September 2025
Osun 2026: APC Schedules December 13 for Governorship Primary, Sets Nomination Fee at N50m
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially slated its governorship primary election in Osun State for December 13, 2025, ahead of the August 8, 2026 governorship poll. According to a timetable released by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu, and made available at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, the nomination and […]
Osun: Amotekun Operatives Ambushed in Ile-Ife, Three Killed, Firearms Recovered
There was pandemonium in the Akinlalu community of Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, after operatives of the Osun State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, were ambushed in a deadly attack by suspected armed hoodlums. The operatives, who were responding to a distress call over an invasion of farmlands by suspected bandits, […]
LG Funds: Osun PDP Accuses APC of Desperation, Looting Plot
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has taken a swipe at the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing it of desperation and confusion over the controversy surrounding local government allocations. In a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji, on Monday, the ruling party described the APC and […]
Osun Assembly Demands Disclosure of LG Accounts from UBA
The Osun State House of Assembly has written to the United Bank for Africa (UBA) demanding details of all local government accounts domiciled in the bank as part of an ongoing probe into the management of council funds. In a letter signed by Speaker, Rt Hon Adewale Egbedun and dated September 29, 2025, the Assembly […]
See UBA Accounts FG Paid Osun LG Allocations Into
A court document has revealed the bank accounts where the Federal Government deposited allocations meant for Osun State’s 30 local government councils The funds, it showed, were lodged in newly opened United Bank for Africa (UBA) accounts in the names of the 30 councils, according to a report by the Nigerian Tribune. The accounts were […]
Court Bars UBA From Releasing Withheld Osun LG Allocations To Yes/No Chairmen
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has issued an order restraining the United Bank for Africa (UBA) from paying out funds belonging to the 30 Local Government Areas of Osun State until the conclusion of an ongoing legal dispute. The interim order, granted on Friday by Justice A.L. Akintola of Court 5, arose […]
OSPOLY Begins Post-UTME Screening Exercise
The management of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has announced the commencement of its physical Post-UTME screening for applicants who selected the institution as their first choice. According to a statement signed by the Registrar, Mr. Abiodun Oyedele Oloyede, the exercise is scheduled to run from Monday, September 29 to Monday, October 6, 2025. Candidates are […]
“Disclose LG Allocation Accounts or Face Public Verdict” – Osun PDP to APC
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to come clean over the whereabouts of federal allocations meant for the 30 local government councils. The PDP said the admission by the APC that the allocations had indeed been received was “a confession […]
Osun LG Funds: NULGE Slams FG Over Payments to Sacked APC Officials
The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun State chapter, has raised alarm over what it described as an “unprecedented abuse of power” by top Federal Government officials in the handling of statutory allocations meant for local government councils in the state. At a press conference held on Sunday in Osogbo, […]
Owa Obokun Dethrones Ilesa High Chief over Transformer Scandal
The Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Clement Adesuyi Haastrup, Ajimoko III, has removed Chief Busuyi Gbadamosi as the Oba-Odo of Ilesa over allegations bordering on the unlawful removal and sale of two electricity transformers. The announcement was contained in a statement personally signed by the monarch on Saturday, September 27, 2025. According […]
