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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has turned its searchlight on Osun State, opening a fresh round of checks on more than N1 billion worth of federally funded projects, a move that places the state inside one of Nigeria’s largest and least understood accountability exercises. The commission’s tracking team lead, Mrs…
Gunfire tore through the centre of Osogbo on Wednesday afternoon shortly after Governor Ademola Adeleke left the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, leaving one man dead and exposing sharp differences between the state government and the police over what actually happened and how many people were harmed. The Osun State Police Command confirmed…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Special Adviser and Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has pushed back against suggestions that Osun State residents were blindsided by the governor’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, insisting the endorsement predates Adeleke’s own victory at Saturday’s governorship poll. Rasheed made the clarification on Arise Television on Tuesday, responding to questions…
Osun State police officers released Environment Commissioner Mayowa Adejoorin after keeping him in detention for twenty-four hours. Security forces grabbed the state official on Friday following a violent shooting near an All Progressives Congress rally in Ilesa. Police spokesman Abiodun Ojelabi linked the cabinet member’s arrest to an intercepted Lexus vehicle containing spent ammunition and…
The Nigerian Bar Association challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over its decision to freeze Osun State accounts. The outgoing Bar president, Afam Osigwe, warned that administrative agencies lack constitutional powers to block state bank withdrawals without court orders. The anti-graft agency instructed First Bank to place a post-no-debit order on the state government…
Gunmen riding a motorcycle shot and wounded Ashimiyu Ajibola the Chairman of the Accord Party in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State in the MDS area of the state capital late on Wednesday. The victim sustained gunshot injuries but survived and is receiving treatment in hospital. The Osun State Police Command confirmed the…
The Osun State government has summoned an emergency security meeting following the mass abduction of students and teachers in neighbouring Oyo State. The state Ministry of Education met with local union leaders and state intelligence chiefs in Osogbo to draft defensive strategies. Governor Ademola Adeleke ordered the immediate revitalisation of the Safe School Initiative to…
Afrobeats superstar Davido, whose full name is David Adeleke, has moved beyond passive support to become an active participant in the governorship re-election campaign of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, signalling a deepening intersection between celebrity influence and electoral politics ahead of the August ballot. In posts shared across his social media pages, the…
A decisive move by the Osun State Government has brought an abrupt end to the reign of Oba Gbenga Oloyede, following his conviction in the United States over a COVID-19 fraud scheme, with authorities citing legal and institutional grounds for his removal. The announcement, made on Monday by Kolapo Alimi, confirmed that the State…
A nationwide assessment of fiscal transparency at the grassroots level has exposed a severe deficit in public access to local government financial information, with only 10 of Nigeria’s 36 states making annual budgets of their Local Government Areas publicly available online. The findings, contained in a report titled “The Missing Tier: Mapping Local…