Category: Osun State

By John Dike, Osogbo Community leaders (Baales) in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, have thrown their weight behind the town’s Elders Council, insisting that the 2026 governorship ticket of all major political parties must be zoned to Osogbo. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the governorship election for Saturday, August 8, 2026. Despite […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Tension is rising in Osun State as the local chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), rejected calls for striking workers to resume duties on Monday, October 6, 2025. This countered a directive issued by a group which called itself “Association of Concerned Local Government Workers of Osun […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Queen Chanel Chin, a former olori or wife of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has debunked the allegations made by her ex-husband, who recently accused the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, of plotting his assassination through her. In a statement released via Instagram on Thursday, Queen Chanel […]

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in Osun State has warned its members against engaging in any form of financial transaction during the ongoing strike affecting the state judiciary. It also announced the postponement of the scheduled “I Am Alive” verification exercise for retired judiciary staff on federal pension, attributing the decision to the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State House of Assembly on Thursday warned commercial banks operating in the state, particularly the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Osogbo Branch, against processing any unauthorised financial transactions on Local Government accounts. In a letter signed by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, the Assembly condemned what it described […]

In , the Governor of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has granted amnesty to 36 convicts serving sentences at the Nigerian Correctional Service facilities in Ilesa and Ile-Ife, in commemoration of Nigeria’s Independence Anniversary. This was in a statement by his spokesman, Olwale Rasheed. The governor’s gesture, following the recommendations of the State Advisory Council […]

A court document has revealed the controversial United Bank for Africa (UBA) accounts into which the Federal Government paid allocations belonging to the 30 Local Governments in Osun State. The funds were lodged in newly opened accounts in the names of the 30 councils by the court-sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Government chairmen and […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke Records from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) have shown that an eestimated N63 billion of the six months’ seized allocations from the Federation Account may have been disbursed to the ‘sacked’ All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen of the 30 local government areas of Osun State, The […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Association of Concerned Local Government Workers of Osun State has declared support for the ongoing implementation of local government autonomy in the state, while calling on all local government employees to resume duties immediately following months of industrial action. Speaking at a press conference held in Osogbo on Thursday, the […]

John Dike, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Osun State has accused the Amotekun of perpetrating extra-judicial killings at Akinlalu, Ife-North Local Government Area of the state. Condemning the killings as resulting from a “gruesome and unprovoked attack” on innocent citizens, it called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to probe the local security outfit over […]