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Osun Renews Demand for Release of Withheld LG Funds, Welcomes Monarchs’ Intervention
The Osun State Government has renewed its appeal to the Federal Government for the immediate release of local government allocations, citing the recent Court of Appeal judgment that affirmed the legitimacy of the state’s duly elected council leadership. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, the state […]
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Ajalaye of Ipetu-Ijesa, Oba Samson Agunbiade III Reacts To Ilesa Poisoning Scandal, Attempted Murder Allegation
The Ajalaye of Ipetu-Ijesa, His Royal Majesty Oba Samson Adeleke Agunbiade Oke Agunbiade III has suspended Chief Gbenga Ajibade from his position as High Chief Ejimo of Ipetu-Ijesa over his alleged involvement in the attempted murder of a suspected maize thief in Ilesa. The development, which marks a significant turn in the ongoing poisoning scandal, […]
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Ilesa Poisoning Victim Breaks Silence, Seeks Help After Father’s Death from Shock
The man at the centre of the widely publicised Ilesa poisoning incident, Ebenezer, has spoken for the first time since the attack. He debunked rumours of his death and appealing for urgent financial assistance to aid his recovery. In an exclusive interview conducted by journalist and advocate, Bode Olawoye, popularly known as Emotion Clinic, Ebenezer […]
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Why Male Priest Carried Sacred Calabash at Osun-Osogbo Festival?
The 2025 edition of the world-famous Osun-Osogbo Festival recorded an unusual but culturally valid adjustment in its centuries-old tradition, as a male priest carried the symbolic white calabash—known as Igba Osun—instead of the newly appointed Arugba. The Igba Osun, a sacred vessel containing spiritual offerings for the river goddess, is traditionally borne by the Arugba, […]
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“Release Osun LG Funds to the State Government” — Ataoja of Osogbo Tells President Tinubu at Osun Osogbo Festival Grand Finale
The Ataoja of Osogbo Land, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Larooye II, has made a powerful public appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging the immediate release of the withheld Local Government allocations meant for Osun State. Speaking at the grand finale of the Osun Osogbo Festival 2025, the respected monarch warned that the ongoing financial blockade […]
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Osun Govt Denies APC’s Claim Over Arrest of Facebook User Who Threatened Governor Adeleke
The Osun State Government has debunked allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Governor Ademola Adeleke masterminded the arrest of a Facebook user who issued a direct death threat against the governor. In a statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday and signed by the Commissioner for Information and […]
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UNIOSUN Shines Again, Wins Two FG-NRF 2025 Research Grants
Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has further cemented its reputation as one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising research institutions by winning two of the 158 competitive research grants awarded nationwide in the 2025 cycle of the Federal Government’s National Research Fund (FG-NRF). The grants, which are open to universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country, were […]
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2025 Osun Osogbo Festival: Osun SSG Teslim Igbalaye Felicitates Ataoja, People of Osogbo
The Secretary to the Osun State Government (SSG), Bobagunwa Teslim Igbalaye, has felicitated the Ataoja of Osogbo, His Royal Majesty Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun (Larooye II), his Chiefs, Oloris, princes, princesses, and all indigenes of Osogbo on the celebration of the 2025 Osun Osogbo Festival. In a goodwill message signed by his Special Assistant on […]
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Adeleke Will Crush Unelectable APC Aspirants in 2026 – Osun Govt Declares
The Osun State Government has described the array of governorship aspirants paraded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state as politically deficient and unelectable, asserting that none of them poses a credible threat to Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election bid in 2026. In a strongly worded statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale […]
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[OPINION] Osun IGR: The Numbers Shut Up Naysayers
By Sarafa Ibrahim Sometime in 2023, a former media aide to ex-Governor Gboyega Oyetola, Mr Ismail Omipidan tried to spin away the reality of the incredible turnaround that the finances of Osun state has undergone under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke. Typical of his ways of seeing doom where progress is quite visible, Mr. […]