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A pan-socio-political group, Dee Osun Monitors, has urged the Nigerian Bar Association to take concrete actions over the continued withholding of the allocation due to local governments in Osun State. The group’s convener, Prince Jide Akinyooye, while addressing the press on Thursday, said there is a need for the leadership…
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Former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party remains a very strong political platform in the state, despite the defection of the current governor, Ademola Adeleke, to the Accord Party. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting of the party held in Osogbo on Thursday, which…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of concentrating developmental projects in his hometown, Ede. Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the APC, through its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, described the Adeleke administration as “incorrigible and selfish without any consideration for…
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An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday, dismissed a chieftaincy suit challenging the appointment of the Alawo of Awo, affirming that the Osun State Government acted lawfully in the selection and installation of the monarch. Two princes of the town, Lawal Oloyede Oyekunle and Ganiyu Ademola Adediji,…
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged local and foreign investors to harness the state’s vast solid minerals potential and invest in the state, noting that the state could boast of enhanced security and has a significantly improved ease of doing business environment. The governor, according to a statement signed…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The immediate past governor of Osun and Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, has described the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, as the right person to govern the state. Oyetola said the former Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority…
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A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Professor Adewale Oladipo, has said the people of Ile-Ife, Osun would vote massively for Governor Ademola Adeleke in the August 08, gubernatorial election, noting that the governor has done a lot for the ancient city. The former National…
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Former Secretary to the Osun State Government, Moshood Adeoti, has joined the Accord party and declared his support for the second-term ambition of Governor Ademola Adeleke. He announced his move on Tuesday while addressing his supporters across Osun State at a town hall meeting in Osogbo. The gathering featured representatives…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun State has dismissed insinuations that the commission was registering underage people in the Ede North Local Government Area of the state. Osun INEC’s Public Affairs Officer, Musa Olurode, made the rebuttal in a statement on Monday in Osogbo. The statement said the commission…
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A Chief Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has remanded the Imam of Ummu Haani Adigun Memorial Central Mosque, Abdulgafar Sakariyah, 51 and four others in correctional centre over the death of a worshipper, Ahmed Najeem. The Imam, alongside the four other suspects –Kosamotu Hakeem, 50; Folorunso Mukaila, 57;…
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