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South-West
The Osun state Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has accused leaders of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in Osun State of deliberately withholding payment vouchers to frustrate payment of workers salaries in the state. Hon. Samuel Abiodun, the Osun ALGON Chairman, issued a stern directive to NULGE to release all salary and ...
South-West
Governor Ademola Adeleke has identified a professional and ethical civil service as the primary engine for the South-West's development goals. Speaking through Secretary to the State Government Teslim Igbalaye at the 10th Quarterly General Meeting of Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries (ARHOSPS), the Governor argued that regional potential cannot be realized without disciplined ...
Politics
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged a threat to the life of one of its chieftains, Professor Rafiu Durodoye, by individuals in the Governor Ademola Adeleke’s led administration. The party, in a statement by its Director of media and information, Kola Olabisi, alleged that Prof.Durodoye was threatened for criticising ...
Politics
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Osun State Chapter, has issued a definitive warning to the State House of Assembly, demanding that the legislative arm cease its interference in the administration of local councils. Addressing a press conference in Osogbo on Monday, the State ALGON Chairman, Hon. Idowu Abiodun, asserted that the local ...
South-West
Dr. Bolaji Akinola, Special Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, has dismissed allegations by the Osun State House of Assembly regarding the disbursement of local government funds as reckless propaganda. He characterized the claims as a desperate attempt to distract from the state government’s failures and ongoing legal challenges. In ...
South-West
Dr. Bolaji Akinola, Special Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, has described the allegations levelled against his principal by the Osun State House of Assembly regarding the disbursement of local government funds as reckless propaganda designed to distract the public from the state government's own failures and ongoing legal battles. ...
News
The Otan-Ayegbaju Progressive Union (OAPU) in Osun State has called on the newly promoted Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Funsho Adegboye, to maintain the high standards of professionalism that earned him his recent advancement. The OAPU President, Aare GH Adetunji Mosebolatan, issued a congratulatory message following the Police Service Commission’s (PSC) approval of Adegboye’s promotion ...
News
Special Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Bolaji Akinola, has called on the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration to respect local government autonomy by allowing duly elected chairmen and councillors reinstated by the Court of Appeal to serve out their three-year tenure. Akinola disclosed this on Thursday while featuring on the ...
Politics
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of deliberately misleading the public regarding the legal and administrative status of Local Government Councils in the state. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, the party’s Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Olabisi, described the Governor’s recent broadcast which labeled the tenure ...
News
The political standoff in Osun State reached a fever pitch on Monday as Governor Ademola Adeleke and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) traded heavy accusations over a ₦130 billion local government funding blockade and the alleged illegal occupation of council secretariats. In a statewide broadcast, Governor Adeleke demanded the immediate release ...
South-West
The Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Osun State, Mr. Abiodun Idowu, has raised the alarm that the continued litigation by the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration is directly responsible for the hardship being faced by residents at the grassroots. According to Idowu, the state government’s persistence in challenging local council ...
Business
The Managing Director of Omoluabi Holdings Limited, Taofiq Alimi, has said the company has recovered over N10billion in assets over the past two and a half years. Alimi reveal this on Thursday, in Osogbo explained that his first priority was to restore operations and reclaim all misappropriated assets. According to him, My first duty was ...
Politics
• Osun People don’t need lectures from party of half-salaries’– Accord fires back The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has dismissed Governor Ademola Adeleke's planned recruitment of teachers as mere political talk designed to deceive the public, a claim that has drawn a stinging rebuke from the Accord Party. The controversy erupted on ...
Crime
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has remanded a 38-year-old man, Olusola Busayo, in custody over the alleged rape of a woman with special needs. The Osun State Police Command arraigned the suspect on Tuesday on a one-count charge bordering on rape. Police Prosecutor, Inspector Adejola Adesuyi, told the court that the defendant unlawfully had carnal knowledge of the victim. ...
News
Osun state Governor, Ademola Adeleke has accepted the call by Sally Tibbot Limited on the anti-corruption agencies to review the controversial Osun state staff audit report. It would recalled that the Osun State Government had debunked allegations that it covered up the indictment of ghost workers in the state public service. According to the firm, ...
News
The Osun State Government has debunked allegations that it covered up the indictment of ghost workers in the state public service, describing claims by Sally Tibbot Consulting (Nig.) Ltd as misleading, self-serving and aimed at forcing the government to accept what it termed a fraudulent staff audit report. The government said the allegation followed a ...
News
The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm over what it describes as the continued weaponization of the judiciary by the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration to terrorize elected Local Government officials. The accusation comes just as the Osun State chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) ...
News
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Osun state chapter has resumed work amidst tight security after 11-month strike. When our reporter visited Osogbo and Olorunda local governments, workers were seen reporting to their various offices. NigerianNewsDirect observed security personnel ensuring a secure environment for local government workers resuming work after the strike. Speaking ...
South-West
...as Police allege plot to disrupt peace Local government administration in Osun State is set to fully reactivate on Monday, January 5, following an 11-month paralysis, as the state chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) directed its members to return to their duty posts. The resumption directive marks a potential thaw ...
Politics
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Osun State, has said the second phase of the continuous voters registration (CVR) exercise will commence tomorrow across the state. The Commission, in a statement signed on Sunday by its Public Affairs Officer, Musa Olurode, reassured the electorate of the Commission’s continued commitment to strengthening democratic process. According to ...
