The Osun State House of Assembly, yesterday, threatened litigation against the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), if local government allocations are paid into unauthorised accounts. This came as the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency in Osun State, Mr Wole Oke urged Governor Ademola Adeleke to stop blackmailing President Bola Tinubu over the ongoing …

Osun State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of office and re-appointed caretaker committees of 30 Local Government Areas and 39 others running Modakeke Area Office and Local Council Development Areas in the state. The extension was subsequently secured for the caretaker chairmen, vice chairmen, scribes and their members’ fresh six months tenure, beginning in February and ending in …

The suspension order placed on the caretaker Chairman of Ede South  Local Government Council of Osun State, Hon. Lukman Afolabi was lifted on Thursday by the state House of Assembly. This was revealed by the Chief Press Secretary of the Speaker, Mr. Olamide Tiamiyu. Afolabi was suspended by the House of Assembly on Wednesday over alleged misconduct. He was instructed to …

The Osun State House of Assembly (OSHA), on Tuesday, passed to law the bill seeking to increase the retirement age of the Osun State High Court judges to 65 years. A statement by the Director of Information, OSHA, Laide Lawal,  said the new law also affected the retirement age of the Customary Court of Appeal registrars, secretary to the State …

The Osun State House of Assembly has reaffirmed its commitment to ridding the judiciary in the state of corruption. The Assembly also insisted that its resolution for the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo to step aside was in line with the natural rule of fairness and transparency. The House made this disclosure on Wednesday when it received members …

Osun State House of Assembly on Monday, passed a Bill reverting the name of the state to ‘Osun State’ from the ‘State of Osun’. The state’s name was changed to ‘State of Osun’ in 2012 during the governorship tenure of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. The Assembly, through a Bill called ‘Osun State Anthem, Crest and Flag Amendment Bill 2023’, has now …