/bobrisky-slams-verydarkman-with-n1bn-lawsuit/

A truck driver whose identity has not been revealed on Sunday ran over a man riding a motorcycle with his family.

The incident happened near Gusau Hotel in Gusau, in Zamfara State... Read more:https://www.osundefender.com/truck-crushes-family-of-six-on-bike-to-death/

A lecturer at Foreign Links College of Health Technology, Moro, Osun State, Dr Nsikak Akpan, has clocked over 105-hour in a bid to set a new world record for longest lecture hour.

Akpan embarked on a 150-hour marathon.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/150-hour-marathon-lecture-osun-lecturer-reaches-105-hour-mark/

Five persons, including a monarch, Elegbedi of Egbedi in Osun State,Oba Muideen Azeez alongside were on Thursday taken to Ife Correctional Centre over alleged arson and destruction of farm and crops worth N200m.

The five people were remanded after failing to meet up with the deadline for the perfection of their bail conditions giving to them by the state High Court sitting in Ede.

Three prominent figures including the Commander of the Benin Republic Presidential Guard and a former Sports Minister have been arrested for plotting an attempted coup d’etat against President Patrice Talon.



Benin prosecutors disclosed this on Wednesday, adding that
the other person... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/presidential-guard-commander-ex-sports-minister-arrested-for-coup-against-president-talon/

The Federal Government through the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed an unconditional and comprehensive investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption within the... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/bobrisky-fg-investigates-allegation-against-prison-cg/

Nigeria’s Raheem Animashaun has become the youngest boxer to claim the West African Boxing Union light-welterweight title, defeating Ghana’s Richman Ashelley in the sixth round.

Animashaun, 16, emerged victorious when Ashelley refused to continue in the seventh... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/16-year-old-nigerian-makes-history-wins-west-african-boxing-union-title/

Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Kebbi State, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, has been killed by Hippopotamus.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the animal may have perceived the deceased.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/hippopotamus-kills-emir-guard-in-kebbi/

TheIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the keenly contested Saturday 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State.

Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 247,274 and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) who came a distant third in the race with 22,761 votes..

“That Okpebholo Monday of .... Read more:https://www.osundefender.com/inec-declares-apcs-okpebholo-edo-governor-elect/

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested an 80-year-old grandfather, Aremu Shojobi, with 14 kilogrammes of cannabis..... Read more:https://www.osundefender.com/80-year-old-arrested-with-14kg-cannabis/

A man, Nwachukwu Ikechukwu has been confirmed dead after inhaling generator fumes at their residence at the Shogoye area of Owode-Egba in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government area of Ogun State.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/man-dies-from-generator-fume-in-ogun/

A middle-aged man, Ogidan Mustapha, has been arrested for allegedly dismembering the hands of his neighbour’s dead 13-year-old child in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun state.

The suspect was arrested by Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command at about 1:30 am on Friday while trying to dump the body of the deceased near Igbosoro River.... Read more:https://www.osundefender.com/man-arrested-for-allegedly-dismembering-neighbours-dead-daughter/

Says EFCC Chairman Is Incompetent



An eyewitness has detailed what transpired between the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday.

Osun Defender reports that controversies have trialled the visit of Bello, who was alleged of fraud, to the EFCC office on Wednesday.

While Bello’s people insisted that the former governor visited the EFCC office but was not interrogated, the anti-graft agency said Bello was not in their custody, saying he is still a wanted man.

The eye witness in a viral audio, accused the EFCC of gross incompetence and violence.

According to the eyewitness, Bello was.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/how-efcc-chairman-released-yahaya-bello-without-questioning-ex-gov-aide/

Nigerian Fuji singer King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly known as Kwam 1 or K1, is facing public backlash following recent revelations by actress Bisola Bus about their co-parenting relationship.

Bus has publicly criticized Kwam 1 for allegedly neglecting his responsibilities towards their son, Malik, despite...... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/kwam-1-faces-criticism-over-fatherhood-duties-as-son-receives-scholarship-amidst-actress-allegations/

A video has emerged as to what led to the alleged illegal detention of a Navy personnel, Seaman Abbas Haruna for nearly six years following the directive of a senior Naval officer, Brig.-Gen. MS Adamu.

