Category: Osun State

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, has reserved its ruling on an application filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to relist a previously dismissed appeal involving the party’s sacked local government chairmen in Osun State. It reached this decision after hearing arguments of the counsel of the APC, Osun State Independent Electoral […]

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has accused the All Progressives Congress national secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru of peddling lies to discredit the Governor Ademola Adeleke administration. Besides, it knocked him for allegedly deliberately twisting facts and using inaccurate data to undermine Adeleke’s achievements since he assumed office. The PDP, in a […]

Osun State Government has debunked the perceived fake allegations being spread by the opposition All Progressives Congress to discredit the Governor Ademola Adeleke administration. In a statement by his spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the governor knocked the APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, for using what he described as fake news to misinform the public […]

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 […]