The Osun State Chapter of All Progressives Congress(APC) has offered reasons for rejecting the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu by the governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke. The party described the state Governor as a “liability” and a “trojan horse” to the Peoples Democratic Party, hence the decision not to support his intended defection. The…
The Osun State Police Command, on Saturday, confirmed the arrest of an Islamic cleric, identified simply as Kadiri, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a minor in Ede, Osun State. The incident which occurred at Babasanya-Araka Ede led to a protest by an angry mob, who had attacked the suspect after he was seized. The…
Osun Gov, Ademola Adeleke THE crisis over the control of local government councils in Osun State between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) has boiled over, with the state government dragging the federal government to the Supreme Court for allegedly seizing the monthly allocations accruing to the councils. Osun State…
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, has reacted to the reported defection of 25 lawmakers elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Egbedun in a statement issued in Osogbo by his Chief Press Secretary, Olamide Tiamiyu,said the PDP lawmakers were solidly behind Governor Ademola…
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, yesterday, has warned the governors of Oyo and Osun states, Messrs Seyi Makinde and Ademola Adeleke of imminent communal crisis in the border towns of the two states if necessary steps are not taken. The monarch, in a statement by his spokesperson, Alli Ibraheem, stated that land grabbers…
As expected, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made a clean sweep of all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in all the 30 local government areas of Osun State. The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Hashim Abioye, made this known at a press conference on Saturday in Osogbo, the state capital. Though…
A violent communal clash between residents of Ido-Ijesa and Esa-Oke in Osun State has left seven policemen with gunshot wounds. The clash followed the appointment of a new monarch for the Ido-Ajegunle community by Governor Ademola Adeleke. As of press time, security forces have been deployed to restore order in the affected communities. At the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expelled Rauf Aregbesola, a former Minister of Interior and ex-Osun State Governor, over alleged anti-party activities. Aregbesola, who was a two-term governor of Osun State had been having a running battle with the Osun chapter of the APC in recent times. The disagreement with the APC led him into…
Fresh findings by The Point have revealed that many illegal miners who operate in gold-rich communities in the region contributed in creating a home for suspected terrorists who fled northern parts of the country. It was gathered that in a bid to get strong men who could dig land in search of raw gold, many…
The management of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has confirmed the sacking all its part-time and contract lecturers. While confirming the development in an internal memorandum dated January 15 and signed by Mrs Foyinsade O. Apara on behalf of the institution’s registrar, the school management noted in the internal memorandum that it decided to sack…
