When the new Osun State governor, the dancing-Senator now turned dancing-governor, Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke announced that the state Government House and property, including items such as vehicles, had been looted, I was not surprised. Pictures of how the Deputy Governor’s and other staff quarters were stripped to the bone later surfaced to confirm the allegation. Condemnable as this act …

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned Governor Ademola Adeleke to stop disgracing the state by celebrating the submission of what it described as “a mere questionable ordinary level certificate” at the governorship election petition tribunal in Osogbo. In a statement issued by the party’s Director of Media in the state, Chief Kola Olabisi, APC …

The Osun State House of Assembly has disagreed with Governor Ademola Adeleke on his reversal of the state’s appellation from the “State of Osun” to “Osun State” as he announced in his inaugural address on Sunday. In a statement on Monday, the House committee chairman on media and publicity, Hon. Kunle Akande said that the adoption of the name, “State …

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 …

Remain calm on the Federal High Court decision over Osun governorship primary, Famodun assures APC members* The Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Gboyega Famodun has enjoined all the members of the party and supporters to put their minds at rest over the Federal High Court, Abuja, decision which yesterday nullified the nomination …

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lampooned the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its accusation of the former being responsible for the weekend’s attack of the Osogbo office of the Osun Central senatorial candidate of the PDP, Olubiyi Fadeyi Ajagunla. A statement by Chief Kola Olabisi, Media Adviser to the Osun …

The unfolding unsavoury development in the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reminds me of an agelong proverbial saying that “the head of a pigeon will not allow a child who vows to make constant meals with such pigeon’s head to grow old”. Discerning readers have the latitude to supply the missing link here! The latest of …

Wonders shall never cease to happen in the political firmament of Osun State since after the declaration of the winner and the loser of the governorship election in the state. Untoward incidents hitherto alien to the State of the Virtue have strangely crept in, becoming a source of worry to the discerning members of the public both within and outside …