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Operatives of the Osun State Amotekun Corps have arrested two suspected cult members with a locally made pistol and ammunition in Ilesa. According to the agency, the suspects, Miracle Ifunaya, 19, an indigene of Imo State, and Taiwo Ogunsola, 30, an indigene of Kwara State, were arrested at about 2:00…
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The Osun State chapter of the Allied Peoples Movement party has unveiled Ibraheem Adekunle as its candidate for Osun Central Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections. The party also expressed readiness to shock other parties fielding candidates in the poll. At the unveiling held in Osogbo, Osun State, the…
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The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, has criticised former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for repeatedly referring to the President as “Bola”, describing the address as “the height of insolence”. Dare made the remark in a statement on Saturday while reacting to comments by…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke has felicitated with the Owa Obokun Adimula and Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland, His Imperial Majesty, Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup, Ajimoko III, on his birthday. The governor, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, described the monarch’s journey to the throne as one marked by years…
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Factional chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Osun State, Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as Asiri Eniba, has announced his return to the union’s headquarters in Osogbo as chairman. Oyewale announced his return in a video posted on his Facebook page on Saturday, where he was…
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Senator representing Osun Central, Olubiyi Fadeyi, popularly known as Ajagunla, has said President Bola Tinubu was willing to grant him a return ticket to the Senate under the All Progressives Congress (APC), but the party’s leader in the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, opposed it. Fadeyi, who was elected in 2023 on…
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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu to act immediately to lower petrol prices, warning Nigerians that a planned phase-out of electricity subsidies from 2027 will further worsen hardship. Atiku stated this on Friday at his…
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The Diocesan Bishop of Ijesa North Anglican Diocese, Rt. Revd Isaac Oluyamo, has appealed to politicians in Osun State not to allow political differences to become permanent sources of hatred and division. Bishop Oluyamo, who made the call in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Friday, prayed for healing of…
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The Majority Leader of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Kofoworola Adewunmi, has said government alone cannot achieve a sustainably clean Osun State, stressing that environmental sanitation is a shared responsibility. Hon. Adewunmi, in a post on his Facebook page, noted that he made this known on Friday, September…
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The Osun State Chapter of the City Boy Movement has announced plans to inaugurate its State Executives and Local Government Coordinators and unveil its new State Secretariat on Sunday, October 4, 2026. The event, according to a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the Movement Osun, Yakubu…
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