An Osun State man, Mr. Taye Kasali, has confessed to murdering his mother and burying her in a shallow grave on their family farm. He said he killed his mother because she had been calling him a madman and had threatened to lease out their farmland, which is the main source of livelihood for the…
The National Chairman of the Accord Party, Chief Maxwell Mgbudem, has said the outcome of the 2026 Osun State governorship election demonstrated that the ballot remains more powerful than political intimidation and what he described as “federal might.” Mgbudem described the election as a significant test of Nigeria’s democracy, saying its outcome had important implications…
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, has congratulated the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on his re-election victory and the peaceful and successful conduct of the just-concluded governorship election in the state. He also extended his congratulations to the good people of Osun State. Otti, in a statement he personally…
Barely six days to the Osun State governorship election, a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), for the August 15 election. The endorsement was announced on Sunday at the WOCDIF Event Centre in Osogbo…
By Prosper Okoye A coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations on Friday welcomed what it described as President Bola Tinubu’s directive ordering the immediate removal of an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) restriction on the Osun State government’s bank account. The National Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria on System Strengthening (S4CSOI) said…
