NYSC members visit schools, sensitise students on environmental cleanliness in Osun

A group of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, membees serving in Osun State have sensitised secondary school students in the state on environmental cleanliness, effects of climate change and pollution. The corps members who visited some schools stressed the benefits of keeping a clean environment for healthy and better lifestyles within their surroundings. Mr Babatunde […]

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Osun workers join nationwide strike despite tight security

Workers in Osun State on Tuesday joined the nationwide strike called by their umbrella unions The strike which began midnight, held even as armed security men were placed in strategic locations across Osogbo the Osun State Capital to prevent a possible break down of Law and Order . At about 7.30am, some public schools shut […]

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‘Rigorous screening worsens Osun pensioners’ health’

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke Osun State Government has been asked to stop subjecting pensioners to rigorous screening which allegedly worsens their health. In fact, the exercise has been described as a mere attempt by government at seeking cheap popularity without any tangible achievement, Making the call, Comrade Wale Adebisi, the Director of Comrade Ola […]

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Osun directs officials to return govt property with them

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke The Special Adviser to Osun State Governor on Asset Management, Mrs Fausat Sarumi Adebanjo has called on the general public, especially those in possession of government property, to report such to the Agency, located in the premises of Staff Development Centre, back of Bola Ige House, Abere, Osogbo for proper […]

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APC lashes Adeleke for appointing aide as OSSIEC chairman

The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke for appointing a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Hashim Abioye, as the Chairman of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC. APC chairman in the state, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement issued by the party’s Director of Media and […]

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Osun debunks N25,000 allowance pay to workers

Osun State Government has debunked the purported payment of N25 ,000 allowance to workers. In a Statement by the commissioner for Information and Orientation, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, it said “The attention of Osun state government has been drawn to the purported N25, 000 allowance to workers in November currently in circulation. “Against this backdrop, Osun […]

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Osun assembly workers suspend strike as Adeleke wades in

Osun State chairman of the Parliamentary Staff Association Of Nigeria, Adekunle Adesina says that the ongoing strike would be temporarily suspended to enable Governor Ademola Adeleke present the state appropriation bill otherwise known as money bill for the next fiscal year. He stated this while speaking with the journalists in the assembly complex on the […]

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Osun to enrol 23,000 pensioners in Health Insurance Scheme.

About 23 ,000 pensioners in Osun State will be enrolled in the Health insurance Scheme of the state government. Governor Ademola Adeleke dropped this hints while Flagging off pensioners’ enrollment for the Health insurance Scheme held at Local Government service commission, Abere office in Osogbo, on Wednesday. He said the government is registering all the […]

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Five jailed for defrauding Osun ex-speaker N38m

A federal high court in Osogbo has convicted five persons for defrauding the immediate past Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Timothy Owoeye, N38 million in 2018. The defendants in the case, Kazeem Agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde Oseni, Oyebanji Oyeniyi and Rasheed Ojonla were facing a 5-count charge before […]

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