Category: Osun State

By John Dike, Osogbo A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced a 28-year-old bricklayer, Aliu Jamiu, to two months’ imprisonment for stealing clothes that were spread on a rope to dry. The police prosecutor, Corporal Oluokun Babatunde, told the court that the incident occurred last Monday around 9:00 p.m. at Legacy Hotel, Okinni. He […]

By John Dike, Osogbo At least 1,500 local government and ward coordinators of the Oyetola Consultative Forum (OCF) on Wednesday endorsed the gubernatorial aspiration of Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), a leading contender for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket ahead of the 2026 Osun State Governorship Election. The group pledged to mobilize en masse […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has flagged off the distribution of teaching and learning materials to pupils and students across public schools in the state, reinforcing its unwavering commitment to delivering quality education for all. At the flag-off ceremony on Wednesday, Governor Ademola Adeleke, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon. […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, has described the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Olanipekun Oyetunji, Laroye II, as an exemplary monarch and a transformational leader. He said this n a statement by his spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, felicitating with the monarch on his 15th anniversary on the throne. Besides, he said the royal […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke is not decamping from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to any other party contrary to report. The governor, who declared this on Wednesday in a statement by his spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, debunked his reported plan to ditch his party for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), as […]

By John Dike, Osogbo A  governorship aspirant  under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, has expressed deep concern over alleged infrastructural challenges facing the state, He promised to redress the perceived deficit if given the opportunity to serve at the coming governorship election. Oyebamiji, or any other aspirant […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, has sympathised with the victims of the flood that ravaged Iwo on Friday. He extended the same gesture to all the residents of the ancient town. The governor expressed deep concern over the scale of personal and material losses suffered by residents, assuring them of his […]

administration congratulates self over endorsement rallies By John Dike, Osogbo In anticipation of the eventual resolution of the ongoing crisis over the seized councils allocations, Osun State Government has moved to create a development agenda for each of the state’s local governments. The planned development agenda, to be anchored by the Association of Local Governments […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress, APC in Osun State has accused the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, of partisanship in the ongoing crisis over the seized allocations to the councils in the state. Particularly, the party accused the union of acting as an extension of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government has appointed Prof Chinwe Obuaku-Igwe as Director-General and Special Envoy to the Governor on Climate Change and Renewable Energy. The appointment, approved by Governor Ademola Adeleke, is a strong statement of Osun’s commitment to environmental sustainability, clean energy development, and inclusive green growth. Prof. Obuaku-Igwe has led a […]