At daybreak 28 September 2018, the race for the Oke-Fia Government House, Osogbo finally ended with the declaration of Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress as the Governor-Elect of Osun state. The keenly contested election held on Saturday 22 September 2018 did not produce a winner and was declared inconclusive by the Independent National…
Osun Decides: PDP Contests INEC Results
By Adewale Olayemi The People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Osun State is seriously contesting some of the results from the Governorship election conducted on Saturday, September 22, 2018. The party disagrees with the total votes recorded for the party in Olorunda and Ayedaade local councils.
Ooni: Giesi To Get Letter Tomorrow
TELL can authoritatively report that the Giesi Ruling House which has been announced as the rightful ruling house to produce the next Ooni , in Ile Ife, Osun State will officially receive a letter from the government tomorrow. The letter, which will traditionally request the Giesi royal house to produce candidate to…
FG Must Hold Economic Summit Now – Oyintiloye
Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a member of the Osun State House of Assembly representing Obokun Constituency, has advocated the convening of a national stakeholders’ economic summit that would permanently address the dilemma surrounding the inability of several states to pay salaries and other economic issues. This, he said, while speaking with journalists in the state capital on…
Winners Chapel Donate Foodstuff to Osun Workers
The Living Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners Chapel in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Sunday, donated money and food items to no fewer than 100 civil servants, in the state, including non-members of the church. Some of the items donated include, onions, beans, rice, flour, and semovita. The decision of the church followed the non-payment…
Osun: PDP Calls On NEMA to donate Food To Workers
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, to donate relief materials, especially food, to workers in Osun State because of the non-payment of their salaries for the past seven months. This appeal was made in a statement issued in Osogbo, the state capital by Diran Odeyemi, the Director…
Osun Government Seeks Patience from Workers
Sunday Owoeye, Osun State Head of Service, on Thursday, appealed to members of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, to exercise patience over the issue of their contributory pension and other related matters. While reacting to reports of the press conference held by the union on Wednesday, Owoeye stressed that workers need to…
ASUU chairman’s wife Abducted
Funmilayo Abiona, wife of the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Osun State University chapter, Oluseye Abiona, was on Friday kidnapped by Gunmen in Osogbo.She was abducted on her way home from her shop around Oke Bale area of Osogbo.Abiona, who was said to be driving a Lexus car, was with her two children…
Two Sentenced To Death For Stealing Fowls
Jide Falola, Justice of an Osun State High Court sitting in Okuku has sentenced two robbers to death for conspiracy. The convicts, Olowookere Segun and Morakinyo Sunday, were found guilty of forcefully breaking into the house of one Balogun Tope, a police officer attached to Divisional Police headquarters, Okuku, in April 2010 and carting away…
Aregbesola Sworn In For Second Term
Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, the Osun State governor, has been sworn in for a second term of office. The swearing in ceremony, which held at the Osogbo stadium was attended by eminent personalities, including Bisi Akande, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress; Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State; Muhammadu Buhari, former military Head…
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