President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to consider the requests for assistance made by Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun, who was at State House on a ‘thank you’ visit. The governor, elected on platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said he had come to appreciate the President for providing...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Federal Road Safety Corps( FRSC) has said 17 passengers escaped death in an accident on Ilesa-Ipetu highway in Osun State. The Osun Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Friday in...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, has reiterated call on Nigerians not to vote for political candidates based on ethnicity or religion. Mr. Obi made the call during his presidential campaign rally held in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Saturday. The former Anambra State governor,...
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, Prince Dotun Babayemi, has urged political stakeholders in the country to ensure that the 2023 general elections is devoid of bloodshed. Babayemi, in a statement by his media aide, Deji Kayode on Monday in Osogbo, said that through the ballot,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed the immediate suspension of the project consultant for the Ilesa Water Project, Mrs Tawa Williams over questionable handling of $106 million dollar loan for the project. Governor Adeleke in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale...
Mr Ismail Omipidan, Media Aide to former Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola, on Thursday insisted that the administration of his principal never took any bank loan for the four years he served as governor. Omipidan, in a statement in response to Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s speech that Oyetola’s administration left behind...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun on Monday, said his administration would recover all monies owed by mining/gold companies operating in state fields. Adeleke said this on the sideline of the inauguration of solid mineral sector committee in Osogbo. He said the state had no record of any payment made...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the recent attack on its facilities in Osun did not affect any of its sensitive materials, especially permanent voter cards (PVCs). The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Mutiu Agboke, stated this at the commission’s maiden stakeholders meeting on Thursday in...
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has urged the people of Osun to vote en masse for his party to win the 2023 presidential elections, as they did during the July 16 Osun Governorship election. Abubakar made the plea on Wednesday during his...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has denied withdrawing N5 billion from the state’s accounts as well as awarding the reconstruction of the road leading to the Adeleke University in Ede, In a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Wednesday, he said the allegations being peddled on social...
The Palace of Aree of Iree in Boripe North Local Council Development Area of Osun, was on Thursday evening vandalised and set on fire by angry youths in the town. The palace was said to have been burnt by youths who were not pleased about the arrest of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has tasked the members of the panels and committees to track all looted public assets belonging to the state. A statement issued by the governor’s spokesman, Malam Olawale Rasheed, said Adeleke gave the charge after inaugurating four panels in...
The Osun Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 10 suspects over the attacks across some motor parks in the state on the premise of forceful takeover of the parks. SP Yemisi Opalola, the Command’s Spokesperson, in a statement, said five guns, nine live and four expended cartridges...
The Osun House of Assembly has dismissed the order of Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun reversing the state’s name to the constitutionally recognised one. The legislative insisted that the state anthem, crest and flag are an enactments of law and therefore could not be changed, but by process of...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun, on Monday, issued six executive orders reversing appointments made by former governor Gboyega Oyetola, including appointments of workers and installation of traditional rulers. This is contained in a statement by his Spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed. The governor signed the executive orders on Monday, including...
Osun civil servants working at the State Secretariat in Abere, Osogbo, on Monday received the newly sworn in Governor, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, to his office amidst pomp and pageantry. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workers who had been waiting at the entrance of the State...
Out-going Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun approved the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries on Thursday to fill existing vacancies in the state’s civil service. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head of Service, Dr Festus Oyebade. In a spontaneous reaction, the governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, said...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Southwest on Saturday reiterated their commitment to the victory of Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, in 2023 presidential election. They spoke at the inauguration of meeting of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Grassroots Engagement and Civic Orientation (Southwest), on...
Unknown assailants, on Thursday, set ablaze the office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ede South Local Government Area of Osun. INEC Spokesperson in Osun, Mrs Oluwaseun Osimosu, confirmed the attack to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Osimosu said that the Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in the...
Kingmakers in Iree, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun, have called on the state government to reconsider the process that produced Prince Raphael Ademola, as the new 16th Aree of Iree in the town. One of the kingmakers in the town, the Aogun of Iree, Chief Saliu Atoyebi, who...