Category: Osun State

President Bola Tinubu on Monday summoned no fewer than 76 leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State to the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, over growing disquiet within the party ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the meeting, which held late at night, followed a report by the National […]

Osun State Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Mayowa Adejoorin By John Dike, Osogbo The police have confirmed the arrest of Osun State Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Hon. Mayowa Adejoorin, while the Accord Party accused security agencies of targeting its members This came as preparations for the August 15 governorship election in the state heightened. […]

The Imole Campaign Council pushing for the reelection of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has condemned the arrest of the state’s Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Hon. Mayowa Adejoorin. The commissioner, who is also a leader of the campaign council in Obokun Local Government, was reportedly blocked while driving out of Ilesa and worked away. […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The police have brokered a peace agreement between the Accord Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the scheduling of their final campaign rallies for the August 15 governorship election in Osun State. The intervention, meant to avert could possible clashes between supporters of both parties, and led by the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Orders strict compliance with election code of conduct The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Auwalu Mahmuda, has ordered troops deployed for the August 15 Osun State governorship election to remain professional, politically neutral and strictly adhere to the Code of Conduct guiding military participation […]

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 […]