osun state

Osun PDP Declares Three-Day Mourning Over Death of LG Chairman

October 11, 2023 Rhoda Gistlover 0

The Peoples Democratic Party Osun State chapter on Wednesday announced the death of the Caretaker Committee Chairman for Ede North local government, Mr. Jimoh Oyekanmi. According to a statement by the state PDP chairman Mr.

DisCos Shares Why Nigerians Are Currently Suffering Bad Electricity Supply Amid Heatwave

Osun community Jubilate as the get power supply after 91 years

October 2, 2023 Rhoda Gistlover 0

Araromi-Okeodo, a community in Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun State, was ecstatic when electricity was finally brought to the town for the first time in 91 years. At the weekend, a large number of

Drama at Osun poly campus as two Rectors resume duty At the Osun State Polytechnic in Iree, there was some minor drama on Thursday as two rectors resume work again. Following Dr. Tajudeen Odetayo's suspension on July 11, 2023, by the state government over allegations of fund misappropriation, and the appointment of Mr. Kehinde Alabi as acting rector, the institution had recently been in crisis. However, on August 21, 2023, Odetayo approached the Industrial Court with an order of interim injunction prohibiting the defendants/respondents, their servants, privies, employees, or however else described from putting into effect the letter of suspension dated July 11, 2023, and letter of inquiry dated August 1, 2023 given to the claimant/applicant herein, or in any other way interfering with the claimant/applicant's position as the Rector of. Attorney General O. The Lagos judge who oversaw the case, A Ogunbowale, granted the claimant's request for an order and restrained the state government and its representative from taking any further action until the lawsuit's outcome was known. However, on Thursday, Alabi and Odetayo both returned to their roles as rector of the school, with Alabi's supporters congregating in a hall while Odetayo and some staff members supporting him resumed at the rector's office. Upon arriving on campus, Odetayo showed a court order to the chief security officer before going to the office while being escorted by a group from the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, or ASUP, at the institution. A short while later, Alabi and his ASUP group arrived at the school and gathered inside a campus hall. Tope Abiola urged students and staff to maintain their composure as the government took the necessary steps to ensure peace returned to the campus in a statement he personally issued and made available to newsmen. "I beg you to keep your composure and carry on with your normal duties without any protest”, he said.

Osun Govt Shut Down State Polytechnic, Freezes School Accounts

September 8, 2023 Rhoda Gistlover 0

The Osun State government has ordered the immediate closure of the state polytechnic in Iree for two weeks. According to Gistlover, the government also immediately froze the school accounts. Dipo Eluwole, the commissioner for education,

Man criticizes Gov Adeleke for pardoning man sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for stealing fowl

Osun Govt reveals why it hasn’t Commenced Distribution of FG’s Palliatives

August 21, 2023 Rhoda Gistlover 0

Despite an earlier announcement, the Osun State government, led by Governor Ademola Adeleke, has explained why there has been a delay in providing food palliatives from the federal government to the state’s residents. According to

17-year-old female student lures man to Osun robs him of N1.5m

July 13, 2023 Gistlover Stella 0

Victory Ehiremen, a 17-year-old student at Osun State University, and her boyfriend Ayobami Ariyo were accused of using social media to lure a man from Lagos to Osun and robbing him of N1.5 million. Kehinde

Adeleke affirmed as Osun Governor by Supreme Court

Ademola Adeleke reinstated as Governor of Osun State

March 24, 2023 Gistlover Stella 0

The appellate court sitting in Abuja has upheld Mr Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State. Recall that the Osun State tribunal had sacked Adeleke as Governor months after his victory citing such issues

Protesters Attack APC Offices in Osun

January 31, 2023 Moses Gistlover 0

The two secretariats belonging to the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were attacked by protesters yesterday, January 30 2023. The attackers were reportedly protesting against last Friday’s verdict of the Osun

Palliative warehouse found in Osun state two years after COVID-19 lockdown [Video]

September 12, 2022 Gistlover Stella 0

Nigerians lament bitterly after discovering a palliative warehouse in Osun State two years after the COVID-19 lockdown. GISTLOVER recalls that Nigeria initiated three phases of lockdown during the COVID breakout in 2020 after which the

Our election result portal was att@cked by hackers from Asia during Ekiti and Osun Guber polls —INEC Chairman

September 10, 2022 Gistlover Stella 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its result viewing (IReV) portal has come under att@ck from hackers across the world. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this while delivering a keynote address at a stakeholders’

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Court Strikes Out Suit Seeking To Void Adeleke’s Nomination For Osun Guber Election

August 18, 2022 Gistlover Stella 0

The judge on Thursday struck down the suit on the ground that the plaintiff lacked locus standi to institute the case. A suit seeking nullification of submission of the name of Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke

“I put my career on the line. I feel victorious”-Davido congratulates uncle, Ademola Adeleke, as INEC issues his Certificate of Return

July 20, 2022 Gistlover Stella 0

Nigerian singer, Davido has congratulated his uncle, the new governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, as he receives his certificate of return from the residential chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The singer

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