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The Federal Government has arrested two suspected illegal miners and sealed an unauthorised gold mining site at Ileki-Ijesa along the Ile-Ife/Ilesa Road in Osun State. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Lara Owoeye-Wise. The suspects,…
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Mr Benjamin Adereti, the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the August 15 Osun governorship election, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of religious hypocrisy, saying the governor’s religious identity is unclear. Adereti spoke on Sunday at the 70th anniversary celebration of Union Baptist Church in Osogbo…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, told the Muslims in Osun State that his administration has delivered more for the Islamic sector than any government before him. Speaking at an interactive session with the Osun State Muslim Community in Osogbo, the Governor said his government had corrected years of neglect by…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke has stated that the European Union Election Observer Mission will monitor the August 15 Osun State governorship election. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, said Austrian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Peter Guschelbauer, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit to Government House, Osogbo. According to…
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The immediate past speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye has urged electorates in the state to reject apathy in the August 15 governorship election, saying silence in the face of poor governance is fuelling hardship and eroding democracy in the state. Owoeye, who is…
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, has commended President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, over the rescue of the abducted pupils and teachers in Oyo State. In a statement signed by the Head…
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The former aspirant for Osun West Senatorial District, Taiwo Ogundeji, popularly known as Apata as dumped the All Progressives Congress. Ogundeji tendered his resignation in a letter dated July 11, 2026, addressed to the APC Chairman of Ward 6, Ola, in Ejigbo Local Government Area. In the letter, he said…
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Traders and members of the Hausa community at Sabo Market in Osogbo, Osun State capital, have unanimously endorsed the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the August 15 governorship election. The endorsement was made on Thursday at the market square in Sabo area,…
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The Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, has dismissed as false, reckless and deliberately misleading, claims by the lawmaker representing Ijesa South, Hon Sanya Omirin, that he facilitated the payment of ₦12 billion by the Federal Government to Osun State. Rasheed in a statement on Thursday described the claim…
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The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ademola Adeleke on the Bureau of Social Services (BOSS), Akintunde Bello Sheriff, has accused the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, of playing divisive religious politics ahead of the August 15 election. In a post on his Facebook page, Sheriff…
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