The President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun State Chapter, Dr. Nathaniel Kehinde Ogungbangbe, has commended all local government workers across the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state for their exceptional discipline, unity, and steadfast adherence to the union’s sit-at-home directive. In a statement released on Monday, Dr. Ogungbangbe…
The Osun State government has reiterated its commitment to strategic medical care for its citizens. The government stated this on Monday through the Special Adviser on Public Health to the Governor, Dr Adekunle Akindele, at the “Osun State 2026 Annual Operational Plan Development, Harmonization, and Finalization Workshop.” While welcoming every participants to the one-day workshop…
The men are the first to be jailed for violent disorder in relation to the series of protests in July and August, which broke out in Epping after an asylum seeker living in the Bell Hotel was accused of sexual assault. Three men were jailed in the UK on Monday for violent disorder during anti-immigration…
Bayo Ojulari, who is the Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, says the industrial action halted operations for several days and produced an “artificial” increase in prices. The Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has attributed the recent scarcity in cooking gas to a…
Reports from across the 30 local governments and Area Council indicated that local government workers shunned directive to resume work by an APC sponsored group within the state NULGE. Checks across the state confirmed that the workers rejected the group labelled Concerned Members of Osun NULGE. In some LGAs, some hired hands were seen parading…
Members of the Osun State House of Assembly, led by the Deputy Speaker, Akinyode Oyewusi, on Sunday, visited Akinlalu community to commiserate with the victims of last Tuesday’s attack by operatives of Osun Amotekun. OSUN DEFENDER reports that residents of Akinlalu, a community in Ife North Local Government Area of the state, accused the operatives…
…Says no region will save APC The Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement (GHSM) has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was rejected by voters across Southern Nigeria in the 2023 presidential election, will face a nationwide rejection in 2027 from both North and South. Reacting to a recent statement by the Lagos chapter of the…
As the world marks World Teachers’ Day 2025, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Representative Bamidele Salam, has called for a national rethink of the teaching profession, urging that it be elevated into a truly collaborative, inclusive, and well-supported vocation. In a personally signed statement commemorating the global event, Rep….
The attention of Osun state Government has been drawn to a recent misleading online media report whimsically titled Osun: Adeleke pardons suspected murderer who confessed to slitting friend’s throat for money ritual . According to said speculative online report was not only fake, jaundiced and misleading but totally out of place with the existing reality,…
By Osun Leaders of Thought We write you as a group of bipartisan leaders from Osun state who firmly believe in the sanctity of democracy and rule of law. We are supporters of all elected leaders including Mr President, His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu whose historical ancestral home is Osun state. We write to…
