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By Tunde Olamilekan Former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, said that elections are ultimately decided by the people, not political officeholders. Aregbesola who is the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, stated this during the public launch of ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi’s memoir, ‘The Loyalist,’…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke has once again, insisted that the tenure of Osun local government Chairmen elected under the All Progressives Congress lapsed on October 22, 2025. The governor said the APC council officials’ tenure cannot be elongated under the constitution and precedents set by Supreme Court rulings. Adeleke also said…
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The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has urged the federal government to outrightly ban the importation of foreign jeans to promote local fabrics and boost Nigeria’s economy. The monarch made the plea in a statement by his spokesperson, Alli Ibrahim, on Tuesday. Oluwo lamented the infiltration of religion into…
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The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewale Egbedun, has dismissed as false, a publication alleging that he received and authorised a letter concerning the rotation of chairmanship among traditional rulers in Osun State. The speaker said the publication, circulated by a pseudo Facebook page operating under…
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Wives of some personnel of Osun Amotekun arrested by the Nigeria Police following the killings of Akinlalu have protested over the continued detention of their husbands. The women during a protest on Monday in Osogbo, called on the governments, Nigeria Police, former state governors and eminent politicians to intervene. One…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has hit back at Governor Ademola Adeleke over his claim that his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola was behind the ‘illegal’ occupation of Osun council secretariat by council officials elected under the APC. The party in a statement by its…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has demanded the immediate release of over ₦130 billion in statutory allocations allegedly withheld from the state’s local governments by the federal government. Adeleke warned that the continued blockade is crippling grassroots governance and inflicting hardship on workers and residents. He stated…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The chairman of the Council chairmen elected under the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Hon. Samuel Idowu Abiodun, has said the presentation of budgets by the APC chairmen across the local governments in the state fully complied with constitutional provisions and the Supreme Court’s ruling on…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Netizens have countered the claim of Alabama Akinleye, an aide to the Osun State Governor, who said the lawmaker representing Ife Federal Constituency, Hon. Taofeeq Ajilesoro cannot win an election without the support of Governor Ademola Adeleke. Akinleye had in a Facebook post, said that Ife people…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has congratulated the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyebode Oyeyosin, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Adeleke described Oba Omowonuola as a revered traditional figure who embodies the collective aspirations of his subjects. In a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, Governor Adeleke…
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