Category: Osun State

eyes economic transformation O sun State Government has moved to revive the moribund Cocoa Industry in Ede to drive the state’s economic transformation. Commerce and Industry commissioner, Bunmi Jenyo, disclosed this at Newspoint, a media engagement organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, held in Osogbo. He […]

nullifies APC chairmen’s election The controversy over which party controls the 30 local governments of Osun State has been laid to rest, as the certified true copy, CTC, of the latest appellate court’s judgement affirmed the chairmen and councillors recently elected on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the valid occupants. […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has condemned the intervention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from the state in the House of Representatives regarding the lingering controversy over local government allocations. In a statement signed by Kola Olabisi, Director of Media and Information of the Osun APC, the party accused the […]

A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has issued a bench warrant for the immediate arrest of Kayode Asa and Hezekiah Ilufoye over their alleged role in inciting violence and breaching public peace in Ekosin, Odo-Otin Local Government Area. Presiding over Court Five, Magistrate A. Adeyeba issued the bench warrant following […]

To avert the looming chaos in Osun State fueled by the escalating tension over which party controls its 30 local governments, the state’s assembly has passionately appealed  for President Bola Tinubu’s urgent intervention. In fact, it raised the alarm that the situation has now reached a dangerous tipping point, threatening the foundations of grassroots democracy […]

Osun NULGE President, Comrade Kehinde Ogungbanggbe, addressing a press conference in Osogbo on Wednesday, over alleged illegal plan by CBN to release LG funds to “illlegal chairmen” State Govt,NULGE warn CBN, AGF against funding ‘illegal chairmen” Osun State Government, and the state”s chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) have cautioned federal […]

Amotekun Corps has recommitted itself to providing adequate security in conjunction with other agencies, for the people of Osun State, and their properties. It described itself as a “beacon of hope and functionality” amid rising attempts to politicise its operations. The agency said the establishment of the Corps aimed at bridging the security gap between […]

CP Ibrahim Gotan, has assumed duty as the 28th Commissioner of Police in Osun State. He succeeds CP Mohammed Umar Abba, who has been transferred out of the state. A statement by the state police command’s spokesman, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, confirmed that the new police boss has assumed duty at the Dtate Police Command Headquarters […]