…a young man performing rain-controlling rituals at the 2026 Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife, Osun state, has gone viralThe man was seen holding what appeared to be a staff while chanting under cloudy skiesThe footage divided social media users between believers and sceptics who questioned why such powers were not used for bi…
…The Department of State Services had also alerted Muslim and Christian leaders in Osun State to an alleged plan by terrorists to attack places of worship and other public gathering centres ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Osun State Police Command on Monday said it had recovered a corpse from within the precinct of the Mayfair Motor Park in Ile-Ife, Osun State, bringing the casualty figure linked to the shooting in the park to two. This was just as the remains of Olalekan Oyeyemi, a chieftain of the Accord Party in Osun State, popul…
…made the announcement on Monday during the commissioning of the renovated school in Osun State, challenging the students to justify […] The post Osun: Customs CG commissions renovated girls’ school in Ife appeared first on Tribune Online.
…executed across the country in less than two years. Adeniyi disclosed this in Modakeke, Osun State, while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the commissioning of the renovated Ife Girls High School, Ile-Ife, Osun State, a CSR project executed by the NCS. The Customs boss said the organisation had identified…
…rather than the creation of a new privilege for Law Officers,” Pedro said. He noted that Osun State had, through its Law No. 7 of 2023, assented to on December 15, 2023, increased the retirement age of officers involved in the administration of justice, including state counsel and court registrars, to 65 years. The Att…
…reported that Davido waded into the simmering dispute between MC Oluomo and his uncle, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke.He took a pointed jab at the transport union chief in an Instagram story post on Monday, July 27, 2026.The Afrobeats superstar addressed MC Oluomo directly in a brief but cutting message. Writing i…
…disrupt criminal activities and safeguard major transportation routes in the area. 10. Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered an investigation into the killing of an Accord Party chieftain, Olalekan Ajagungbade, popularly known as Emir, during a clash over control of a motor park in Ile-Ife. Adeleke also dir…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, confirmed that Emir died in the incident and directed the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, to fish out those responsible for the crime. Reacting to the incident in a statement obtained on Sunday, the Osun Sta…
…Ndagoso, who is the Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, made the call in Osogbo, Osun State, in his address at the opening session of the second plenary meeting of the CBCN, hosted by the Osogbo Catholic Diocese. The cleric, who noted the growing disenchantment among Nigerians over fears of possible manipulation of…
…The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted Muslim and Christian leaders in Osun State to an alleged plan by terrorists to att@ck places of worship and other public gathering centres in an attempt to frustrate the 2027 general elections. Tribune reports that the DSS held separate meetings with the Muslim communi…
…A heartbreaking video of a businessman weeping after his shop was burgled in Ijesha, Osun state, has made the rounds on social media.''I am finished. This is all I have. Please come to my aid. I don't know what to do'' he said as he wailedHe revealed that the thieves stole phones, laptops, and other computer accessorie…
…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…