Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke of Osun has called on the electorate in the state to peacefully exercise their voting rights at the local government election slated for Saturday. Governor Adeleke, in a statewide broadcast on Thursday in Osogbo, also urged politicians to abide by the rule of law....
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has withdrawn from the local government election scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22. This is contained in a letter dated Feb. 17, signed by the APC state Secretary, Alao Kamoru, addressed to the Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC). A copy...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said that contrary to the interpretation in some quarters, the Court of Appeal has not reinstated the sacked local government chairmen and councillors in the state. Adeleke made the clarification while addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo. The governor explained that...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, raised alarm of an alleged plot by some people to attack local government secretariats in the state Governor Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, said he had received credible reports of the plan to also attack leaders of...
An Osun High Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Thursday, reinstated Oba Adegboyega Famodun as the Owa of Igbajo and nullified the state government’s revocation of his appointment. The court overturned the White Paper and Executive Order issued by Gov. Ademola Adeleke regarding the Owa of Igbajo chieftaincy title. The...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke of Osun has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for the arrest of 10 suspected members of Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Ilesa-Osun. In a statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor’s Spokesperson, made available to newsmen in Osogbo on...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has assented to the N427,746, 925,170 budget passed by the legislature for year 2025 into law. Adeleke after signing the budget directed the state’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure its full implementation for the benefits of the people. “We are here to...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Prince Adesuyi Haastrup as the new Owa Obokun of Ijesaland. The governor’s approval was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Osogbo by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi....
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has ordered the commutation of sentences of 53 convicts, including a boy sentenced to death for stealing chicken and eggs. Governor Adeleke, in a statement by his Spokesperson Olawale Rasheed on Thursday, said the order was in line with...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the death of a customs officer, SC Kabiru Tijani and his family in an inferno on Sunday in Ede as a painful loss. The fire outbreak at the customs officer’s resident located at Tijani Kabiru Road, Akankan...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday said his administration has paid N12bn pension debt in his two years as governor of the state. Adeleke made this known during his state broadcast to mark the two years anniversary of his administration. While reeling out the achievements of his administration, ...
OSun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke is expected to present the 2025 budget before the state House of Assembly on Wednesday. The Speaker of the House, Mr Adewale Egbedun, disclosed this on Tuesday during plenary. According to Egbedun, the governor forwarded a letter dated Nov. 11, with a title “Laying...
By OLA MODUPE, Osun – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has declared a three- day of mourning in honour of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. Adeleke also directed that flags should be flown at half-mast in the state during the period. This is contained in...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has distributed 31 tractors and other farm inputs to farmers in the state. In his remarks at the programme in Aisu town, Ede on Friday, Adeleke said that his administration would continue to provide all necessary infrastructure and resources to enhance agricultural production and...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said his critics once doubted his capacity to drive infrastructure development in the state. Governor Adeleke made the remark while playing host to members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers(NSE), led by its National President, Margret Oguntala, on Friday in Osogbo. The...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday evening at the Government House held a closed door meeting with Student leaders from across the unions with a joint resolution to jointly work for good governance for all Osun residents. At the meeting coordinated by Governor’s...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has received an award of excellence from the Nigeria Education Loans Fund (NELFUND) for propelling achievement of first position by Osun state in the nationwide enrolment of beneficiary states by NELFUND. Presenting the award to the Osun State...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has urged the management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to avoid debt traps for students in the operation of the scheme. Adeleke said this when the NELFUND management, led by its Managing Director, Mr Akintunde Sawyer, paid a courtesy visit to his...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Infrastructure upgrade is a strong condition for the alleviation of rural and urban poverty, Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has declared. He made the declaration today at Asaba, the Delta state capital, affirming that provision of hard Infrastructure facilitates economic growth, ease business...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, has asked a former Deputy Governor in the state, Benedict Alabi, to bury his head in shame over his misguided notion on the performance of Governor Ademola Adeleke In a statement issued in Osogbo...