Osun

Pollution: Osun Stakeholders Urge FG To Curb Illegal Mining

June 13, 2022 1:36 pm

The rising spate of illegal mining in the Osun State have seen some stakeholders motioning to the Federal Government and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to deal with the heavy contamination of Osun River as urgently as they can.

The Statement has reiterated that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, and NESREA to set up a committee to deal with mining activities in Osun State, which has polluted Osun River.

They make the call in a communique after a Twitter Space themed “The Gold Curse: Poverty, …

Polls: Allow Peace To Reign, Oyetola Appeals To Politicians

May 3, 2022 2:14 am

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has appealed to politicians in the state to play according to the rules, as the campaign for the governorship election billed for July 16 takes shape.

Oyetola, who stated this while addressing journalists after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at Osogbo Central Eid Praying Ground on Monday, also called on them to desist from anything that could threaten the peace of the state.

The governor asserted that politics should not be seen as a do-or-die, hence the need for loyalists and supporters of candidates and political parties to maintain decorum and guide their public conducts before, …

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola

Osun 2022: Why I Will Be Re-Elected, Oyetola Reveals

March 24, 2022 12:25 am

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has boasted that he has no doubt that the people of the State who have been supporting him would work for his re-election to ensure continuity.

Oyetola made this assertion on Wednesday in Olorunda Local Government Area of the State.

The Governor stated this while speaking during an engagement programme with State Barbers Association added that his achievements in more than three years in office in the state will speak for his reelection in the July 16 governoship poll.

Oyetola made these assertions through his Special

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Osun 2022: I Am Still PDP’s Guber Candidate, Adeleke Insists

March 13, 2022 4:26 am

Senator Ademola Adeleke on Sunday insisted that he remains the valid gubernatorial candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State for the July 16, gubernatorial election in the State.

In a widely circulated statement made available by the Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation on Sunday, Adeleke who maintained that his emergence was a product of due compliance with the party and Nigeria’s Constitution added that by law and tradition, he still remained the flagbearer.

The former lawmaker went on to stress that he is ready to lead the party to victory in the gubernatorial polls, the 2018 Osun PDP …