A cross-section of Osun residents has expressed shock and disbelief at the current push by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to loot and divert Osun local government funds running into several billions of naira. Street interviews conducted by our reporter in Osogbo and its environs revealed a deep level of anger over the reported conduct…
The lawmaker representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency, Hon. Bamidele Salam, has been described as a public servant with a heart of gold. Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, stated this while congratulating members of the Governor’s media team who were selected as participants at the retreat currently holding…
By Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq. The Osun State House of Assembly recently passed a resolution reaffirming legal guidelines for the use of Local Government funds, and even went further by constituting a committee to investigate troubling allegations that monies meant for grassroots development were being diverted into private accounts and managed by unauthorized individuals. This decision…
The Springtime Development Foundation (SDF), in collaboration with the Veronica Adeleke Empowerment Initiative and the Osun State Ministry of Women Affairs, has trained about 500 women drawn from 30 local government areas of Osun State in domestic farming and entrepreneurship skills. As part of the programme, the state government also provided financial support, giving each…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has observed with utmost amusement and pity the pitiable drama of confusion being staged by the rejected All Progressives Congress (APC) and its hired agents in the state. This was contained in a press release signed by the Osun PDP Director of Media And Publicity, Hezekiah…
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun State chapter, has accused federal officials of illegally paying local government allocations belonging to the state into unknown accounts. At a press conference held on Sunday in Osogbo, the union alleged that the Minister of Finance, the Accountant General of the Federation, and the Attorney General…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osun State chapter, on Sunday said it noted the admission by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it had received federal allocations due to local government councils in the state. The state chapter of the APC had earlier issued a statement attacking the state branch of…
The Osun State Government has rejected a move by the Federal Government to disburse withheld local government funds into the accounts of sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) council chairmen and councillors in the state. In a strongly worded letter addressed to the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, counsel to the state government, Musibau Adetunbi (SAN),…
…ask parents to release their children for school… Sofiu Abdulganiyu A call has gone to teachers across Osun State to show more commitment to duty in a bid to move Osun educational system to greater height. The Executive Chairman, Osun State Universal Basic Education Board, Hon Ibukun Fadipe gave the charge while on a monitoring…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, fixed September 29, 2025, for the hearing of a motion by the Osun state government challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the suit against the withheld Local Government (LG) fund. The state government insisted that, since the vacation of the court came to an…
