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...
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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...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the indices of development in the mining sector has improved as Nigeria, for the first time, has a world-class goldmine in Segiola, Osun State. Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday in his address at the 6th Edition of the Nigerian Mining Week at the International Conference...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has suspended political activities for the week following the death of Ifeanyi, son of David Adeleke (Davido). NATIONAL ACCORD had earlier reported that Davido, who is a nephew of State Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, lost his son...
Osun State Government has launched a N20- million monthly social support scheme in Osogbo on Friday to tackle poverty and to protect vulnerable persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the initiative targets 4,000 beneficiaries to widen the state’s social inclusion net, empower the less privileged and...
Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, says his administration will be accountable to the people of the state, vowing that he will not betray the trust reposed in him. Adeleke made this known while receiving the report of the Transition Committee on Thursday in Ede town. Adeleke, who lauded members...
The Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) has declared all the 69 chairmanship and 393 councillorship candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of Saturday’s local government election in the state. The Chairman of OSIEC, Mr Segun Oladitan, while announcing the official results, as well as issuing...
The Osun State Police Command have discovered the decomposing body of an aged landlord, Oladepo Asaolu, after about four days of disappearance. It was gathered that Asaolu, an indigene of Ora-Igbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State, was the Babaloja of the ancient town. It was gathered that...
The Ekiti State Police Command has paraded 19 suspects on Tuesday at Ado-Ekiti one of whom allegedly broke into a church in Osun and stole N600,000 offerings. Police spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, said the suspect already confessed to the crime and would be arraigned after completion of investigation. He...
Insecurity will be brought to an end before the end of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari assured in Ile-Ife, Osun, on Saturday. He gave the assurance at the grand finale of the 2022 Olojo Festival. The Olojo Festival is an ancient festival celebrated annually in Ile-Ife. It was once...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to embrace farming to enhance the country’s food security. Buhari made the appeal in a message to the annual Olojo festival in Ile-Ife, Osun. Represented by Minister of Interior, Rauf ArAregbèsola, the president said farming remained the bedrock of Nigeria’s economy and necessary...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. The police spokesman, Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Osogbo, said the deceased was found hanging dead...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has debunked reports that Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state. The police spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola says Osun State has kept faith with the vision of its founding fathers to sustainably build “the state of virtue’’ in its 31 years of creation. The governor made the declaration in a statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday by his media aide, Ismail Omipidan to...
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed that the convoy of Mrs Kafayat Oyetola, wife of Osun Governor, was attacked by hoodlums on Friday at Owode in Ede. The command’s spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the attack in a statement issued on Saturday said one security personnel on...
The Osun Government has alerted residents in the state to be security conscious following reports of attacks by suspected kidnappers disguised as commercial transporters. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said the state government had gotten intelligence reports that kidnappers...
A faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has denied the allegation that its members voted against Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, during the July 16 governorship election in the state. The Chairman of the faction, Mr Rasaq Sanisile, while addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Osogbo, said that...
Former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, was buried in his country home of Ila-Orangun, Osun, on Saturday. Balogun was appointed Nigeria’s 21st Inspector-General of Police on March 6, 2002. He left the office in 2005. He passed on in Lagos on Thursday, four days to his 75th birthday....
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Suspected cultists in the early hours of Saturday have invaded a residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore LGA of Osun State and shot a 43-year-old man, Yinusa Okunloye to death. The spokesperson of The Osun State Police Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident in a...
Popular Nigerian singer, Davido has reacted to a tweet suggesting his family will use Osun’s money to build mansions in Atlanta. Recall that a Twitter user had tweeted “Las las Adeleke will use Osun state money to build Atlanta Georgia. What a pity for the people of Osun state.” The accusation is...