Category: Osun State

says: ‘Test your popularity in PDP’ By John Dike, Osogbo The rumoured planned defection of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has hit a brick wall, as the All Progressives Congress’s founding national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, has shut the party’s door against the governor. The door slamming comes amid growing speculation that Adeleke may be […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Amid defection rumour, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Osun State has passed a vote of confidence in Governor Ademola Adeleke. It pledged full support for any decision he makes as the speculation about his dumping of his party for the All Progressives Congress thickened. PDP stakeholders from all arms of […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Shock tore through Osun State as news of the baffling killing of a popular hunter by a buffalo, spread. The incident sparked off a swift action from members of the Hunters Group of Nigeria (HGN), in the state who later tracked and killed the wild animal turned murderer. The deceased known […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke. Photo: State House Panic is sweeping through the camps of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in Osun State over Governor Ademola Adeleke’s rumoured plan to dump the PDP for the APC. Many of Adeleke’s close associates, including appointees, have reportedly confirmed that the governor had almost […]

Dissatisfied members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Friday protested at the party’s secretariat in Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo, rejecting alleged plan to offer Governor Ademola Adeleke an automatic ticket as the APC candidate in the 2026 governorship election. Displaying placards and chanting slogans, they decried what they described as an attempted “imposition” […]

Arole Oduduwa and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, has called on Nigerians to pray for peace and unity of the nation, as his kingdom cellebrates this year edition of Yeyemolu Festival. While addressing a large gathering at the palace grounds, the royal father called on Nigerians to pray for peace, unity, […]

A magistrate court in Iragbiji, Osun State, has sentenced 20-year-old Olabosipo Waliyu to two years imprisonment without the option of a fine, for stealing cocoa beans worth ₦200,000. The convict was arraigned before Magistrate O.D. Ajiboye in Charge No. MIRA/28c/2025, following his arrest by operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps under the Boripe Command. The […]

Whatever the decision of President Bola Tinubu on the All Progressives Congress candidate for Osun State’s incoming governorship election is final and binding, according to the party. Senator Ajibola Basiru, APC national secretary, conveyed this party’s position during an interactive session with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Osogbo the state capitol […]

The alleged planned defection of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke to the All Progressives Congress, APC, is already shaking the political in the state. It has triggered reactions from the APC particularly with loyalists of President Bola Tinubu appealing to Adeleke to dump the Peoples Democratic Party and join the APC to strengthen home support […]