FORMER Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, visited ex-governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, at his residence in the state. Atiku met with Aregbesola, a former ally of President Bola Tinubu, on Friday. The former vice president posted a video of the meeting on X. “Breakfast time at the residence of …
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Police Advise Osun Govt To Suspend LG Elections
A few hours before the scheduled local government elections in Osun State, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has urged the state government to suspend the polls, citing serious security threats. In a statement on Friday, Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said intelligence reports indicated a high possibility of violence if …
Read More »Restructuring Nigeria: Ex-Minister Aregbesola Backs Call For Return to Parliamentary System
A former Minister of Interior and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has emphatically backed calls for Nigeria to ditch the presidential system of government and return to the parliamentary system. He said this at a National Dialogue on Home-Grown Parliamentary System in Abuja. The immediate past Minister of …
Read More »Osun Residents Continue Protest Against Hunger And Hardship
RESIDENTS of Osun State on Friday again stormed major streets of Osogbo in continuation of the #EndBadGovernance protest. The protest, which entered Day Two on Friday saw protesters trooping out massively onto the major streets of Osogbo to press home their demands from the government. The protesters insisted that they …
Read More »Osun State Govt Speaks On Demolishing Ilesa Central Mosque
THE governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has reassured the Muslim community in Ilesa that there are no plans to demolish the Ilesa Central mosque. He noted that the ongoing road dualization in the town would not affect the central mosque. The governor gave the assurance during his interactive session …
Read More »DSS Arrests Osun Football Coach For Trying To Sodomize Player
A football coach working with a male football team in Osogbo, Osun State, was apprehended by the operatives of the Department of State Security for trying to sodomise one of his players. Sources who spoke to Punch said the suspect, identified as Adebisi, was arrested in the area last Wednesday by …
Read More »Osun: Adeleke, Assembly lose as court affirms Justice Ojo as Chief Judge
THE National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan has affirmed Justice Adepele Ojo as the Chief Judge of Osun State. The decision was contained in a judgment delivered by Justice Peters in a suit numbered NICN/IB/62/2023, on Wednesday in Ibadan. The court granted all the reliefs sought by the Osun Chief …
Read More »Gov. Adeleke Speaks On First Lady Controversy In Osun Gov’t House
OSUN State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has set the records straight over who is the first lady of the state. He declared that the winner in the scheming for the significant position is Titilola. Titilola and Ngozi, according to reports, had continued to scheme for the position of first lady …
Read More »Pastor Murdered Inside Church In Osun
PASTOR in charge of Celestial Church of Christ, Grace of Comfort Parish, Omitoto, in Osun State, Moris Fadehan, has been murdered by one Lekan Ogundipe inside his church. Trojan News learnt that the suspect killed Fadehan after the keys to the church were retrieved from him for assaulting a prophetess over …
Read More »Ex-Minister, Aregbesola Lauds Osun People For Rejecting Inducement During Voting
Rauf Aregbesola FORMER Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has commended the people of the state for their continued decision to reject monetary inducement and vote for the candidates of their hearts. Represented by the former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Sikiru Ayedun, at Osogbo, during the Asala Day and conferment …
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