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The Social Democratic Party has described as ‘untrue’ some online publications that the party denied Senator Iyiola Omisore the ticket to contest the election to represent Osun East Senatorial District at the Senate in 2019. The Secretary of the SDP in Osun State, Mr. Taiwo Akeju, said this in an…
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The Osun Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Segun Agbaje, was humiliated and beaten to a coma by some angry youths at the First Baptist Church, Oke Owode, Ikirun, at the burial ceremony of Timothy Ibitoye a former REC of Ogun State…
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Indigenes residents in Ekiti State are to benefit from economic empowerment from the $321 million loot recovered from the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. Two other states in the Southwest, Osun and Oyo, are to benefit from the disbursement of the cash through a cash transfer programme…
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The Osun House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the bill for the establishment of the State Health Insurance Scheme. This followed a motion by the Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Dejo Bello (APC- Boripe/Boluwaduro) and seconded by the Chairman, House Committee on Health, Mr Oyeleke Ogunsola(APC-Ayedire) at the plenary in Osogbo….
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A 28-year-old man, Ifeanyi Eze, on Monday appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged destruction of vehicles belonging to the Osun State House of Assembly (OSHA). Eze is facing an eight-count charge bordering on malicious damage and theft but he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp. Joshua Oladoye,…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has expressed shock over an alleged condemnation of the reconstituted Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The party said it was also worried that the PDP was allegedly threatening violence if it loses at the tribunal. In a statement in Osogbo, the…
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By Femi Adesola A Former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Osun state, Honourable Sunday Akere has disclosed that his Party, the Action Democratic Party (ADP), played a neutral role during the September 27 Osun State Governorship supplementary election. Akere made this known while featuring in a Yoruba current affairs…
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The International Breweries Plc of Ilesa, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the police and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have warned drivers against the dangers of drunken driving. The Legal and Corporate Affairs Director, IB Plc, Chief Michael Daramola, said at a sensitisation programme organised by the company in…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied evading service of the court processes and the petition of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The Head of Voter Education Department of INEC, Osun State, Stephen Ojewande, said this in an interview with our…
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The Election Monitor (EM) has urged INEC to consider conducting a forensic audit to determine the cause of the sharp increase in voided votes observed in the last governorship election in Osun State. The Coordinator of EM, Mr. Abiodun Ajijola, made the call at the weekend in Abuja at the…
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