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Independence day: Gov Adeleke Grants Amnesty to 36 Inmates
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has granted amnesty to 36 inmates serving various prison terms at the Nigerian Correctional Service facilities in Ilesa and Ile-Ife. The gesture, announced as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary, was made in exercise of the governor’s constitutional powers under Section 212 of the 1999 […]
Osun Police Probe Deadly Clash Between Amotekun, Residents in Ile-Ife
The Osun State Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into the violent clash between operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, and residents of Akinlalu, Ife North Local Government Area, which left at least three people dead and several others wounded. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Command’s Public […]
Nigeria At 65: Guard Constitution, Pursue True Federalism – Gov Adeleke
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has urged Nigerians to use the nation’s 65th Independence anniversary as a moment of sober reflection and recommitment to the ideals of democracy, rule of law, and true federalism. In a statement to mark the anniversary on Wednesday, Governor Adeleke congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on the anniversary. […]
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 […]
