Governor Ademola Adeleke is governing Osun State without borrowing a single kobo and without drawing any security votes, Spokesperson to the State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has clarified. He made the clarifications in response to questions from reporters who quoted some opposition figures alleging the state Governor of increasing Osun debt and of accessing security votes to the tune of billions of naira. Mr Rasheed attributed such allegations to pure mischief, ignorance of public finance and deliberate misinterpretation of state data, noting that Governor Adeleke is pursuing his many governance initiatives within the confines of available resources from federal allocations…
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The Honourable Commissioner for Cooperatives and Empowerment, Osun State, Hon. Prince Bayo Ogungbangbe (fcssm), heartily congratulates His Excellency, Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke on his recent excellent rating in the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Governance Report. According to the report, Governor Adeleke and eight other governors earned an “Excellent” rating based on their strong performance across various indicators like infrastructure development, security, education, health, agriculture, and job creation in their respective states. Hon. Ogungbangbe described the rating as a testimony to Governor Adeleke’s visionary leadership and commitment to good governance since assuming office. He noted that the governor’s…
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, capital of Osun State has ordered the remand of a practising medical doctor in the employment of the state government, Olayode Akangbe Shakiru, for allegedly assaulting and r*ping a teenage girl. Shakiru was arrested last week Thursday by a team of policemen from Oke-Baale Police Division in Osogbo, capital of the state after the family members of the 18-year-old girl reported the matter. The victim had claimed that the medical doctor promised to offer her a job at his hospital and that he allegedly r*ped her after inviting her to his house to…
● Direct Food Security Implementation Committee to Fast Track Assignment Governor Ademola Adeleke has thrown his weight behind the traditional approach to food price control introduced by some traditional rulers in Osun State, describing it as “a local innovation to lower increasing food inflation across the state” In a statement issued on Friday in which he tasked the State Food Security Implementation Committee to move faster, Governor Adeleke expressed happiness that traditional rulers in Osun State have acted to regulate food prices and curtail negative activities of middlemen in the marketplaces. Governor Adeleke who condemned artificial inflation induced by market…
President Bola Tinubu has claimed that Nigeria’s economy is on a gradual but steady path of recovery. Tinubu also assured citizens that his administration would do more to meet their needs. The president stated this during a meeting with traditional rulers led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. During the meeting at the State House on Thursday, Tinubu said the plight of citizens remains a deep concern and will receive more attention. “Yes, it is true that I asked for this job, and…
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will land in Bordeaux on Thursday night ahead of the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games. The players and their officials will depart Spain aboard an Air France flight and arrive in Bordeaux minutes before 11 pm. The nine-time African champions set up camp in Sevilla, Spain, ahead of the games last week. The Super Falcons will be based at the Hotel Mercure. The West Africans are making a return to the Olympics after a 16-year hiatus. Randy Waldrum’s side lost 1-0 to Canada in a friendly on Wednesday night. They are drawn in Group C with…
Lawyer and human rights activist, Pelumi Olajengbesi has narrated how a father of twin toddlers identified as Surajo Asimiyu was arrested and detained for 80 days in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force without a single charge filed against him. According to the Abuja-based lawyer, Surajo is a modest man from Ogun State who was arrested on April 20, 2024, by the Nigeria Police Force. “He was initially held for ten agonizing days at Ifo Police Station in Ogun State before being transferred to Abuja. There, he remained confined in a police cell without any formal action taken against…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin, Ige Olakulehin I, has declared that indigenes of the ancient city stood by him during his struggle to become the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. Oba Olakulehin made this declaration on Friday in his inaugural address, shortly after he was presented with the staff and instrument of office by Governor Seyi Makinde. OsunDailyNG reported that the 42nd Olubadan, Oba Mahood Olalekan Balogun, joined his ancestors on March 14th this year. The controversy over who becomes the next Olubadan started immediately after the death of the last occupant. Olakulehin was thereafter appointed and nominated…
A joint army and local hunters’ operation foiled an attempt by suspected Boko Haram insurgents to again blow up electricity towers belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, near Damaturu, Yobe State’s capital. Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters, Sector 2, Captain M.N. Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. On receipt of credible intelligence about the activities of Boko Haram terrorists, troops laid an ambush for the terrorists, he said. “The terrorists abandoned a Toyota Corolla, 8 prepared Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), detonating cables, 2 damaged tyres, and well as trade test card and certificate…
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Ekiti State, Lere Olayinka, has called for a total reform of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to meet up global best practice in corrupting fight, saying that the anti-corruption agency was operating like a gathering of Motor Park touts. Olayinka, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, reacting to the invasion of a hotel in Lagos State, at about 4am, by armed operatives of the EFCC in which female staff and guests in the hotel were assaulted, called for the immediate sack of the commission’s Chairman, Ola Olukoyede. Describing…