The Asiwaju of Ijesaland, Chief Yinka Fasuyi, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State have described the selection of principal officers of the University of Ilesa by Governor Ademola Adeleke as a breach of universal best practice. In a letter to the governor on Friday, the Ijesa leader noted that the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor should have emerged from …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has assured the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to feel free within the state, saying nobody can chase him away. “Mr Minister, I am assuring you, that this is your state, nobody can chase you away”, Adeleke told Aregbesola on Tuesday when he joined the former governor of the state to launch the …

It’s decision day for former Osun State governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, delivers judgement in the election dispute before it. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Adeleke winner of the last 16th July governorship election, ousting …

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday assured the people of Osun State and his party supporters of his commitment to create jobs for the unemployed and make credit available for business owners in the state. Tinubu made the comment while speaking in Yoruba to a mammoth crowd who thronged the venue of the campaign …

Former Osun State governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has been declared the winner last July’s election. In a majority decision of two judges to one, the state’s Election Petition Tribunal, chaired by Justice Tertse Kume, ruled against Governor Ademola Adeleke. The majority judgment ordered that the Certificate of Return should be withdrawn from Adeleke and issued to Oyetola. The tribunal ruled …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke will know his fate on Friday when the state’s Election Petition Tribunal gives the verdict on the election petition files by his predecessor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola. Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the governorship election held last 16 July. He was sworn in as governor on 27 …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the Electoral Act (2022), which he said encouraged free and fair elections and supported his election as governor last 16th July. At a meeting with President Buhari at the State House in Abuja on Friday, Adeleke said: “I am a beneficiary of the new Electoral law you …

A day in charge of Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has continued to reverse many of the decisions of his predecessor. On Monday, he sacked 12,000 workers recently appointed by the immediate past governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola; and also dethroned three traditional rulers. Adeleke also nullified the appointment of 30 permanent secretaries and suspended the chairman and members of Osun …

All operational bank accounts of Osun State government have been ordered to be frozen by Senator Ademola Adeleke, who was sworn in on Sunday as sixth civilian governor of the 31-year-old state. Governor Adeleke, who made the order after being administered with the oath of office about 11:50 am, also reversed policies introduced by former Governor Rauf Aregbesola and vowed …