Yuletide :Osun NSCDC deploys 2,350 personnel

Ahead of this year’s Christmas and new year celebrations, the Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Osun State Command, Agboola Sunday has deployed 2,350 personnel across the state The operatives were expected to provide watertight security, covert and overt intelligence operations and round the clock surveillance to ensure that criminally minded people do […]

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Adeleke approves N1.6b bond certificates for Osun retirees

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the release and distribution of bond certificates worth N1,625,332,835:75 to retirees under the contributory pension scheme. The Permanent Secretary, Local Government Staff Pension Bureau, Mr Ibrahim Akibu made this known in a statement in Osogbo on Wednesday. According to him, the beneficiaries cut across the primary schools and […]

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NJC sacks Osun judge, says Justice Adepele Ojo remains CJ

The National Judicial Council on Thursday recommended the compulsory retirement of Osun State High Court judge, Justice S. O. Falola. He was found guilty of granting a Garnishee Order Absolute against Polaris Bank for the sum of N283,174,000.00 in a questionable manner. A statement by the council’s Director of Information, Adesoji Oye, indicated that the […]

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Adeleke says Osun people enjoying good governance, reels out achievements

fires back at ex-PDP chieftain Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has reeled out some of his achievements since he assumed office even as he carpeted a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Dotun Babayemi, over his comment on the governance of the state, accusing him of playing up a wrong narrative about […]

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Adeleke pledges support for new CP

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has assured the new Commissioner of Police posted to the state, Mohammed Isyaku of the support necessary to effectively combat crime in the state. He also stressed the need for all security operatives in the state need to work harmoniously to achieve a peaceful and secure environment to maintain adequate […]

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Adeleke flags off Osogbo, Ede road dualisation

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has launched road dualisation in Osogbo and Ede while documentation processes are almost complete on the planned flyovers across the state’s three senatorial districts. The road project is part of his efforts at infrastructural development earlier promised the people of the state when he assumed office. The roads totaling 11.17 […]

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Adeleke’s wife blames economic hardship for violence against women

Wife of Osun State Governor, Mrs Ngozi Adeleke, has said the biting economic hardship in Nigeria is partly responsible for the violence and aggressive attitudes most men now exhibit in their respective homes. She said many homes in Nigeria are facing serious hardship and as such most men, frustrated by the economic frustration, displaces their […]

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Adeleke bungles Ilesa water project, APC alleges

Osun Statetate chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of deliberately bungling the multi-billion naira Ilesa Water Project. It described the governor’s alleged current eye-service to regularize the project as a deceit designed to save face from the embarrassment caused by his perceived poor education, jealousy, political pettiness, vindictiveness, hatred for […]

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Osun community petitions IGP to save it from gun-wielding miscreants

The people of Ifon-Osun in Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State have sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, over the worrisome activities of some allegedly gun-wielding miscreants in the community. In their petition, which was also copied to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, the state police boss, […]

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