The build-up to the August 15 Osun State governorship election assumed a fresh political dimension on Thursday as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Oyebamiji, failed to appear at the high-profile signing of the National Peace Accord, raising concerns over the commitment of political actorsContinue Reading
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has lamented the agency’s manpower shortage. She said the agency is grossly understaffed to effectively regulate products consumed by over 240 million Nigerians. Adeyeye, during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, said NAFDACContinue Reading
The Executive Director of the World Institute for Peace, Mr. Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi, has clarified that the recent protest over the condition of the LAMECO Flyover in Osogbo was not politically motivated but was carried out in the interest of residents and taxpayers in Osun State. Lamina madeContinue Reading
The Secretary to the Osun State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, and five others have been arrested and detained by the state Police Command following a raid on his residence in Osogbo on Wednesday. The police said one of those arrested at the SSG’s residence was Oladele Abiodun, a suspect onContinue Reading
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday formally unveiled the 9.3-kilometre Ede dual carriageway, declaring that the project met high construction standards. In his address at the event, the governor described the road as strategic to the Ede community, noting that it links major residential areas, schools, markets, andContinue Reading
The Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Adesola Lawal, has explained his absence during a recent visit to his palace by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, saying he had no blessings to offer the party but would instead have pronounced a curse over its members. TheContinue Reading
Suspected political thugs on Sunday attacked a Permanent Voter’s Card distribution centre in Okuku, Odo-Otin local government area of the state, allegedly carting away two packs of PVCs. It was gathered that the centre, Oyinlola DC Primary School, Ward 2, where INEC was distributing the cards, was invaded by thugsContinue Reading
Ademola Adeleke, Governor of Osun State, and the national leadership of the Accord Party have adopted President Bola Tinubu as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the spokesperson for Adeleke’s re-election campaign, Pelumi Olajengbesi. Continue Reading
The permanent secretary of Osun State Ministry of works has alleged that the damage recorded on the LAMECO Flyover was a delibrately act of sabotage rather than structural failure. Speaking while the affected area of the the flyover, he said the preliminary findings indicated that unidentified individual intentionally damagedContinue Reading