This was coming after the House of Representatives Committee on Navy promised to investigate the alleged unlawful detention.


In a post on his verified Facebook page Monday, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Rep. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, promised that all the people involved in and found wanting would... Read more

An unidentified hookup lady has been rescued from a man who allegedly wanted to use her money ritual in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

The suspected ritualist had... Read more https://www.osundefender.com/video-moment-hotel-staff-rescued-hookup-lady-from-ritualist-in-abuja-hotel/

The operatives of the Osun State Police Command has arrested three Yoruba Nation agitators for displaying their flags in the market of Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, Fagbuyi Oluwafemi, Joy Faseyeku and Alabede Janet, were arrested on August 27, 2024 around 2pm at Obada Market, Ikire.

A statement by the Osun Police Acting spokesman, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, stated that Fagbuyi Oluwafemi, 61, a native of AKure, Ondo State in Obada Market, Ikire was addressing marketers to embrace and the Yoruba Nation when he was arrested alongside others.

“He also urged traders in the market to denounce their allegiance to Nigeria, claiming that Nigeria ended in 2014 after 100 years of amalgamation.

“He displayed the Yoruba Nation’s flag in the process. The case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department after preliminary investigation.Through diligent investigation, Joy Faseyiku, 63, and Alabede Janet, 64, were arrested in Osogbo and Ikire town in connection with the crime.”

Also arrested were five of an armed robbery gang who allegedly robbed some residents of Adeeke in Iwo town, Iwo Local Government Area.

Its Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Giwa-Alade Emmanuel, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said this during a parade of some arrested suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo.

Emmanuel explained that suspected armed robbers attacked residents in Iwo on August 14 about 9:30 p.m., dispossessing them of two mobile phones, N20,000, ATM cards and an army ID card.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/three-yoruba-nation-agitators-arrested-for-displaying-flag-in-osun-market/amp/

The Kogi State Government has disclosed that some lecturers of the state Polytechnic, Lokoja, have been sacked over allegations of sexual harassment of ... Read more>>>https://www.osundefender.com/kogi-govt-sacks-lecturers-over-sexual-harassment/

The advancement of technology has revolutionized various sectors of life, and education is no exception. In Nigeria, where access to quality education can sometimes be a challenge, the integration of educational apps and software has provided a new avenue for students to enhance their learning experiences. These digital tools bridge.... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/top-5-educational-apps-and-software-for-nigerian-students/

A landlord identified as Bola Tobiloba has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling his tenant’s 14-year-old daughter.

The incident took place last Friday in the Arinlese area of Abeokuta.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, on Tuesday stated that the incident left other tenants and the entire community in shock when the survivor was found drenched in blood from her private parts, noting that ..... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/landlord-defiles-tenants-14-year-old-daughter-in-ogun/

Muslims across Nigeria ed millions around the world to celebrate Mawlud Nabiyy, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), with festivities and prayers.

The celebration, which falls on the 12th day of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar, was marked on Monday by diverse activities, including processions, lectures, and acts of charity.

Despite the widespread celebrations, opinions on the permissibility of Mawlud Nabiyy remain deeply divided within the Nigerian Muslim community.

The Celebration: A Symbol of Love for the Prophet
For many Nigerian Muslims, the Mawlud Nabiyy is an occasion to express love and reverence for the Prophet Muhammad. In cities like Niger, Kano, Ilorin, and Sokoto, processions of men, women, and children dressed in white and green marched through the streets, singing praises of the Prophet and engaging in religious lectures.

Scholars delivered sermons..... Read more: https://www.osundefender.com/despite-varying-views-nigerians-celebrate-mawlud-nabiyy/

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, I, on Fridays, summoned the Kano State House of Assembly Speaker, Jibril Falgore, over connection with the ongoing investigation into the N440 million drug..... Read more>>>https://www.osundefender.com/drugs-scandal-ic-summons-kano-speaker-five-others/

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dared any governor or leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to come on national television and call him a mole.

He said this late.... Read more>>>>https://www.osundefender.com/i-dare-pdp-govs-to-call-me-a-mole-wike/