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Olayomi Koiki, spokesman for embattled Yoruba nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, says all arrangements have been concluded for his principal’s return to Nigeria after prominent monarchs persuaded President Bola Tinubu to remove Igboho’s name from the list of wanted persons. According to Koiki, the traditional rulers who intervened include the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; and the Olugbon of Orile Igbon, Oba Francis Alao, among others. Igboho fled Nigeria on July 1, 2021, following a raid on his Ibadan residence by a combined team of the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army over allegations of stockpiling arms and ammunition. The raid came amid Igboho’s campaign to evict armed Fulani herdsmen from the South-West in response to attacks on farmers. During the raid, three of his aides were killed and 13 others were arrested. Igboho fled to Benin Republic, intending to fly to Germany, but was arrest...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun recorded a major boost in Odo-Otin Local Government Area on Saturday as Hon. Francis Eniade Damilare led a massive mobilisation drive that saw hundreds of members defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Accord Party to the APC. The event, described by party faithful as a political earthquake, saw Mrs. Maria Akolade and Pastor Atewogbade Adeyemi lead hundreds of defectors who publicly renounced their former parties and pledged total allegiance to the APC, further weakening the opposition in the Osun Speaker’s Ward. Addressing the new members, Eniade urged the decampees to work in unity and synergy with existing party faithful to ensure a resounding victory for the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), at the August 8, 2026 governorship election. He assured them that Osun State would experience a new dawn of purposeful leadership and people-centred governance under an AMBO administration. Eniade furthe...

Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging to work for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 general election. The defection, which has sent ripples across Nigeria’s political landscape, was formally announced on Thursday at the National Assembly, where Abubakar, popularly known as “Abba,” was received by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano North), alongside APC leaders from the North-East geopolitical zone. Speaking at the event, Abba announced his resignation from the PDP and declared his full alignment with the APC, describing the decision as both personal and historic. He also directed all coordinators and members of his political structure, formerly known as the Haske Atiku Organisation founded in 2022, to immediately join the APC and support Presid...

Chief Adebisi Akande: A Soul of Progressivism.Right Honourable Popoola celebrates Baba @87 ‎ ‎The immediate past Deputy Speaker and incumbent Member representing Boripe/Boluwaduro State Constituency, Right Honourable Olufemi Popoola, has described the 87th birthday anniversary of the former Governor of Osun State, Chief Adebisi Akande, as a celebration of a living legend whose indelible contributions to the development and growth of Nigeria remain impeccable, historic, motivational and enduring. ‎ ‎In his congratulatory message,tagged "BABA AKANDE'' A SOUL OF PROGRESSIVISM" Right Honourable Olufemi Popoola highlighted and commended what he described as Chief Akande’s selfless service, marked by dedication and commitment to the advancement of Osun State and Nigeria at large. ‎ ‎Right Honourable Popoola used the occasion to praise and eulogise the divine and exceptional brilliance and capacity of Baba Akande in nation-building, stating that at both national and state le...

...names Governing Council Chair as Patron  The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs), Southwest zone, has commended the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, over the reinstatement of students who were previously expelled from the institution. The commendation was given on Saturday during a meeting held at Akogun Hall, Federal Polytechnic, Ede, where NANs executives presented an Award of Excellence to the institution's management team. Speaking at the event, the Rector of the polytechnic. Engr. Dr. Sanni Manyaya, disclosed that the reinstatement of the affected students followed the intervention of the Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. Taiwo Akanbi According to the him the decision to recall the rusticsted students was taken after the Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. Taiwo Akanbi, encouraged the management to give the students another opportunity. "Yes, we were once students and now we are staff. Some of our students were expelled, ...

Emotion ran high at the burial of slain Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer Lasisi Oluwamayokun and her daughter, Adesewa, as they were buried in Osogbo, Osun State capital.

Security beefed-up as Osun LG workers resume after 11- Months strike Opeyemi Akinyemi, Osogbo  Local government workers in Osun state have resumed duties at their various councils in accordance with the directive of the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE after eleven-month strike. The workers returned to their offices after the prolonged local government crisis between the elected council executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Police were seen maintaining law and order at most of the council Secretariats visited while the environment in the councils across the state remain peaceful. Speaking, APC Chairman of Olorunda local government, Kunle Kudaisi, said he is elated about the resumption as he expressed optimism that it will improve service delivery at the grassroot levels. "We are all from this state, and we are all working for the progress of the state. With the resumption of workers today,...