…it.” ‘Kill them’ with votes in Osun On the eve of the last governorship election in Osun state, Osun East Senator, Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, while addressing APC supporters at the palace of the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland in Ilesa at a campaign rally said many of his party members had been killed by Accord party members.…

The Osun State Police Command has debunked a viral video purportedly showing policemen fleeing from a drone. The Command said the footage was taken from a Yoruba movie production and did not depict an operational incident. In a statement issued on Wednesday by its Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, t…

The Osun State High Court sitting in Iragbiji has set aside the White Paper and Gazette through which the state government recognised the Lagbua family as the fifth ruling house entitled to the Aragbiji of Iragbiji stool. Justice G.O. Lawal gave the judgment in Suit No. HIR/3/25 filed by Chief Salawu Kayode Fatai, Chie…

THE governorship election in Osun State which was held on August 15, 2026 was an election of many colours. There were party men who were out to defend their party. But beside the political structures lie the volunteers who contributed within and outside formal structures. The post Osun polls, Adeleke’s victory and the…

…The Force also disclosed that 154 individuals arrested during the August 15 Osun State governorship election were still being investigated. The disclosures were made on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, at a joint security spokespersons’ briefing in Abuja, where he addressed issues surround…

…Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone D, has given the management of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) a seven-day ultimatum to review the expulsion of 18 300-level Theatre Arts students over an alleged examination question leakage. NANS threatened to commence peaceful and lawful mass action if the univ…

The Auditor-General of Osun State, Kolapo Idris, has recommended stricter controls over overhead funding to ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, that fail to render proper financial accountability. Idris made the recommendation in his report on the accounts of the Osun State Government for the financial year end…

The Osun State Police Command has commenced an investigation into an alleged fraudulent scheme involving allegations of obtaining money by false pretences and stealing, following a petition submitted to the Commissioner of Police. The command, in a statement issued on Monday by its Police Public Relations Officer, DSP…

…violence. The trend, according to reports, continued during the recently concluded Osun State governorship election won by Governor Ademola Adeleke, where at least 29 deaths were reported. The figures have consequently raised questions over whether the peace accords have evolved beyond symbolic ceremonies into effectiv…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has assured President Bola Tinubu that he will deliver the state’s votes to him, insisting that he does not make empty promises and that politics must be guided by integrity. Adeleke gave the assurance while receiving the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola…

…Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, met with Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Sunday. Basiru said the meeting centred on efforts to deliver Osun State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. According to him, Governor Adeleke had promised to work toward…

…to react to the opposition’s victory in the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, Wike credited the Tinubu administration for allowing democratic processes to run without interference, contrasting it with what he described as the tension surrounding the 2023 election.He said: “2023 was a tough election for him…

…allegedly lured to Nigeria and held captive by a human trafficking syndicate in Lagos. Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has issued an executive order setting up a coroner inquest panel to investigate killings and violence at Ikire on August 24. Anambra State Police have arrested a 28-year-old suspected drug dealer a…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the August 15, 2026, Osun State governorship election, Bola Oyebamiji, has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his victory. Oyebamiji spoke on Saturday in Osogbo while addressing APC leaders, members and supporters on the outcome of the election and pr…

The outcome of the Osun State governorship election has opened up another round of political discourse ahead of the 2027 general elections. DAILY POST recalls that Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party won the Osun governorship election after receiving 511,067 votes, while APC’s Bola Oyebamiji garnered 444,815 v…

…YUSUF OKETOLA examines the grief of families of victims of the Akinlalu, Ile-Ife, Osun State killings, who continue to search for the remains of their loved ones months after the tragedy Ten months after gunfire tore through the quiet community of Akinlalu in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, the families…

…is one of the most senior figures in Nigeria's ruling party. He served as Governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003 under the Alliance for Democracy and later became a founding member of the APC, serving as its first interim national chairman from 2013.His role in uniting the opposition parties that formed the APC made…

…of harassment, thuggery, and vote buying that dogged the governorship election held in Osun State on August 15 were enough reason for the establishment of the long-desired commission. As the nation inches towards another round of elections, it appears that, 18 years on, the recommendations in the Uwais Report remain al…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has pledged to heal divisions in the state and pursue an inclusive administration after the recent governorship election, promising to uphold equity and fairness in the next phase of his tenure. Adeleke made the pledge in a state broadcast on Thursday to mark the 35th anniversary o…

…on domestic and international election observers to formally designate the FCT and Osun State as “early-warning locations” ahead of the 2027 general elections. The demand was contained in a statement […] The post ADC wants Osun, FCT placed under early-warning locations appeared first on Tribune Online.

…has urged voters in northern Nigeria to learn from the recent political developments in Osun State and recognise the power of their votes in determining the leadership of the country. Usman made the remarks during an interview with DCL on Wednesday, where he criticised alleged vote-buying, the deployment of security pe…

…afrobeat star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido cannot do what he did during the Osun State governorship election in Rwanda or Ethiopia. Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, said this during an interview on Symfoni TV. He was reacting to Davido’s use of social media d…

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Former Osun State Governor and Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, has condemned the violence in Ikire, headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area, which reportedly claimed two lives. Oyetola called on the police and other security agencies to identify and arrest those res…

…Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, publicly criticized his boss, Davido's uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke. In the videos, Isreal DMW exposed the poorly tarred state of Benin City's popular Ring Road, as well as the deteriorating road networks within the high-brow Government Reserved Area (GRA). The move i…

The Osun State Government has received the newly posted Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, with Governor Ademola Adeleke demanding reforms in the state police command and the release of persons he described as political detainees. Zungura, who assumed duty in Osun on Monday, paid a courtesy visit to Adeleke along…