Category: Osun State

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor and Accord Party governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday inaugurated the newly completed Oke-Fia Flyover in Osogbo, and urged regisreeed voters to come out in large numbers to participate peacefully in the August 15 governorship election. He described voting as the strongest instrument through which citizens could […]

say APC victory will unlock more federal project By John Dike, Osogbo All Progressives Congress chieftains led by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and the Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Friday urged the people of Osun State to elect the party’s governorship candidate, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji in the August 15 […]

Accord Party has demanded the immediate resignation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chairman, Ola Olukoyede over the freezing of a bank account of Osun State Government. Simultaneously, it commended President Bola Tinubu for directing the agency to unfreeze the account. It asked the president to sack Olukoyede if he failed to resign […]

Police Inspector General, Mr Tunji Disu has assured the voters and people of Osun State of adequate protection before, during and after the August 15 governorship election in the state. According to him, each of the 3,000 polling units will be manned by at least four policemen, while the state generally will also be adequately […]

Governor Ademola Adeleke and Davido. Photo credit: Adeleke Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday inaugurated the newly constructed Oke-Fia flyover in Osogbo, as his cousin, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, urged electorate in the state to be peaceful during the August 15 governorship poll. The Afrobeat superstar, while addressing the crowd at the […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has personally told Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke that he had ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC to unblock the state government’s bank account. Presidential spokesman, Mr Bayo Onanuga disclosed this on Thursday on his Facebook page. He said the president conveyed the decision during a telephone conversation with […]

By John Dike, Osogbo President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to unfreeze the bank account of Osun State Government immediately. He said the timing of the action, coming barely days before the August 15 governorship election, could undermine public confidence in the credibility of the electoral process. President Tinubu […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has defended its decision to place a restriction on an Osun State Government bank account without first obtaining a court order, insisting that its action was backed by provisions of the EFCC Act and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act. The commission’s defence comes amid growing criticisms […]