Osun State Government on Tuesday, declared Wednesday, as public holiday to mark the beginning of 1445 Hijrah calendar. In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Regional Integration and Special Duties, Mr Mudashiru Oyedeji on Tuesday, said the Governor’s decision to allow Muslims celebrate the new year. The statement also added that the…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has faulted the choice of the Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke over the list of commissioner nominees It could be recalled that the Osun house of assembly on Friday, received the list of nominees for commissioners and special advisers from Adeleke, seven months after the governor was sworn in. In…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State Governor on Monday, unveiled plans by his government to develop a plan of action for Osun State electricity market policy and legislation. The governor made this known while reacting to the recent signing of a constitutional amendment that empowered the state governments to regulate the electricity market within their…
Rauf Aregbesola, the immediate past Minister of Interior, has reiterated the need for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State to strengthen the party’s political base. Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun state made this call at a reception as part of activities marking his homecoming in Osogbo on Saturday, saying in…
Adedeji Adesola, the receptionist on duty at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on the day an ex-Master student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, arrived at the hotel on Wednesday, sentenced to two years imprisonment, by Osun State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo. The Chief Judge had pronounced Adesola guilty of conspiracy to fabricate…
Dr Rahman Adedoyin, the chief executive officer of the Hilton Hotel Ile-Ile has been sentenced to death by hanging by Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo over the murder of a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke. The Chief Judge in her ongoing judgement held that Adedoyin and two of his…
Ademola Adeleke, the Osun State Governor has described the report that he was planning to demote workers and pay them half of their salary every month as false. This was contained in a statement signed on Saturday by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, saying the current administration in the state has not and would not…
The former Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has reiterated that he has no doubt that he would return to power soon. Oyetola, who made this statement while giving a short remark during the 12-year remembrance prayers for his late mother, Alhaja Wulemot Oyetola on Monday at Iragbiji, Osun State, said that his mandate is very…
Mr. Kayode Akande, the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone XI Command, Osogbo, on Friday warned political candidates and their supporters against using social media to spread inciting statements that could cause breach of peace. Akande, whose command covers Osun and Oyo States, stated this while decorating the Public Relations Officer of the Zone, Benjamin…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 1,422 Regular and Special Marshals have been deployed for the presidential and NASS election in Osun. Mr Henry Benamesia, the Sector Commander, disclosed this in a statement by FRSC Spokesman in the state, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi in Osogbo, saying the corps had posted the officers to…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has arrested a 67-year-old blind grandpa, Aliyu Adebiyi, and a leper, Haruna Abdullahi, for drug trafficking. Mr Femi Babafemi, The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, in a statement on Sunday, said Adebiyi was caught with 234 kilogrammes of cannabis. The statement read in part, “In Osun…
Adelere Oriolowo, Senator representing Osun West, has demanded N500 million compensation and an apology from Governor Ademola Adeleke over the claim that he stole machines and transformers while he headed an agency, while threatened to sue the state government if his demands are not met. Following findings by the Asset Recovery Committee chaired by Dr…
The World Institute for Peace, a civil society group, has decried the increasing hoodlum clashes in Osun State. The group lamented that between July and December many residents had been injured while no fewer than 10 lives had been lost as a result of such clashes, while alleging that no suspect had been apprehended by…
Adejumo Funmilayo, a middle-aged woman on Wednesday escaped from kidnappers den along Ilesha-Akure highway in Iwaraja area of Ori-Ade Local Government area, Osun State Funmilayo was reportedly abducted alongside three other passengers on Sunday in a Toyota sienna and led into thick forest long the highway. When narrating her ordeal in the hands of kidnappers,…
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday remanded a 22-year old man, Adeyemi Oluwadamilola, in Ile-Ife Nigerian Correctional Custody over an alleged rape. Oluwadamilola, who resides at Phase 3 along Ilesa Road, Ile-Ife, is facing a count charge of having unlawful carnal knowledge of a lady (name withheld). The defendant, who was not legally…
The presidential flagbearer of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has begged the people of Osun to vote massively for his party to win the 2023 presidential elections, as they did during Governorship election held in July 16, 2022. Abubakar made the plea on Wednesday during his presidential election campaign held at the Freedom…
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance in Osun, Mrs Bimpe Ogunlumade says the state government has discovered a salary and pension-related debts, amounting to over N76 billion, left by the immediate past Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola’s administration. A statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesperson of Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun, said on Thursday in Osogbo…
There was uneasiness in Iree town as the Palace of the Aree of Iree went up in flames on Thursday evening. Eyewitnesses revealed that some buildings within the Aree Palace, in Boripe North Local Council Development Area of Osun were set ablaze by irate residents. Some witnesses also explained that the buildings were torched by…
Festering Obaship tussles in three communities in Osun took a new turn on Tuesday. Leaders in one of the communities, Iree, expressed support for Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s reversal of the enthronement of the traditional ruler. The “Aree-in-Council’’, Iree Council of Elders, and the Iree Progressive Association on Tuesday declared support for the Gov. Adeleke’s decision…
Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Kassim Akinleye as the the Chief of Staff. He also appointed the former Chairman of Osogbo Local Government, Teslim Igbalaye as the Secretary to the State Government and Mallam Rasheed Olawale as the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. He said the appointment takes…
