Category: Osun State

APC governorship candidate in Osun, Mr Bola Oyebamiji By John Dike, Osogbo By consensus, a former boss of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Mr Bola Oyebamiji has been adopted as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2026 Osun State election. He emerged at the party’s governorship Primary and Affirmation Congress on Saturday […]

Party alerts IGP, DSS By John Dike, Osogbo The Imole Accord Vanguard (IMAV), a socio-political organisation in Osun State, has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to unlawfully sponsor and stage a parallel Accord governorship primary, using hired individuals to foment confusion and undermine the democratic […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State has recorded another landmark achievement as it emerged the Southwest champion for the second consecutive year at the Annual Primary Health Care (PHC) Leadership Challenge Award in Abuja. It was awarded $500,000 while Ogun State emerged as the runner-up in the zone. Notably, only Osun and Yobe States successfully […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Chairman and Co-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Primary Election Committee for the 2026 Osun State governorship election, Governors Monday Okpebholo of Edo State and his Ondo counterpart, Lucky Ayedatiwa, say that state belongs to the progressives and must be reclaimed by the party in the next election. They […]

reaffirms workers, citizens’ welfare as top priority By John Dike, Osogbo In a gesture demonstrating his administration’s commitment to workers’ welfare, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has presented cheques totaling ₦672,987,699.94 to families of insured workers under the Group Life Assurance Scheme (GLAS) and the Personal Accident Insurance Scheme (PAIS). The beneficiaries include 151 workers […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Osun State has notified the general public, stakeholders, and eligible citizens that the first phase of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise officially ended on Wednesday, 10th December 2025. At the close of the exercise, the State recorded 209,110 completed registrations, a figure which […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke  By John Dike, Osogbo Organised labour in Osun State has thrown its full weight behind Governor Ademola Adeleke’s 2026 re-election bid, endorsing the Accord Party as his new political platform and pledging unprecedented mobilisation in his favour. It announced this on Thursday at the Government House Banquet Hall in Osogbo, […]

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 […]