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Osun: Fire Destroy Property Worth N15.3bn in 2024

    Osun State Fire Service says property worth N15,308,651,017 were lost to fire outbreaks in the state between January and December 2024. The losses were recorded in the state fire service's annual ‘fire incident record,’ which the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) obtained on Friday in Oshogbo. According to the data, the state fire service received 103 fire outbreak calls in the year under review, and it attended to 16 additional non-fire-related calls. The data also reflected that the majority of the fire outbreaks took place in February and December when 20 fire outbreaks were recorded each. READ:  Soun appoints Rev Owoade as Palace Chaplain However, the highest property loss was recorded in December, with N12.580 billion in property lost to fire outbreaks. This was followed by the month of May when property worth N1.249 billion was destroyed during five recorded fire incidents. According to the data, seven persons died from the fire incidents, with one death recorded in ...
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252 Drug Suspects Arrested in 2023 -Osun NDLEA Commander

 

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Osun State Command, says its men arrested 252 drug suspects between January and December 2023.

In a statement on Saturday in Osogbo, the NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Chidi Nnadi, said  the suspects comprised 214 males and 38 females.

He said  the command secured the conviction of 57 suspects, whose sentencing ranged from three months  to five years imprisonment.

According to the commander, 47 cases are pending in court.

He said that the command seized illicit drugs weighing 1,909.69kg during the period.

“Within same period, the drug supply reduction efforts led to the discovery and destruction of 9.5 hectares of cannabis farms (23.759 tonnes of cannabis sativa) at Ifedayo and Oriade local government areas,” he said.

“The agency had a brief counselling intervention with 79 people who use drugs (PWUD) and embarked on awareness/sensitisation programmes in religious houses, schools, motor parks, markets, and workplaces,” he said.

He denied that Osun was the second-highest cannabis-producing state in the South West.

The commander thanked the agency’s Chairman, Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), and the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, for their efforts to rid the state and the  nation of substance abuse.

(NAN)

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