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The Osun State Government, through the Ministry of Rural Development and Community Affairs, on Tuesday, organised a one-day training workshop for unconventional security groups across the state. The training was part of the government’s efforts to strengthen community-based security and promote peaceful coexistence.According to a statement by Osun community engagement…
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The local government chairmen elected under the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, have said the state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was responsible for the delay in the execution of developmental projects across the council areas in the state. A statement by the leader of the APC chairmen, Mr Idowu…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of misrepresenting facts surrounding local government administration and federal allocations in the state. Osun APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal while addressing journalists on Wednesday at the party’s secretariat in Osogbo, said the governor’s recent statewide broadcast…
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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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