The Osun State Police Command has condemned the recent vandalisation and destruction of campaign billboards and other government symbols across the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, described the incidents as criminal acts capable of disturbing…
Osun State Government has deposed Oba Gbenga Joseph Oloyede as the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu with immediate effect. The announcement was made on behalf of the state government in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, on Tuesday. Alimi stated that the decision followed due consultation, legal review and approval…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The burial arrangements for Chief Jonathan Adebunmi Adeleke, the patriarch of the Adeleke family of Oluobinu Compound,Oke Oja Timi, Ede, and former Principal of Baptist High School, Abepe, Ede, Osun State,have been announced by the family. According to a statement by a scion of the family,An evening of Tribute organised by Ede…
Tension mounted in Osogbo on Tuesday as residents of Ilupeju community publicly appealed to Governor Ademola Adeleke to halt moves they believe could cut off their neighborhood from the rest of the city. The appeal followed concerns over an alleged plan by the Osun State Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning to block what residents…
The dispute over the administration of local government finances in Osun State has intensified, with contrasting explanations emerging from leaders of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, and the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement issued in Osogbo, the ALGON chairman backed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, elected local government offcials,…
The World Institute of Peace, WIP, has called on security agencies in Osun State to avert potential unrest in Ile-Ife during the forthcoming religious festivals scheduled for June 6, 2025. Led by its Executive Director, Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi, in an open letter addressed to the Osun State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Umar Abba, the organisation expressed…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has cautioned against the distortion of historical facts. This is as he linked the recent communal clashes experienced in the state to misinformation. Speaking at the Adeleke University, Ede, on Tuesday, during a methodology workshop themed “Cutting Edge Knowledge Production for 21st Historians and Diplomats”, Adeleke emphasised the role of…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved the setting up of a Panel of Enquiry into the recent chieftaincy dispute involving Esa-Oke and towns of Obokun Local Government area. After the recent communal clashes, the governor had promised to set up the committee when he visited both Esa Oke and Ido-Ayegunle. Governor Adeleke, who…
The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Muhammed Abba, has confirmed that six persons were killed in the chaos that happened over control of Local Government secretariats in the state. CP Abba who spoke through the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola disclosed this to Newsmen in Osogbo. “The event…
Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Prince Clement Adesuyi Haastrup from Bilaro Oluodo ruling house has emerged as the Owa Obokun Ajimoko III and Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland. His emergence was announced after an election by the kingmakers within the premises of Ilesa West Local Government Secretariat, in Ilesa. Announcing the result, the Head of…