By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- )The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has commenced a manhunt for seven inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ilesa, Osun, following damage to the facility’s perimeter wall caused by heavy rainfall. The Service’s spokesman, Abubakar Umar, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged APC members in Osun to focus efforts on unseating the ruling PDP. Oyetola, the immediate past Governor of Osun, made the appeal during a strategic meeting with key party stakeholders on Friday in the state. This is...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Osogbo branch, has condemned the arson of the Osun High Court in Ilesa on Monday. The NBA, in a statement by its Chairman, Mr Yemi Abiona, on Tuesday in Osogbo, described the incident as a “heinous attack that poses a serious threat to justice...
The Management of the University of Ilesa, Osun, on Saturday announced the death of a 100 level student of the institution who was electrocuted while charging his mobile phone. In a statement issued by the University’s Registrar, Mr Funso Ojo, the deceased student, Gbolahan Ojolo was a 100 level...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has called on the security agencies to take swift action to restore peace and prevent alleged planned attacks on local government secretariats in the state. The party specifically called on the Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of the Department of State Services(DSS)...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate Justice A .A. Aderibigbe of the Osun High Court for granting an order recognising vacancies in the local government areas. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the call while...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Osun Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to comply with the Court of Appeal ruling reinstating APC Local Government chairmen and councillors. The party’s Osun chapter Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Kola Olabisi, made the call in Abuja on Sunday. He spoke at a...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the Local Government election conducted last Saturday by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), labelling it illegal and unconstitutional. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, issued the statement on Sunday in Abuja, describing the election as...
The newly elected chairmen of the 30 local government councils in Osun State have received their Certificates of Return. On Saturday, the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) swept all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the South-Western state. A day later, the...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – An Osogbo based pro-democracy group, Osun Democrats for Democracy (ODD) has poured encomiums on the Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Mr Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, the entire leadership of the service and its personnel in Osun state for their display of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all the 30 local government areas (LGAs) in Osun State. The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, announced this at a press conference on Saturday. More to follow…
The local government election in Osun on Saturday witnessed poor turnout of the electorate in the state despite previous controversy. It would be recalled that the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi and the Nigeria Police Force had called for the suspension of the exercise. While the AGF...
The Labour Party (LP) in Osun has announced its withdrawal from Saturday’s local government election in the state. The Chairman of LP in Osun, Mr Adebayo Bello, made the announcement while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Osogbo. Bello said that the party was withdrawing from the election due...
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has urged Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun to respect the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, which restored local government officials removed in 2022. Fagbemi made the call in a statement in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has said that the local government election slated for Saturday would hold. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, on Thursday advised Adeleke not to proceed with the election. Fagbemi urged...
A member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Sen. Olu Alabi, has said nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen in the ongoing local government crisis in Osun. Alabi, in a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, said the tragic loss of six lives...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prevail on Gov. Ademola Adeleke not to go ahead with the conduct of the Saturday’s local government election. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the appeal in a chat with...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the Osun local government crisis which has claimed no fewer than six lives in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the resolution followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Rep. Bamidele Salam (PDP-Osun) and nine other...
Police Command in Osun has confirmed that six persons lost their lives in the crisis over the control of local government secretariats in Osun on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crisis erupted between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
Suspected thugs inside buses and on motorcycles on Monday invaded Olorunda Local Government Secretariat, Igbona, in Osogbo wielding machetes and other dangerous weapons The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development is coming barely days to Saturday’s local government election coming up across the state. NAN gathered...