Court remands displaced person for raping 9-year-old (Guardian) A Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court on Monday remanded a 30-year-old Internally Displaced Person (IDP), Titus Atime, in a correction centre. Atime was remanded for allegedly having forceful sexual intercourse with a nine-year-old…
Appeal Court sets aside tribunal judgement, upholds Adeleke as Osun governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state,…
Supreme Court dismisses suit against Oyetola’s participation in Osun election
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun’s ex-governor Gboyega Oyetola and his deputy Benedict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. A five-member…
Tribunal sacks Adeleke as Governor
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor of the state. The tribunal in a split document of two to one declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
Don’t sack teachers employed by Oyetola, IPAC implores Osun
The leadership of Inter Party Advisory Council in Osun State has called on the Government of Osun State to rescind its decision to sack teachers recruited by the previous administration. This is contained in a statement personally signed by the…
Oyetola coming back before July 5, says Osun Speaker
The speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, on Thursday said Adegboyega Oyetola will return as Governor before July 5, this year. Noting that the supreme court on July 5, 2019, declared him (Oyetola) the winner of…
*Oyetola took N18b loan after losing election – Adeleke (Punch)*We’ve recovered over N30b from suspended AGF – EFCC Chairman (DailyTrust)
Oyetola took N18b loan after losing election – Adeleke (Punch) The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed that his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, took N18 billion loan after he lost the July 16th, 2022 Osun governorship election. This is as…
Adeleke appoints SSG, chief press secretary, others
Osun State governor Ademola Adeleke has appointed Rasheed Olawale as his Chief Press Secretary. Adeleke also approved the appointment of Kazeem Akinleye as his Chief of Staff and Teslim Igbalaye as the Secretary to the State Government. The governor said…
*Lagos: Police kill 2 ex-convicts in gun duel (DailyTrust)*Lagos-Ibadan: Robbers strike again, escape, police make excuse (Punch)
Lagos: Police kill 2 ex-convicts in gun duel (DailyTrust) Two members of a robbery gang involved in series of attacks on Ajegule, Lagos, and its environs were on Saturday shot dead during a gun battle with the police. The killed…
Aregbesola’s anger and politics of bitterness — Ehi Braimah
Eligible voters in Osun State trooped out enthusiastically last weekend to cast their votes for their preferred candidates during the gubernatorial election. Fifteen political parties took part in the election but by the time the results from the various polling…