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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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Food security: Osun Gov To Launch Young Agropreneurs Incubation Programme


Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has unveiled plans by his administration to launch the Osun Young Agropreneurs Incubation Programme, which would target several young farmers and agropreneurs across the agricultural value chain.

The governor said the initiative was part of the recommendations of the food security committee put in place by the state government, noting that the implementation committee chaired by the Special Adviser on Agriculture, Mr. Olaniran Akanfe had been given the mandate to put into effect the suggestions and proposals in the Food Security Committee report.

According to Governor Adeleke, at least 1,000 hectares of land per local government across the 30 local government areas in the state would be made available, alongside provision of tractors that would clear it.

Speaking after a meeting with a Nordic firm, an organisation interested in setting up a tractor assembly plant in Osun, the State Governor, also said his plan for the agricultural sector was robust and all-inclusive one, adding that the state was ready to implement various programmes in the sector.

According to the governor, other incentives that would be made available under the initiative include;  farm inputs; guaranteed offtaking; all season irrigation farming; integration of hydroponic farming; integration of precision farming and emphasis on gender balancing and inclusivity.


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