Opinion
The Reputational Cost of Osun’s Local Government Funds Crisis
By Segun Ojo The ongoing crisis over the control and management of local government funds in Osun State has grown beyond a legal and political disagreement, leaving behind reputational damage for institutions and political actors involved. The matter now tends towards criminal implications and questions about financial accountability and transparency. What began as a dispute […]
Adeleke: How to show love to a friend
By Mathew Ajayi In few days, lovebirds will be celebrating another day of love. The feast day of Saint Valentine which comes up on the 14th of February every year is a day for lovers to renew vows. It is also a day for aspiring lovers to show intention to their targets, shoot their shot, […]
Opinion: Osun APC, blind but not blind
By Sola Isola Sometimes ago I listened to a clip where a certain Uncle was asked if he can see the physical project of the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led Osun State Government and he said he can not see them. You will think that’s ordinary, until you consider the fact that it is pretty difficult to […]
Why Workers And Pensioners Must Choose Continuity
By Ibrahim Sarafa On August 8, electorates in Osun will go to the poll to decide who will steer the affairs of the state for four years. Before the electorate, there are clear two lines to choose from. One is to go with continuity while the other will be returning to a past of misery […]
Osun: Calls for emergency state as a weapon for political brinkmanship
By Isiaka Wakeel As the August 2026 guber poll in Osun State inches closer, political tension is beginning to rise as is customary in a democratic setting. What is not customary, however, is the disturbing resort by some faceless groups to extreme rhetoric, including calls for a declaration of a state of emergency in the […]
GSI Polls Survey: Why Gov Adeleke Remains The Man To Beat
By Johnson Samuel The recent survey conducted by Geopolitics Survey International (GSI) and the release of the results of that survey, in which Governor Ademola Adeleke stands as a towering Iroko tree dwarfing the two opposition parties’ candidates, the APC and the ADC, indeed indicates that the people are with Governor Adeleke and like the […]
Osun LG Fund: How Magistrate Adeyeba Upholds the Law, Supreme Court Rulings and the Constitution
By Public Interest Media Certain legal rules are not disputable even in the worst of impunity. They have been tested up to the Supreme Court in several cases. According to Section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Lay 2015, you cannot stay a criminal proceeding. In Nigeria, the principle that criminal cases should not […]
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 […]
