Month: February 2025
Page: 4
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa, has ordered the Osun State Electoral Commission, OSSIEC to go ahead with the Local Government Election scheduled for Saturday , following a court order by Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe. The order was made on Friday, 21st of February, 2025, sequel to a suit brought before the court by […]
Governor Ademola Adeleke has affirmed that local government election scheduled for tomorrow is holding unfailingly under the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC. The Governor stated this while receiving a delegation of civil society coalition who are in the state to monitor the local government election According to the Governor, Osun voters are prepared to […]
The Federal Government has ordered Osun State Governor, senator Ademola Adeleke, to suspend the local government elections scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025. The directive was issued on Thursday evening by the Attorney-General of the Federation and minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, citing a recent Court of Appeal ruling that reinstated local government chairmen elected […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, said former President Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida showed unusual courage and patriotism by admitting that late M.K.O. Abiola won the June 12 election in 1993. The President, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the launch of Babangida’s autobiography, ” A Journey in Service,” and the fundraising […]
The Federal Government has terminated the contract for the construction of the 98-kilometer Oyo-Ogbomoso Road, originally awarded to RCC Construction Company. Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, made this announcement during the Oyo Federal Roads Stakeholders’ Engagement held in Ibadan on Thursday. Themed “Enhancing Federal Roads in Oyo State: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions,” the meeting […]
Oyo State Government has sealed an industrial facility over its incessant violation and noncompliance to Environmental regulations. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Architect Abdulmojeed Olawale Mogbojubola, gave the directive for the sealing of the facility, on the heels of several complaints and petitions received on the health Hazzard incured by the residents around […]
The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 30 internet fraudsters before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Adebisi Adetujoye and K.B. Olawoyin of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The convicts are: Gbadega Ayomide, Ojo Oluwapelumi Oluwatomiwa, John Odey Ade, Ezekiel Oluwatobi Damilare, Usman […]
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting scheduled for Wednesday was postponed due to a dispute between states and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd over unpaid remittances. States boycotted the meeting until NNPC settles an estimated N1.7 trillion in revenues, which have been pending since the full removal of the petrol subsidy in […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has withdrawn from the local government election scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22. This is contained in a letter dated Feb. 17, signed by the APC state Publicity Secretary, Alao Kamorudeen, addressed to the Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC). The letter read: “Recall that judgment of […]
The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed claims made by controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, that he is mentally unstable and is undergoing psychiatric treatment. Recall that the police declared him wanted on Monday, February 17 over his alleged violence attack on some state government officials. In a video posted on Tuesday, […]
