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The heated legal dispute over the control of local government allocations in Osun State escalated on Thursday, October 2, 2025, after a fresh court order mandated the United Bank for Africa to freeze 30 accounts opened by the court-sacked All Progressives Congress council bosses. The interim injunction was secured by the 30 currently elected council […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved June 20, 2026 for the conduct of the Ekiti State governorship election, while August 8, 2026 has been fixed for the Osun election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday in Ahuja at the swearing-in of six resident electoral commissioners (RECs). He said in line […]
Continue ReadingA short four minutes, thirty three seconds video of what looks like Kogi senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, worshipping at the Osun shrine in Osogbo is trending. If she is truly the one in the video, then her traducers better back off before the deluge comes with its fury. You do not beat the child of the […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all the 30 local government areas of Osun State. Hashim Abioye, Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), made this known at a press conference on Saturday in Osogbo, the state capital. He also said the PDP also cleared the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja signed into law two bills establishing the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State, and the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State, Tinubu stated that these specialised institutions would address the educational needs of the populace while driving research and […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than six persons reportedly lost their lives on Monday as the dispute over the status of former local government chairmen of Osun State turned bloody. At least, two persons were feared killed in Iragbiji of Boripe Local Government Areas of Osun State, while several others wounded in other LGs in the state following […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC), on Thursday, recommended the compulsory retirement of a judge of the Osun State High Court, Justice S. O. Falola. Falola was found guilty by the NJC for granting a garnishee order absolute against Polaris Bank for the sum of N283,174,000.00 in a questionable manner. Reports say, the Osun State judge […]
Continue ReadingOsun State office of INEC on Thursday in Osogbo dismissed media reports that its Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mutiu Agboke, said there was over-voting during the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. Head of the Department, Voter Education, Publicity and Inclusivity in the office, Mr Adewale Francis, stated that the over-voting statement credited […]
Continue ReadingAs results of the ongoing governorship election in Osun State continue to trickle in, a socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is beating the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyanju, however, cautioned the PDP against an early celebration. In a tweet, the rights activist said all focus must be on Ile […]
Continue ReadingFour inmates on Tuesday reportedly lost their lives in Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile Ife, Osun State, during an attempted jailbreak by some of the inmates. Security source who spoke with newsmen said some inmates had planned to escape during the morning sanitation. The inmates had, while attempting to flee the centre injured a warder and […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, September 9, I participated in a Colloquium titled “Osun at 30: Celebrating a Milestone, Building a Prosperous Future”, which as the title indicates was a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the creation of Osun State. On August 27, 1991, the Babangida administration created nine additional states: Abia, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the dates that the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states will be conducted. Chairman of the commission, Mr. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday June 16, said the governorship election in Ekiti state will hold on June 18, 2022, while that […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered the final judgment on Friday, July 5, in the matter of the September 22 Gubernatorial election, and the September 27 re-run in Osun State. On September 22, 2018, the collation of results indicated that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke had won the election […]
Continue ReadingThere were reports Friday that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Mr. Segun Agbaje was humiliated and beaten by some angry youths, but the Osun Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied that the REC was beaten, saying that he was only booed. In a statement, INEC stated that Agbaje’s speech at a burial […]
Continue ReadingREPORT OF THE NBA AD-HOC ELECTION WORKING GROUP ON THE RERUN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN OSUN STATE HELD ON THURSDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2018 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Osun Governorship Election on the 22nd day of September, 2018. The election was declared inconclusive by INEC and a supplementary election was held on the 27th day […]
Continue ReadingElection Petition Tribunal constituted to hear the petitions arising from the Osun State governorship election has granted an ex parte order to Senator Ademola Adeleke, restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from altering election results as well as information contained in the card reader machines and other documents used for the poll. The tribunal, […]
Continue ReadingWhen it came to crunch time, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) let Adeleke down. He must have felt like an orphan. Almost everyone knew Omisore would be vital. You can ask the U.S. embassy. The PDP sent no one. Saraki went with Okupe, who is just coming out of retirement. Saraki’s entourage had looked rich […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, let’s not mince words today and go straight to the crux of the matter. What transpired in the State of Osun, as my dear Brother, the Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, loves to refer to our State, was not a Gubernatorial, but prelude to Presidential election. The interest and resources galvanised for that election […]
Continue ReadingAt the end, the decision as to who becomes the next Governor of Osun is left in the hands of 3,498 voters in just seven polling units across four local government areas in the state. But given how high the stake has become, it is my prayer that the exercise does not degenerate into another […]
Continue ReadingWhat is going on in Osun state right now is nothing short of political theatre. It is keeping us all entertained, but it has also turned so many observers into emergency lawyers. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the Osun Gubernatorial election of September 22 inconclusive and has ordered a supplementary election at seven […]
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