Category: Osun State

The All Progressives Congress (APC), National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has justified his ambition to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State. If picked by his party, he will run against the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Basiru, in a statement  by his SRJ Campaign Team, signed by Prof. […]

– Decry ‘kangaroo’ court judgement Land owners at Powerline Area, Osogbo,the Osun State capital, have begged Governor Ademola Adeleke to intervene over what they described as an attempt to forcefully acquire their lands through an alleged kangaroo court judgement obtained by one Misturah Busari. They trooped out in their large number to express their grievances […]

Controversy has ensued among athletes, residents and stakeholders over a proposed bill seeking to ban roller skating on public roads and sidewalks in Osun State. The house had at a plenary on May 6, 2025, debated the “Osun State Skating Restriction Bill 2025”, which proposes a six-month jail term or a fine of N250,000 for […]

Amotekun Corps personnel on Osun State have celebrated Governor Ademola Adeleke as he clocked 65. Chairman of the Osun Amotekun Board, AIG Wale Abbas (Rtd), and the Corps Commander, Chief (Dr.) Hon. Adekunle Isaac Omoyele, in a statement, praised the governor’s “exceptional leadership, unwavering dedication to public service, and his remarkable accomplishments over the years.” […]

Again, armed hoodlums have attacked men of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State, leaving one of the operatives critically wounded. The incident occured on Friday during a burial ceremony in Egbedore Local Government Area of the state during the burial of a deceased person on a plot of supposedly sacred ancestral land. Irked by the […]

Work has resumed on the Osun House project in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, according to Governor Ademola Adeleke. The project, abandoned for about 15 years, and originally conceived to serve as a liaison office and revenue-generating asset, was initiated by the Olagunsoye Oyinlola administration. A series of administrative and contractual challenges spanning several […]

Eminent Nigerians including Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, his five other brother counterparts in the region, ministers, billionaire businessmen Femi Otedola, and Aliko Dangote are billed for Ilesa, on May 23 for the coronation of the new Owa Obokun Adimula and Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland, Oba Clement Adesuyi Haastrup, Ajimoko III, A statement by […]

The police have suspected suicide by a missing man whose body was found on a river in Osun State. One Mr Kehinde Ijebu’s body was found floating on the River Oyile in Ibokun, headquarters of Obokun Local Government Area of the state. The state’ Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, who confirmed the incident, said […]

Osun Sttte Governor Ademola Adeleke has sunsidised Hajj fares for intending pilgrims from the state. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the state’s Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, Sheikh Maruf Ishola. He appreciated the Governor for subsidising hajj fares in six ways including transportation, free medical services for the pilgrims, and sallah celebration on the […]