Members of Osun chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) embarked on a peaceful protest on Monday in Osogbo, picketing the office of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Adepele Ojo. They demanded reasons for the delay in the payment of their wardrobe allowances since 2021,...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Government of Osun State has opened up on the leadership issue within the Osun State Judiciary, informing the public that the petition and preliminary actions on the Osun state Chief Judge have been sent to the National Judicial Council (NJC), affirming...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has declared that it was unaware of any plot against the state Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Adepele Ojo even as it affirms its commitment to due process and stipulated regulations across the arms of government. The Commissioner for Information and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Government has debunked reports making the rounds on social media that it will be disbursing N25,000 allowance to workers in November. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Osun State, Oluomo Kolapo, stated this in a statement issued on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke is to submit the 2024 budget proposals to the State House of Assembly this Thursday by 10am. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Osogbo by the governor’s spokesman, Malam Olawale Rasheed. The statement...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has reiterated his resolve to complete the Osun Airport as a way of fast tracking the economic development of Osun state. Governor Adeleke spoke on Tuesday evening at the inauguration of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the revival...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company to create employment opportunities for over 50,000 indigenes of the state. Ooni signed the MoU with China Overseas Energy Development Technology Ltd on Tuesday in Ile-Ife under Community and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun state government has an infrastructure plan that has a sustainable funding model and which targets facilitation of economic growth and development of the state. Commissioner for Information, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi made this clarification in response to advocacy of non governmental...
Opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a war of words on Tuesday over the state’s finances. While the APC accused Gov. Ademola Adeleke of messing up the finances of the state, the PDP said the governor had...
The Osun State Government has imposed an indefinite dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ilobu and Ifon Communities both in Orolu and Irepodun Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The measure was coming in the wake of a communal clash between the two communities, leading to a total breakdown of...
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a war of words on Monday over the convening of a cabinet meeting. The APC argued that the inability of Gov. Ademola Adeleke to hold a state executive council meeting after 54...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a renowned civil society organization dedicated to championing justice, transparency, and accountability in Nigeria, has expressed deep concern over recent developments surrounding the alleged removal of the Rector at Osun State Polytechnic (OSPOLY), Iree....
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has released names of its Palliative Distribution Committee as demanded by a coalition of civil society even as it flaunts its credentials as a responsive, accountable and public spirited government. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the government said...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, says the people of the state must remain steadfast in their resolve to leave legacy of prosperity for the next generation. Adeleke stated this in his broadcast on the 32nd anniversary of the creation of the state on Sunday in Osogbo. The...
The grand finale of the annual Osun-Osogbo Festival ended on Friday with funfair and merriments at the site of the Osun-Osogbo groove in Osogbo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. During the festival, Osun devotees, masquerades, traditionalists and royal fathers paid homage to the festival’s host, Ataoja...
The Osun House of Assembly on Friday indicated that a list of 25 commissioner- nominees has been forwarded to it for screening and confirmation by Gov. Ademola Adeleke. Announcing the names during plenary session, Mr Adewale Egbedun, Osun Assembly Speaker, said he received a letter from the governor for...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has exercised the authority vested in him by Section 105, sub-section 3 of the Nigerian constitution by announcing the dissolution of the 7th Osun State Assembly and proclamation for the 8th Assembly. Governor Adeleke conveyed the...
There is an unraveling mystery about the Nigerian press. The custodian of this value is clearly misunderstood and misused in opportunities. But it is for the present crop of journalists to reinvent themselves into relevance; otherwise, the Nigerian press will remain a caricature of itself and the ideas of...
Mutatis mutandis, politics is not the same as repudiating the ethics of public administration. To say that the executive governor of a state has the right or power to stop the payment of workers’ salary – what they earn legitimately – is, to say the least, an evolution throwback!...