Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the death of the South-West Zonal Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olasoji Adagunodo as a huge loss to Osun State. Governor Adeleke also described Adagunodo’s passing as a sore loss to the Peoples Democratic Party. According to REPORTS, Adagunodo died …
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Tinubu Urges Adeleke To Unite Osun State
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged Governor Adeleke to unite the state. A statement by Tunde Rahman from the Office of the President-elect, said with the final court in the land giving its verdict on the Osun governorship tussle, all must respect the judgement. He said: “I congratulate Ademola …
Read More »Police Launch Manhunt On Kidnappers As One Abducted In Osun State
Osun State Police Command has disclosed that a middle-aged woman (name withheld) was on Monday kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Sekona in Ede South Local Government Area of the state. Meanwhile, the command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola who made this known in Osogbo on Monday, however, hinted that police has …
Read More »Assembly Election 2023: Osun Speaker, Others Lose As PDP Wins 25 Seats
CANDIDATES of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State won 25 out of 26 seats in the Osun State House of Assembly in Saturday’s election. But the All Progressives Congress won Boripe/Boluwaduro State Constituency seat with its candidate, Olufemi Popoola, polling 15,594 votes to defeat PDP’s Adesina Aina, that …
Read More »Six Sentenced To Death By Hanging In Osun State
The Osun State High Court in Osogbo, presided by Justice Jide Falola on Monday, sentenced six men to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder. Four among the six men, Rasidi Waidi, 39, Hammed Rafiu, 37, Owolabi Bashiru, 54, and Kayode Sunday, 29, were arraigned on six counts charges …
Read More »Governor Adeleke Appoints New Traditional Ruler In Osun
Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, approved the appointment of Dr. Adebayo Faforiji as the new Alamuye of Amuye Faforiji in the state’s Atakunmosa East Local Government Area on Friday. Between 2003 and 2010, Faforiji served as the state Commissioner for Works in the administration of Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola. …
Read More »Osun Accuses Oyetola’s Team Of Looting Government Property
The Osun State Government has accused the immediate past governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, and his team of looting public properties at the Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. The accusation was contained in a statement by Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday. …
Read More »Why I Issued Executive Orders – Adeleke
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has explained why he issued six executive orders in his first week as governor of the state. Speaking at a thanksgiving service at Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim, Oke Gada, Ede, on Sunday, Adeleke also recalled the travails he passed through in …
Read More »Hoodlums Set Osun Monarch’s Palace On Fire
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 …
Read More »Police Arrest Suspects Of Motor Park Attacks In Osun State.
The Osun State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 10 suspects over the attacks across some motor parks in the state on the premise of forceful takeover of the parks. The command’s spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, in a statement said five guns, nine live and four expended …
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