Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its members in Osun State Local Governments to stay away from duty over the unsettling political situation in the state. It warned against the harrassment of its members by combatants in the crisis rocking the state over an appeal court judgment. The congress expressed concern over the political uproar […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed residents to stay away from local government secretariats. He gave the directive in a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday evening amid disturbing LG take over crisis. Warning that the security agencies will take charge of all local government secretariats, he wrote: “Following reports […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, Mr Remi Abbas has been killed by yet to be arrested assailants. He was reportedly shot dead by hoodlums who were allegedly preventing the reinstated APC Chairmen and councillors in the area from resuming their office duty . […]

Osun State Independent Electoral commission, OSSIEC,  has expressed readiness to conduct a free and fair council election on Saturday, February 22. Underscoring this readiness, it hasu unveiled voting materials for the exercise. Chairman of the commission, Mr Hassim Abioye said, “We are ready for the upcoming local government elections on February 22nd, 2025, and we […]

– PDP fires back – Workers stay at home from Monday The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has faulted the alleged refusal of Governor Ademola Adeleke to obey an Appeal court judgement reinstating sacked local government chairman and councillors in the state. It asked him as a beneficiary of various court judgements to […]

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has accused his predecessor and Marine and Blue Economy Minister, Gboyega Oyetola of plotting anarchy in the state. Specifically, he accused the minister of orchestrating plans to incite chaos by enforcing a non-existent court judgment regarding local government elections. He based his allegations on intelligent reports, which he said has […]

On Tuesday, Osogbo, the Osun State capital, witnessed heavily armed conventional and mobile policemen deployed by the  Police Inspector General, Kayode Egbetokun. They arrived in the state in a truck and moved to the command headquarters for possible posting to strategic locations across the state. Reportedly, they took instructions from the Commissioner of Police in […]

“I, however, regret to inform Mr. President and the public that Mr. Gboyega Oyetola has concluded an arrangement to cause mayhem in Osun state starting from Monday. “He is issuing illegal directives to security operatives to enforce illegality simply because he is the nephew of Mr. President. “I chose to alert the nation before my […]