Category: Osun State

The police in Osun State have arrested a suspect over the fatal shooting incident, which occurred in Ejigbo town, leading to the death of a United States-based Prof. Richard Idowu (Ade Ori Okin). Osun State Police Command in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yemisi Opalola, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest. The […]

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has ordered immediate police investigation into the killing of a United States-based professor, Prof. Richard Idowu popularly known as Adeoriokin. The departed who was also a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former House Of Representatives aspirant, was reportedly shot and killed accidentally by local hunters at the […]

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has accused the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola of abandoning his duties and campaigning to return as the governor of the state in the forthcoming election. It wondered how the minister feels comfortable neglecting his job and many Federal Government programmes within […]

Wife of Osun State Governor, Erelu Ngozi Adeleke has pledged that her husband’s administration will not relent in its efforts to ensure that every child is educated. While stressing her commitment to the education of every child in the state, and that no child deserves to be left uneducated, she said every Nigerian child deserves […]

Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the immediate suspension of the Provost of Ila College of Education, Dr. Jimoh Atanda Afolabi in line with the interim report of the Investigation Panel headed by the Chief of Staff, Hon Kazeem Akinleye. He also approved the recommendation of the committee that the Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr […]

To ensure a hitch free local government election in Osun state, the Chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, Mr Hashim Abioye has sought inter agency cooperation among security agencies in the state. Abioye who seeks the support in preparation for the conduct of the election across the state, visited the Zonal Command of the […]

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has again commended Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state for his commendable performance, urging the Governor not to derail as a people’s Governor. The elder statesman who attended the conferment of the title of Baba Oba of Joga-Orile on Governor Adeleke on Friday evening said the Almighty has guided Adeleke to be […]

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sympathized with the Secretary of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Bunmi Adigun over attack by security aides attached to Governor Ademola Adeleke. Adigun who works with the Ogun State Television (OGT) was reportedly attacked, harassed, manhandled and rough-handled […]