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By Tunde Olamilekan The South-West Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kamorudeen Ajisafe, has slammed the Federal Government over the continued withholding of the local government allocations meant for councils in Osun State, describing the action as an ‘offence against mankind’. Ajisafe said President Bola Tinubu has not reciprocated…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Eleven months after dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Osun State, Lekan Salami has rejoined his former party. It would be recalled that Salami in October 2024, dumped…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Osun State Police Command on Friday, announced the arrest of six male suspected cultists. The Command said the suspects were arrested during three separate sting operations at different locations across the state. A statement by the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, issued by the Police Public…
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President Bola Tinubu has restated his commitment to repositioning Nigeria on the global stage by restoring its pride and dignity, a responsibility he said was entrusted to him by Nigerians at the 2023 polls. Tinubu, who returned to Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Thursday after a two-week official trip to…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has questioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the figures released for the first week of its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. The ADC accused INEC of releasing “statistically implausible” figures, specifically questioning how Osun State recorded more new voter registrations…
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By Tunde Olamilekan A gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Mr Kunle Adegoke (SAN) has disclosed that the state government is the one blocking the payment of the withheld allocations for local governments in the state. The Osogbo-born lawyer stated this on Thursday…
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By Femi Adesola The 34th anniversary of Osun State ought to have been a moment of sober reflection and celebration of milestones for showcasing tangible successes, commissioning new projects, and unveiling measurable progress. Instead, what Osun people got was yet another long sermon of rhetoric from Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesman,…
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The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. Oloyede, 62, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship and resides in Medina, Ohio, was on August 26 handed 56 months in prison by U.S. District…
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Osun State Government has filed a suit at the Supreme Court against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over alleged unlawful withholding of statutory allocations meant for its 30 local government councils since March 2025. In the originating summons filed on Monday on behalf of Osun State by a…
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Former APC national secretary Iyiola Omisore says President Tinubu is not responsible for withheld local government funds in Osun State. Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iyiola Omisore, has absolved President Bola Tinubu of any blame regarding the lingering crisis over withheld local government funds in Osun…
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