Category: Osun State

By John Dike, Osogbo The Deputy Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Akinyode Oyewusi, has disclosed that centralisation of funds under the Joint Accounts Committee arrangement weakened the autonomy of Local Governments. He noted particularly that changes introduced during the former Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration adversely affected the financial structure of local […]

By John Dike, Osogbo A group, identified as “Concerned Members of Accord Party Osun State” has petitioned the Accord Party over its Osun East senatorial aspirant, Hon. Ibukun Fadipe Ishola. Dated May 20, 2026 and addressed to the party’s National Chairman in Abuja, the petition called on the party leadership to reconsider the alleged plan […]

By John Dike, Osogbo As political activities gradually gather momentum ahead of the 2026 Osun State governorship election, civil society organisations, the media, and security agencies have been urged to play active, responsible, and non-partisan roles in ensuring peaceful, free, fair, and credible elections in Osun State and Nigeria as a whole. The call was […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Fresh controversy has emerged within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Osun State following the circulation of an alleged list of Primary Election and Appeal Committee members for the Southwest zone ahead of the party’s primaries. The state chapter of the party on Wednesday distanced itself from the controversial list, declaring […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Nigeria Police Force has launched a violent Crime response unit (VCRU) as part of efforts to strengthen security and combat violent crimes across Osun State. The initiative, according to the command, is in line with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu. In a statement issued by […]

By John Dike, Osogbo At least 30 operational vehicles have been distributed to the police and other sister security agencies in Osun State as part of efforts to strengthen security across the state. They were distributed by the factional Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Osun State chapter, Hon. Samuel Idowu […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Nigeria Union of Journalists will on Wednesday host the Deputy Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Akinyode Oyewusi, at another edition of the Osun NUJ Guest Platform. The event is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. at the NUJ Press Centre, beside Government Technical College, Osogbo. […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Government and the leadership of the Accord Party have raised concerns over an alleged plan to deploy a special police squad to the state ahead of the August 15 governorship election. The government and the party claimed that the squad, reportedly headed by a Chief Superintendent of Police whose […]

Femi Oyetola By John Dike, Osogbo Femi Oyetola, son of former Osun State governor and current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, has withdrawn from the race for the Osun Central Senatorial seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued on Monday and addressed to the Osun […]