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Gov Adeleke warns new council chairmen, councillors against secretariat showdown
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has advised newly inaugurated local government chairmen and councillors to stay away from their respective council secretariats due to an ongoing dispute over their occupancy. WESTERN POST reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had earlier directed its reinstated local government chairmen and councillors to resume at their various secretariats on…
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EXCLUSIVE: Akande, Osoba, others intervene in Lagos Assembly crisis
…Meranda may step down for Setonji as Speaker By Innocent Raphael A truce appears to be taking shape in the crisis that has engulfed the Lagos State House of Assembly following the removal of Speaker Mudasiru Obasa. Western Post has learnt that former APC National Chairman and ex-Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande; former Ogun State Governor, Aremo Olusegun Osoba;…
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Osun APC directs reinstated council chairmen, councillors to resume Monday
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has urged its reinstated local government chairmen and councillors to ignore fake reports circulating on social media that they should not resume work on Monday. In a statement signed by its Director of Media and Information, Chief Kola Olabisi, the party clarified that no such directive had been…
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LASG to begin public display of draft Ibeju-Lekki model city plan
The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Physical Planning, is set to commence the display and public inspection of the Draft Ibeju-Lekki Model City Plan (2024-2044). The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, who made this known recently, said that the essence of the public inspection of the draft Model City Plan was to make…
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Group tasks Osun Govt on transparency, accountability
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Development Watch Network (DWN), a non-governmental organization, has urged the Osun State Government to prioritize transparency and accountability in public finance governance, open governance, and climate change mainstreaming. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of DWN’s one-day Annual Planning Retreat, signed by its Executive Director, Lameed Gafar. The NGO noted that…
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Ogun: Man drowns while attempting to retrieve phone from well
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old man, Sunday Jimoh, who drowned while trying to retrieve a phone from a well in Oja-Odan, Yewa North Local Government Area. According to a statement issued on Sunday by CSP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer, the incident occurred at around 10:00 a.m. on February 22. It…
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Police launch investigation into murder of farm worker in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has commenced a full-scale investigation into the murder of a 50-year-old farm worker, Alfa Mustapha, whose body was discovered on his farm in Ageri Village, near Olodo in Odeda Local Government Area. According to a statement released on Sunday by CSP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer, the case was reported at about 6:30…
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Food security: Ondo to establish 2,000 hectares of farmland per district
The Ondo State Government has unveiled plans to establish farm clusters and allocate 2,000 hectares of farmland in each senatorial district to enhance food security and revolutionize agribusiness in the state. Rotimi Akinsola, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture and Agric Business, disclosed this on Saturday during an event at the Soilless Farm Lab in Ogun State.…
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OSSIEC announces newly elected LG Chairmen in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) has announced the newly elected Chairmen for the 30 Local Government Councils in the state. Below is the full list: Boripe – Babalola Wasiu Kayode Egbedore – Okunade Oluwafemi Adesanya Ife Central – Adeyenuwo Rotimi John Obokun – Agboola Francis Olajire Isokan – Azeez Lateef Adeniran Boluwaduro – Aina…
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Osun: PDP wins all LG seats in landslide victory
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has won all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the just-concluded local government election in the state. The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, made the announcement in a video shared with journalists by the spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, on…
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