Category: Osun State

The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke for appointing a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Hashim Abioye, as the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC. APC chairman in the state, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement issued by the party’s Director of Media and […]

Osun State Government has debunked the purported payment of N25 ,000 allowance to workers. In a Statement by the commissioner for Information and Orientation, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, it said “The attention of Osun state government has been drawn to the purported N25, 000 allowance to workers in November currently in circulation. “Against this backdrop, Osun […]

A new Commissioner of Police, CP Isyaku Mohammed has been posted to Osun State Police Command, following the retirement of former Commissioner of Police, AIG Patrick Kehinde Longe. A statement by the state police, SP Opalola Yemisi said that the new CP assumed office on Friday, 10th November, 2023. He was born some decades ago […]

Osun State chairman of the Parliamentary Staff Association Of Nigeria, Adekunle Adesina says that the ongoing strike would be temporarily suspended to enable Governor Ademola Adeleke present the state appropriation bill otherwise known as money bill for the next fiscal year. He stated this while speaking with the journalists in the assembly complex on the […]

About 23 ,000 pensioners in Osun State will be enrolled in the Health insurance Scheme of the state government. Governor Ademola Adeleke dropped this hints while Flagging off pensioners’ enrollment for the Health insurance Scheme held at Local Government service commission, Abere office in Osogbo, on Wednesday. He said the government is registering all the […]

A federal high court in Osogbo has convicted five persons for defrauding the immediate past Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Timothy Owoeye, N38 million in 2018. The defendants in the case, Kazeem Agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde Oseni, Oyebanji Oyeniyi and Rasheed Ojonla were facing a 5-count charge before […]

Osun State Government has directed hospitals and medical facilities in the state to henceforth treat gunshot victims, even without a police report. It gave the directive on the heels of the order by the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun canceling the longstanding order which made presentation of a police report compulsory before gunshot victims […]

Osun State’s chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has sensitised the state’s traditional rulers on the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) law. It met them during their monthly meeting held at the Government Secretariat, Abere, in Osogbo the state capital, on Thursday. According to the FIDA Chairperson, Mrs. Oluwadamilola Olabiyi, the sensitisation […]

Osun State chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has joined other states in the nationwide strike to fight for the implementation of Financial Autonomy for the legislative arm of government. PASAN said the strike action will continue until their demands are met. Chairman of the state’s chapter, Comrade Akeem Adesina, told reporters […]