Category: Osun State

The National Judicial Council on Thursday recommended the compulsory retirement of Osun State High Court judge, Justice S. O. Falola. He was found guilty of granting a Garnishee Order Absolute against Polaris Bank for the sum of N283,174,000.00 in a questionable manner. A statement by the council’s Director of Information, Adesoji Oye, indicated that the […]

fires back at ex-PDP chieftain Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has reeled out some of his achievements since he assumed office even as he carpeted a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Dotun Babayemi, over his comment on the governance of the state, accusing him of playing up a wrong narrative about […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has assured the new Commissioner of Police posted to the state, Mohammed Isyaku of the support necessary to effectively combat crime in the state. He also stressed the need for all security operatives in the state need to work harmoniously to achieve a peaceful and secure environment to maintain adequate […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has launched road dualisation in Osogbo and Ede while documentation processes are almost complete on the planned flyovers across the state’s three senatorial districts. The road project is part of his efforts at infrastructural development earlier promised the people of the state when he assumed office. The roads totaling 11.17 […]

Wife of Osun State Governor, Mrs Ngozi Adeleke, has said the biting economic hardship in Nigeria is partly responsible for the violence and aggressive attitudes most men now exhibit in their respective homes. She said many homes in Nigeria are facing serious hardship and as such most men, frustrated by the economic frustration, displaces their […]

Osun Statetate chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of deliberately bungling the multi-billion naira Ilesa Water Project. It described the governor’s alleged current eye-service to regularize the project as a deceit designed to save face from the embarrassment caused by his perceived poor education, jealousy, political pettiness, vindictiveness, hatred for […]

The people of Ifon-Osun in Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State have sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, over the worrisome activities of some allegedly gun-wielding miscreants in the community. In their petition, which was also copied to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, the state police boss, […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the payment of wage award to civil servants and pensioners in the state to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal. He said in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, that the action was in continuation of his avowed commitment to workers’ welfare and a fulfilment of his […]

Commander of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State, Brig. Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi (retd) has warned criminals to stay off the state as he stressed the readiness of his officers and men to flush them out. He gave the warning in Osogbo at a ceremony he was decorated with an award of “Who is Who of […]