The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Commissioner of Police in Osun State to remove individuals unlawfully occupying local government council offices under the guise of being All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen and councillors. Speaking yesterday in Abuja, the National Coordinator of HURIWA,…
Renowned constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Professor Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has recommended that fresh elections be conducted to resolve the local government council dispute in Osun State. In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, Ozekhome noted that holding new elections is the only solution to save the state from “needless orchestrated violence.” According…
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has commiserated with its member, Mr. Olatunde Abatan, publisher of Newdawn Online, over the passing of his beloved wife, Mrs. Desola Amoke Latifat Abatan (née Adewunmi). Mrs. Abatan died on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, after a brief illness. A press statement by the publicity secretary, GOCOP, Ogbuefi Remmy…
A civil society group, Osun Democrats for Democracy, has fired back at the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), for saying that Osun State cannot conduct fresh local government elections until the democratically elected council chairmen have exhausted their three-year term. The group, in a statement signed by its legal adviser, Adewale Fowora,…
President Bola Tinubu has given his assent to bills establishing two new federal universities. The institutions are the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, and the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State. The announcement was made by Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, following the signing of the two…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the local government crisis in Osun State. The Chairman of the forum, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi, made the appeal in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Mohammed said that PDP governors noted with concern…
Our attention has been drawn to a widely circulated press conference by myopic sacked local government officials and their media handlers, directed towards a bitter indictment of Senator Lere Oyewumi and Hon. Biola Inaolaji through the claim of instigating violence in Ikire that claimed the life of Remi Abass. They attempt to drag their names…
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo. The Registrar of the University, Mr Adetunji Bakare, stated this on Wednesday at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary of Olawuyi’s death, held at Pit Theatre,…
● Says Osun remains a peaceful state Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has tasked politicians to abide by the rule of law even as he urged voters to peacefully exercise their rights at the Saturday local government elections. In a statewide broadcast today from Osogbo, the State Governor declared that peace has returned to…
This is to urge members of the public to ignore a viral fake news on the local government elections slated for Saturday, February 22nd. This was contained in a statement by the Spokesperson to Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed. According to him, there is no election postponement. The fake news is the handiwork of…
