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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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Three Amotekun operatives hospitalised after clash with herdsmen in Osun

The Western Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, in Osun State has confirmed an attack on its personnel in Kajola village by suspected herdsmen.

Spokesperson of the security outfit, Yusuf Idowu, made this known on to reporters on Thursday.  He said the operatives were attacked in the community which is located along the Osogbo/Ilesa Road.

According to him, the incident occurred after some farmers had lodged complaints against herdsmen grazing cows on their farms in the area.

“We got complaints on Saturday from farmers in Kajola, a village along Osogbo/Ilesa road that herders were destroying their farms and we immediately deployed operatives to the area.

“Upon sighting approaching Amotekun men, the herdsmen who were armed, fired shots at them. But our men kept advancing towards them. When they saw that bullets could not stop those coming to arrest them, they signalled their cows to attack Amotekun men.

“In the ensuing melee, three of our men were injured. They are still on admission in the hospital as we speak. The herders fled into the bush and left their cows. Normalcy has returned to the area.”

Yusuf confirmed that the security outfit took the decision because in January 2024, farmers in Osun State sought relief from rampaging herders.

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