Category: Osun State

By John Dike, Osogbo It was carnival-like on Wednesday as residents of Osogbo, Osun State capital, mobbed Governor Ademola Adeleke, who hit the streets after being picked as the Accord Party’s candidate in the state’s coming governorship election. Indeed, Osogbo literally exploded in excitement as the governor’s convoy drove round the streets with a smiling […]

Osun State Government has explained why Governo Ademola Adeleke delayed his defection to the Accord Party. The governor formally announced his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday citing escalating crisis within that party as his reason, thus ending speculation on the platform he would contest the state’s coming governorship election. According to […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has emerged as the candidate of Accord Party in the state’s coming governorship election. The governor, who announced his formal decampment from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday, and was subsequently named Accord Party’s sole aspirant in its primary election, emerged at that exercise conducted […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor AdolavAdeleke has been e Accord Party has been formally cleared to participate in the Accord Party’s governorship primary election scheduled for today in Osogbo, the state capital. He had decamped to the party from the Poples Democratic Party, beset with internal wrangling, a few days ago. The governor, […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The family of Omitunsin Abiola Isaac, a slain operative of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State, has petitioned the police to reopen and intensify investigations into his killing on July 26, 2025, at Ijeda-Ijesa, Oriade Local Government Area of the state. In a petition filed by G. Olabode & Associates and […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress in Osun State says that the defection of Governor Ademola Adeleke to the Accord Party would not save him from defeat at the coming governorship election. It took a swipe at the governor on Tuesday for ditching the ruling party in the state until recently, the Peoples […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Osun State and Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI) have strengthened their partnership ahead of the coming governorship election. In fact, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Mutiu Agboke, met a KDI delegation in his Osogbo office during a courtesy visit aimed at deepening […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has elected 1,660 delegates across the 332 wards of the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship primary election. Chairman of the party’s Delegates Congress Committee, Engr. Shehu Umar Dange, announced the outcome on Tuesday at the state secretariat along Gbongan–Ibadan Road, Osogbo. He explained […]

By John Dike, Osogbo At last, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, has announced his official decampment to the Accord Party, days after leaving the Peoples Democratic Party. This development ends months of speculation about the political platform he would use in contesting his reelection few weeks away. Initially, he was rumoured to be considering moving […]