An Ilesa High Court on Friday ordered the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission to proceed with proceed with the conduct of the 2025 local government election after ruling that the court recognizes the vacancy in the 30 local government of the state. In a suit brought before the court by the Peoples Democratic Party, Justice…
The Coalition for Democracy and Grassroots Governance (CDGG) strongly condemns the lawless, meddlesome, and anti-democratic call by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, urging the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to direct the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) to call off Saturday’s local government election. It is…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has affirmed that local government election scheduled for tommorow is holding unfailingly under the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC). The Governor made the assertion this morning while receiving a delegation of civil society coalition who are in the state to monitor the local government elections. According to the Governor, Osun voters…
Osun Speaker Adewale Egbedun has assured Osun citizens of Free and Fair Local Government election while condemning the Attorney General of the Federation’s (AGF) “biased advice” regarding the elections In a message released by the Speaker on Friday, he urged citizens to participate in the LG elections, stating that their involvement is crucial in shaping…
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…
