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The Organised Labour in Osun State has threatened it can no longer guarantee the support and votes of workers, pensioners, and their families for President Bola Tinubu's re-election in 2027 over the continued withholding of statutory allocations meant for local government councils. The labour movement stated that the prolonged allocation crisis has subjected local government ...
Politics
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has accused officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) of preventing him from greeting the national under-17 female football team at the airport on Monday. In a statement released on Monday, Obi condemned what he described as the growing culture of toxic politics in Nigeria. He stated ...
Politics
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Osun state, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called for harmony between the party and Governor Ademola Adeleke to deliver the promised 1.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the call on Sunday in Osogbo, noting that unity of purpose ...
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Politics
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has intensified efforts to complete major railway projects in Northern Nigeria, with the Kaduna–Kano Standard Gauge Railway scheduled for inauguration on December 3, 2026. This was contained in a statement signed on Sunday by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council disclosed, Dele Alake. According to Alake, the projects demonstrate ...
Politics
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Osun State Council, has directed all its affiliate unions in the state to embark on a three-day sympathy strike in solidarity with the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) over the continued withholding of local government statutory allocations. The directive followed the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued to ...
News
By Ismail Azeez The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to allow Nigerians to freely decide who governs them, accusing the ruling party of creating obstacles for opposition activities. According to the party, "This is not democracy. The APC should allow all parties to campaign without let or ...
Crime
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 11 Headquarters, Osogbo, Bassey Ewah, has ordered the immediate release of a student arrested following an alleged police assault in Ede, Osun State. The student's release followed an interactive meeting held on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, between the AIG, representatives of the student body and ...
Politics
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Adolphus Wabara, has vowed to challenge the latest Court of Appeal judgment at the Supreme Court regarding the party's leadership crisis. The faction disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the National Publicity Secretary of its Interim National Working Committee, ...
Politics
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has clarified that the 110-member Campaign Council, led by the party’s 2026 governorship candidate, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, is not a parallel presidential campaign council but a separate structure established to coordinate the party’s campaign activities in the state. The party maintained that the council does ...
Politics
Some members of the Osun State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the recently released list of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), demanding an immediate review over alleged violations of party guidelines and the exclusion of key stakeholders. The officials expressed dissatisfaction with the composition of the council, arguing that ...
Politics
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled a 110-member Presidential and Parliamentary Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party announced the composition of the council following the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja and the subsequent inauguration of the ...
Judiciary
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced two men to death by hanging for armed robbery after finding them guilty of attacking a motorist and carting away his car, valuables, and ₦1.39 million. The convicts, Lasisi Nureni, a carpenter, and Akintan Adebayo, a driver, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit armed ...
Politics
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has dismissed reports suggesting that he reached an agreement with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to share legislative and local government positions as part of his political alliance with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The governor described the reports as false, insisting that the understanding between him and the Presidency is ...
Crime
The Osun State Police Command has declared two men, Nurudeen Iyanda Wakeeli, also known as Alowonle, and Adeyemi Ojo, alias Sibi, wanted in connection with the alleged murder of Olalekan Oyeyemi Ajagungbade, popularly known as Emir. The Police announced the development in separate public notices issued on Friday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ...
News
The Osun State Government has approved the appointment of Babatunde Omotosho Tajudeen as the new Onijabe of Ijabeland, while also confirming the appointments of other traditional rulers across the state. The approval was granted by the Osun State Executive Council after setting aside the 2018 Amended Onijabe of Ijabe Chieftaincy Declaration and reviewing the selection ...
Politics
Former Osun State Governor and Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, Osun All Progressives Congress Chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, and the party's gubernatorial candidate in the 2026 Osun elections, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, were conspicuously absent at the inauguration of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign council in Osogbo yesterday. However, APC national leader Chief Bisi Akande ...
Politics
...dismisses allegation of not working with Adeleke The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reiterated that it is solidly working for President Tinubu's re-election. This is as the Party dismissed allegations that its leaders are not cooperating with Governor Ademola Adeleke in efforts to secure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, describing the ...
Politics
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is offering money, political appointments and other incentives to induce some of its candidates to defect to the ruling party. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, while announcing plans to conduct ...
Crime
The Osun State Police Command has arrested six suspects in connection with the murder of Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade. It will be recalled that Emir Ajagungbade, an aide to Governor Ademola Adeleke, was reportedly killed by armed men at Mayfair Garage in Ile-Ife, Osun State. This development comes as the Osun State ...
Politics
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has hit back at the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council accusing the opposition party of engaging in political mischief and desperate propaganda. Reacting to claims that the "OK" (Obi-Kwankwaso) ticket would step down at the eleventh hour in favor of ...
