Osun state

  • Adeleke orders probe of poisoning of pupils by food from Osun O-Meal programme

    Osun governor, Ademola Adeleke on Monday ordered an investigation into the alleged poisoning of pupils at St James Primary School B , Owoope, in Osogbo, the State capital. The pupils reportedly became ill after eating food supplied to the school under the state’s government-sponsored school feeding programme, O-Meal and were rushed to hospital. The Chairman…

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  • Osun Justice Commissioner, Bada absolves Adeleke of CJ’s sack

    The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been absolved of any involvement in the sacking of the former Chief Judge of the state, Justice Adepele Ojo. According to the state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Wole Jimi-Bada, Ojo’s dismissal was based on a petition that prompted her to step aside from office. This was…

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  • Gov Adeleke sacks Osun Chief Judge

    The Osun State Government has sacked the state’s Chief Judge, CJ, Justice Adepele Ojo. In her place, Justice Olayinka David Afolabi was appointed as the Acting Chief Judge. This was disclosed in a statement by Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday. According to the statement, the appointment of Justice Afolabi as Acting CJ…

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  • Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved the dissolution of statutory commissions in the state. This was made known in a circular by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Teslim Igbalaye, on Monday. According to the circular, the dissolution takes immediate effect. The affected commissions, according to the SSG are the State Civil Service…

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  • #OSUN: Governor Adeleke Cancels Independence Day Celebrations, Directs Statewide Prayer for Nigeria OSOGBO- 29/09/2023 – Osunstate.gov.ng Governor Ademola Adeleke has cancelled the celebration of independence day earlier slated for Sunday October 1st. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor urged Osun people to pray for the continious peace and prosperity…

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  • The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Osun State, Adebayo Adeleke has been issued with a warning by Kingmakers in Iree against the appointment of a warrant chief. The Kingmakers who alleged that the decision of Adeleke to appoint a warrant chief was to favour his preferred candidate for the stool of Aree…

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  • Aregbesola’s loyalists deny voting for Adeleke A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State loyal to the Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, has refuted a report that aggrieved members of the party voted against Governor Gboyega Oyetola in the July 16 governorship election. Rather, the faction…

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  • A wanted suspected cultist in Osun State, Rasheed Hammed, popularly known Oko-Ilu, has been arrested. Oko-Ilu, who has been terrorising Ede and allegedly caused deaths of many, was arrested by men of the anti cultism unit of the State police command. He was arrested around 4 a.m. in his hideout in the State capital and…

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  • As the people of Osun elect a new governor for the next four years, there is a heavy deployment of security operatives in major towns of the state. Not less than 1,955,657 registered voters are expected to exercise their franchise across the 3,763 polling units. Meanwhile, residents have vowed to collect greedy politicians’ money and…

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