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Amidst illegal hijack of Osun local government fund and violation of Osun local finance laws, Governor Ademola Adeleke has condemned the impunity and gross violation of the constitution, declaring that “Osun people won't bow to impunity”. Addressing the inaugural outing of the MINARET University at Ikirun on Thursday, Governor Adeleke in a strongly worded speech recalled the political conflicts of the first and second republics and declared that Osun people are too educated to be deceived, to be oppressed and to be suppressed. “I will use this opportunity to remind us of the political conflicts of the first and second republics. When the darkness is thick, when brute force attempts to suppress legality, when impunity reigns supreme, genuine patriots remain unruffled. They stand by the Constitution and by God like the Olumo rock.  “Patriots, genuine leaders of the people, hold their heads high. They proclaim -this is a fiery furnace. This is a parable of God...

● AS UBA ALLEGEDLY PRESSURES EDITORS TO KILL OSUN LG FUND DIVERSION STORY Nigerian newsrooms witnessed a tough fire fight last night as the United Bank for Africa (UBA) allegedly mounted severe pressure on several news organisations to stop the publication of an anti- corruption story in which the bank was involved. The Osun State Assembly had raised alarm over illegal payments of almost 50 billion naira to illegal council chairmen in Osun state in contravention of LG law regulating Local government finances. The UBA was fingered in the violation of the law and under the table payments to APC politicians whose self-awarded tenure lapsed in October 2025. While the story was already published in several news mediums, the UBA operatives stormed the newsrooms and in the process allegedly made a shocking confession. Impeccable sources said agents of the bank alleged that they cooperated with the APC chairmen because the CBN allegedly threatened to withdraw its operating licence....

The Grassroots Media Team today played host to Barrister Pelumi Olajengbesi, a distinguished legal luminary, public interest advocate, and frontline House of Representatives aspirant for the Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency. Barrister Olajengbesi, an Abuja-based legal practitioner of repute, widely read columnist, and the Convener of the Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates in Nigeria, was received with great enthusiasm by members of the team. The meeting, which marked the Grassroots Media Team’s first official gathering of 2026 and its fourth conference since inception, was held at Imole House, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo. At the meeting, the team once again declared its unwavering commitment to the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke, citing the Governor’s people-centered governance, visible infrastructure development, and transformative policies since assuming office in 2022. In his address, Barrister Olajengbesi extolled the Grassroots Media Team as a formidab...

The Osun State chapter of the Accord  is pleased to formally inform the good people of Osun State that His Excellency, Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has been successfully uploaded into the records of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly nominated candidate of the Accord for the August 8, 2026 Governorship Election in Osun State. This positive development lays to rest the crass scheming, false expectations, and desperate propaganda of enemies of Osun State who had hoped otherwise. The confirmation by INEC is yet another affirmation that the will of the people cannot be subverted by mischief or political desperation.  The Accord in Osun State sincerely appreciates the overwhelming support, solidarity, and confidence reposed in the party and in Governor Ademola Adeleke by the good people of Osun State. We urge our supporters and all well-meaning residents not to be distracted by the evil machinations of avowed enemi...

The Osun State Government has noted the intemperate, misleading and inflammatory statement credited to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, over the ongoing illegal withholding of local government funds due to Osun State and the siege on council secretariats.  Contrary to the desperate attempt to reframe facts, the crisis over Osun local governments did not arise from propaganda, incompetence or disregard for the judiciary by Governor Ademola Adeleke. It arose from a brazen effort by unelected individuals, backed by partisan federal actors, to forcefully occupy local government secretariats after their sack by courts of law. The claim that local government chairmen were “reinstated” and are lawfully in office is a gross distortion. The court judgments are public documents for anyone to read. There was no reinstatement. Even if there was a reinstatement, tenure is a matter of law, not sentiment. Once tenure expires, no court order can resurrec...

… Accuses the Police of receiving Illegal Orders from Oyetola Governor of Osun State, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke, has demanded the immediate release of over ₦130 billion in statutory allocations allegedly withheld from the state’s local governments, warning that the continued blockade is crippling grassroots governance and inflicting hardship on workers and residents. In a statewide broadcast on Monday on the illegal occupation of local government secretariats and the defence of democratic order, Adeleke said court-sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen and councillors had unlawfully occupied council offices across the state for nearly a year, despite judgments of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, in November 2022 and affirmations by the Court of Appeal in February and June 2025 nullifying their elections. “The court removed them, not my administration,” the governor said, stressing that fresh local government elections were conducted in compliance with subsist...