Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has said his administration is considering adjusting working days for civil servants, to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. Adeleke made the disclosure at the stakeholders’ meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party held at the party’s secretariat in Osogbo on Friday. At the meeting attended by former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the deputy …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disclosed plans to fill up existing vacancies within the education, health, and other sub-sectors in the state. At the flag-off of staff audits across the state public service, which started with his biometric capture of the Deputy Governor and the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Adeleke said the data capturing was preceded …

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Tuesday urged the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to engage in lawlessness, and allow security operatives to do their job without hindrance. In a statement on Monday, spokesman of the governor, Mr. Olawale Rasheed accused ex-Senate spokesperson, Dr. Ajibola Bashiru of harbouring unauthorised police operatives. The statement …

The ruling houses in Ita-Akun community, Ikire, Osun State have sought urgent intervention of the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in resolving the controversies on the alleged disregard for customs in the appointment of a new monarch for the community. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Monday on behalf of the four …

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ijesaland have reiterated their support for the leadership of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. This was as the Ijesa APC leaders affirmed that Oyetola remained their party leader in Osun State. Addressing journalists at the Ilesa-East APC Secretariat in Ilesa on Friday, Johnson Ajilore, who spoke on behalf of other leaders, said the …

A road accident that occurred along Ife-Ibadan express road in Osun State at the weekend has claimed 12 lives. According to the spokesperson of the state’s Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kehinde Adeleke, the accident left eight other persons injured. A witness reported that the accident which involved two commercial buses and a truck, occurred on Sasa Bridge …

The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has assured that the Nigeria Startup Act which will be domesticated by the government will abate internet fraud and youth restiveness in the state. Adeleke, who was represented by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology. Kehinde Jimoh stated that “We have put our house in order in drafting the act. The Osun …

Osun State Police Command on Monday said its operatives have arrested a suspected human trafficker, Muideen Adebisi, while he was trying to move four teenage girls from Ile-Ife, Osun State to Libya. In a statement, the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola said the suspect had invited the victims to a birthday party in Ile-Ife, during which he offered them food and …

Members of the Muslim community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Friday, staged a protest following the alleged invasion of a mosque in the Ilare area by some Oro adherents. The protesters said on Thursday, the traditionalists entered the mosque, where some Muslims had gathered to observe the 4 pm prayers, and attacked those they found in the building. Beside the …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it arrested nine persons for vote buying. In a statement on Saturday, the commission said the alleged vote buyers were arrested in Osun, Ondo, Borno, Akwa Ibom, and Sokoto States during the presidential and National Assembly elections. “Four vote buyers were arrested by the Osun State Office …