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Hijacking Osun LG Fund, a Criminal Assault on Democracy- MCE
• Citizens May be Compelled to Resort to Self Help The Movement Credible Elections has said hijacking local government allocation in Osun for the sacked APC Chairmen is a criminal assault on Democracy. The group in a statement by its Media Coordinator, Comrade James Ezema, the head of the national Secretariat of Group, Veteran Olawale […]
Public Office is a Policy Lab for a Policy Entrepreneur – Mallam Olawale Rasheed
Mallam Olawale Rasheed is a public policy professional with decades of experience in journalism, business, politics and public service. The Spokesperson and Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke granted a birthday interview to some journalists, addressing many personal and public issues. When are you releasing your book about your life experience ? The book is […]
Oyetola Diverting Osun LG Fund Into Private Accounts – Egbedun
By Sola Isola The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has accused the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola of diverting funds mean to local government to individual accounts through United Bank of Africa (UBA). Egbedun made this known while addressing a Press Conference on Sunday, in Osogbo, the […]
Osun 2026: Governor Adeleke’s name uploaded as Accord Candidate- Chairman
By Sola Isola Governor Ademola Adeleke’s name has been uploaded on the records of Independent National Electoral Commission as the candidate of Accord in the forthcoming 2026 Governorship Election, Osun Spring Reports. Chairman of Accord in the state, Pastor Victor Akande, made this known in a statement on Thursday, in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. […]
Osun LG Crisis: Tinubu should call Oyetola to order- Governor Adeleke
● Says Court-Sacked APC Chairmen Lack Mandates to Stay on In Councils Governor Ademola Adeleke has restated his accusation against Blue Economy Minister, Gboyega Oyetola about the Minister’s masterminding Osun local government crisis, asserting again that the self-awarded tenure of APC Chairmen lapsed in 2025 and cannot be elongated under the law and Supreme Court […]
Tenure Elongation: APC lawyers on the run from court proceedings- Osun Gov’t
• Case adjourns to 4th March, 2026 Osun State Government has described as unfortunate the way and manner the Osun State chapter of APC is unduly and deliberately carrying out actions and inactions that have been causing continued logjam in the state local government imbroglio. This is contained in a press statement issued by the […]
Open Letter to AGF Lateef Fagbemi
The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of JusticePrince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SANFederal Ministry of Justice10th Floor, Federal Secretariat, Wing 1B, Block OneShehu Shagari Way, Abuja, Nigeria Sir, OPEN LETTER: A CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF STATUTORY ALLOCATIONS TO LAWFULLY ELECTED OSUN STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. I write as a concerned citizen and social crusader […]
Wole Oke And His Show of Ignorance
By Sarafa Ibrahim I have just read an opinion credited to the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Mr. Oluwole Oke on the local governments imbroglio in Osun state and I could deduced what has been wrong with Nigeria if it is people with his thinking that make laws for the country. I say this because […]
Osun LG: Tenure Elongation Alien to the Constitution
By James Bamgbose In every functioning democracy, power comes with a timer. It starts ticking the day an oath is taken, and it stops the day the law says it must. That timer is not symbolic, it is the foundation of electoral legitimacy. Nigeria’s Constitution understands this clearly. It draws firm lines around how long […]
Osun LG Invasion: The APC’s Criminal Occupation of Our Local Governments
By Engr Shakbab Enough is enough. It is time to call a spade a spade. What is happening in Osun State is not politics; it is criminality, sponsored from the top, and it is strangling democracy in broad daylight. Let the whole world see this: for nearly a year, local government secretariats in Osun have […]
