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Osun student electrocuted with plugged phone

A 100-level student of University of Ilesa, Osun State, Gbolahan Ojolo, has reportedly died of electrocution triggered by lightning strike in his hall of residence in Ilesa, the Nation reports. Ojolo, a student in the Department of Business Administration, was said to be charging his phone and playing a game on it at the same time when thunder struck. Confirming the incident in a statement on Saturday, the Registrar of the University, Funso Ojo, said the incident happened on Friday. Ojo’s statement partly read, “The Management of the University of Ilesa, Osun State, deeply regrets to announce the tragic and untimely death of one of its students, Gbolahan Ojolo, a 100 Level student of the Department of Business Administration. “The unfortunate incident occurred in the evening of Friday, April 18, 2025. Gbolahan was electrocuted while playing a game on his mobile phone, which was being charged in his room at a private hostel located near the Prototype Engineering Development Institute ju...
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Adeleke Approves Payment of Third Batch Half Salary Owed Osun Workers

 

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved payment of another batch of half salary debt alongside the state workers’ July salaries.

The spokesperson for the governor, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement made available in Osogbo on Saturday noted that the latest payment was the third time Adeleke would pay the half salary debt in line with the template issued early in the year to pay the debt on a quarterly basis.

Rasheed recalled Adeleke had during the electioneering campaign promised to pay the salary debt on an instalment basis, adding that the administration had inherited about N26 billion in half salary debt and about N50 billion in pension-related debt from the previous government.

Adeleke, while commenting on the payment, reiterated his commitment to the faithful implementation of the template for the payment of the inherited salary debt.

The governor, who maintained that the template was a consensus among all stakeholders on how to exit the half salary rope, further said “I want to assure Osun workers that the payment is progressing as scheduled. Despite the tight fiscal situation, we are prioritising workers’ welfare by paying the inherited debt on an instalment basis.

“As a government of the people, by the people and for the people, we will remain focussed on human development even as we work to upgrade our infrastructure and develop our local economy. 

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