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The Independent National Electoral Commission has revised the timetable for the 2027 General Election, moving the presidential and National Assembly polls to January and the governorship and state assembly elections to February. The commission also shifted the Osun State gubernatorial election to August 15, 2026. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Malam Mohammed Kudu Haruna, said the commission approved a Revised Timetable and Schedule of Activities following changes in the electoral law. INEC had earlier fixed Saturday, February 20, 2027 for the Presidential and National Assembly elections and Saturday, March 6, 2027 for the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections under the Electoral Act, 2022. However, the commission said the repeal of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the enactment of the Electoral Act, 2026 necessitated a review of the schedule. Following the repeal of the Electoral Act, 2022 ...

‎The Matriarch of the Adeleke dynasty, Yeye Modupeola Sanni Adeleke, has described the Commissioner for Rural Affairs and Community Development, Aree Ganiyu Ayobami Olaoluwa Asejere, as a political pundit in Osun Central Senatorial District whose humanitarian engagements are second to none. ‎ ‎Yeye Modupeola Sanni Adeleke made this declaration in Osogbo while speaking at the annual Ramadan lecture and cash empowerment programme organized by the Osogbo-born former Chairman of Olorunda Local Government Area and incumbent Commissioner for Rural Affairs and Community Development, Aree Ganiyu Ayobami Olaoluwa Asejere. ‎ ‎Aree Ganiyu Ayobami Olaoluwa, otherwise known as Asejere, recently held his annual Ramadan Lecture and Cash Empowerment Programme, which cuts across all wards in Olorunda Local Government Area as part of his yearly rites. ‎ ‎The lecture hosted an array of Islamic scholars, including Sheikh Yusuf Abajaoro, as well as Alhaji Ganiyu Ayobami Olaoluwa Asejere’s political associa...

The management of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo, has rejected in strong terms the classification of 250 of its staff members, including the Vice-Chancellor, as “ghost workers” in the 2023 Osun State staff audit conducted by Sally Tibbot Consulting Limited, describing the report as unprofessional and malicious. Addressing journalists at a press conference on Saturday, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye, said the institution was compelled to set the record straight in the interest of truth and institutional integrity. “We have invited you in the spirit of transparency, accountability and respect for truth to address a matter that has generated public concern,” Adebooye said. “This briefing is a measured institutional response grounded in facts and professional standards. It has no sensational, emotional or political coloration.” The Vice-Chancellor disclosed that during the May/June 2023 statewide personnel verification exercise, the consultant reportedly c...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has demanded an independent probe into the alleged N13 billion payroll fraud rocking the state’s civil service, insisting that key figures within Governor Ademola Adeleke’s inner circle must answer critical questions. At an emergency press briefing on Friday, the party leadership accused the administration of failing to provide clarity over the outcome of a staff audit reportedly conducted by Sally Tibbot Consulting Limited. Speaking during a emergency World Press Conference on Friday, the party chairman, Tajudeen Lawal expressed concern over reports that the audit findings were presented outside formal government channels, describing the development as a breach of due process. According to the party, allegations that thousands of ghost workers and pensioners were discovered during the audit point to systemic lapses in payroll management. It also cited claims that an estimated N13.7 billion may have been siphoned annually through fraudu...

Ondo residents commend EU for support to social protection accessibility, call for fairness in beneficiary’s selection A prominent traditional ruler in Ondo, His Royal Majesty Oba Owoseni Alopos Korolo of Kelema Community in Igbokoda, Ilaje has commended European Union and consortium of the Act Naija! Action- Bread for the World, African Network for Environment and Economic Justice and New Initiative For Social Development for creating a right home for the people of community in accessing social protection programmes of the Federal and the State Governments through Community outreach and other sensitization initiatives. The monarch stated this at the Community Outreach organized by the New Initiative For Social Development (NISD) gearing towards public enlightenment on social protection interventions in the State.  According to him “I am extremely happy that this kind of Initiative is coming to our community at this time, because we have never experienced such an impactful engageme...

Opeyemi Akinyemi, Osogbo  The Osun State House of Assembly on Sunday has accused former governor and current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, alongside the United Bank for Africa (UBA) and alleged APC associates, of orchestrating the illegal handling and diversion of local government funds running into over N50 billion. The Assembly raised the alarm during a world press conference held in Osogbo, the state capital, warning that all illegally disbursed funds would be recovered and those involved prosecuted. The Speaker OSHA, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, alleged that funds belonging to Osun local governments were paid out to court-sacked APC chairmen and councillors, despite subsisting court judgments nullifying their elections. According to the Assembly, the alleged illegal disbursements include: N25 million each to the 30 sacked APC local government chairmen, N12 million each to the 30 vice chairmen, 10 million each to the 332 councillors, 130 million each to sele...