Tag: Osun State

Zainab Bulkachuwa, president of the court of appeal, has reconstituted the Osun state governorship election petition tribunal. Sa’adatu Kachalla, the court’s head of media and publicity, disclosed this on Thursday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state had filed a petition against the victory of Isiaka Oyetola, candidate of…

One Babatunde Matthew, 29, on Friday appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Ile-Ife, Osun State, for allegedly assaulting a police officer, Insp. Ayodele Dania, and his team while performing their lawful duty. The accused, who is of no fixed address, is standing trial on four counts of assault, breach of…

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State are protesting on the premises of the Osun State High Court following the alleged disbandment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal hearing matters arising from the recently concluded governorship poll in the state. Scores of PDP members while staging a peaceful…

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has been reconstituted by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. Bulkachuwa was said to have taken the decision because of the need to expose the new members to election petition cases since the old members had recently had experience…

No fewer than 3,000 Osun residents are to benefit from the Federal Government free Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B, C tests. Dr Olubunmi Ayinde, the South-West Coordinator, Nigeria AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo. Ayinde said that NAIIS officials would…

By Femi Adesola   The Osun West Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Engineer Adelere Oriolowo, has commiserated with the Adejumo family over the demise of the Ace Actor, Moses Adejumo, popularly called Baba Sala. Oriolowo who is the Osun State Project Director of the Rural Access Mobility…

Fresh crisis is brewing between alumni associations of some public schools and Osun State Government over alleged conversion of public school’s land to private use. Investigation revealed that landed property of some public schools across the state are being converted to private use. According to the spokesperson of alumni association…

The governorship candidate of the Providence People’s Congress in Osun State, Professor Ife Adewumi, has decried the “election rigging” comment credited to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole. Adewumi, who is a former chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Obafemi Awolowo University,…