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Breaking: Osun NULGE Members Shun Duty Resumption, Continue Stay at Home Action Reports from across the 30 local governments and Area Council indicated that local government workers shunned directive to resume work by an APC sponsored group within the state NULGE. Checks across the state confirmed that the workers rejected the group labelled Concerned Members of Osun NULGE. In some LGAs, some hired hands were seen parading themselves as LG staff but they left soon after they were settled by their APC sponsors. The APC had plotted to arrest NULGE leaders and force them to announce resumption of duty. The plot failed as the labour leaders could not be tracked and as they insisted  that stay at home action was meant to protect their members from violence due to the leadership issues surrounding local government administration in the state  Meanwhile, preparations are on for LG workers to collect their 2025 promotion letters from the local government service commission.

Osun Government Says Governor Adeleke did not Grant Clemency to a Murderer, Accuses Insightinks of Peddling Fake News The attention of Osun state Government has been drawn to a recent misleading online media report whimsically titled *Osun: Adeleke pardons suspected murderer who confessed to slitting friend's throat for money ritual* . The said speculative online report was not only fake, jaundiced and misleading but totally out of place with the existing reality, as it can also be at best be ascribed to a grandiose mischief to paint the person and government of Senator Ademola Adeleke in bad light . It would be recalled that, few days ago, Osun State Governor, Governor Ademola Adeleke, as part of activities to mark the 65th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria, granted pardon to 36 convicts serving various jail terms in both Ilesha and Ife Correctional facilities in Osun State. The action taken by Mr Governor in this regard in line with his official position as the Chief Security ...

JUST IN: Governor Adeleke Orders Full Investigation into Akinlalu Incident, Despatches Government Delegation Governor Ademola Adeleke has despatched top level government delegation to Akinlalu over recent killings involving the Amotekun security outfit just as the state government has launched full investigation into the matter. Governor Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson expressed deep shock at the deaths of some individuals from the town after receiving a preliminary report from his Special Adviser on Security Matters. He commiserates with all those who lost loved ones in the tragic incident and prayed to God almighty to comfort them. After receiving the preliminary report, further briefings were presented to the Deputy Governor by the security team with a State Security council meeting now scheduled for Monday to further deliberate on the issue and other emerging security threat in the state. Meanwhile, Governor Adeleke has vowed to dig into the root of the fatal encounter ...

 Osun LG Funds: Council Chairmen secure another court order freezing 30 UBA Accounts opened by court-sacked APC chairmen  The lingering controversy over the control of local government allocations in Osun State took another twist on Thursday as the 30 elected council chairmen secured a fresh court order against the United Bank for Africa (UBA), freezing bank accounts opened by the court-sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) council bosses. An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, presided over by Justice A. L. Akintola, granted the interim injunction in an ex-parte motion brought by the elected chairmen. The order restrains UBA from paying, releasing, or tampering with funds deposited in the 30 local government accounts where the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had controversially lodged statutory allocations belonging to Osun councils. The Certified True Copy (CTC) of the order, signed by the Principal Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mrs. B. O. Somide, was issued on O...

Osun Assembly Warns Banks Against Illegal Transactions On Local Government Funds The Osun State House of Assembly has issued a stern warning to commercial banks in the State, particularly the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Osogbo Branch, against honouring unauthorised financial instructions on Local Government accounts. In a letter personally signed by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, the House drew attention to unlawful financial directives allegedly issued in some Local Governments, including Boluwaduro Local Government, authorising deductions of up to 15 percent of September 2025 allocations in favour of private individuals. The Speaker described such actions as illegal, unconstitutional, and without any budgetary approval, stressing that Treasurers are not legally recognised signatories to Local Government accounts under extant laws. The House reaffirmed that only the Local Government Chairman and the Director of Administration and General Services, both officers of the Lo...

 Adeleke's Spokesperson Commends Hon. Bamidele Over Dakar Media Training for Governor's Media Aides The lawmaker representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency, Hon. Bamidele Salam, has been described as a public servant with a heart of gold. Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, stated this while congratulating members of the Governor’s media team who were selected as participants at the retreat currently holding in Dakar, Senegal. The spokesperson urged participants to make the best use of the opportunities that would be available to them. According to him, Hon. Bamidele Salam is not only representing the people of Ede Federal Constituency efficiently, but he is also building the future by empowering youths, women, the less privileged, and other groups through training and skills acquisition programs. With the theme “Refresh, Reload, Recreate, Dakar, Senegal 2025,” Mallam Olawale said media assistants to Governor Adele...