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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...

I Will Pay The New Minimum Wage -Adeleke



Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Friday pledged that his administration will not be among defaulters in the payment of the new minimum wage.

Adeleke said after the National Assembly might have passed the bill and finalised with every other things on it, the state government would abide by the rule because “it has become a law”.

The governor who made this known in Osogbo, through the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, expressed commitment to implementing the N70,000 minimum wage for civil servants in the state.

“Our governor is a lover of workers; his first agenda is to prioritise the welfare of workers both active and non-active.

“Governor Adeleke will not be among defaulters of the new minimum wage. Osun State will never deviate from the law on minimum wage.”

The governor stressed that the welfare of workers is a top priority for his administration and he will not deviate

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