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Her Excellency, Amb. Erelu Ngozi Abeni Adeleke, has been honoured with the Philanthropist Motherland Heroes Award 2026, at the Coronation Night of Miss Motherland Nigeria, held on Friday, 18th, September 2026, at the Luxury Hall, Landmark Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos State. The award ceremony, which brought together distinguished guests, notable personalities and dignitaries from across Nigeria and around the globe, also featured the recognition of other distinguished recipients. The award was presented to Her Excellency in recognition of her remarkable humanitarian efforts and commitment to the service of humanity. Expressing her appreciation for the honour, Amb. Erelu Ngozi Abeni Adeleke commended the Founder and National Director of Miss Motherland Nigeria, Prince Timmy Abiri, for considering her worthy of the prestigious recognition. She received the award with profound gratitude and humility, describing the recognition as a renewed motivation to do even more in the service of hu...

Her Excellency, Amb. Erelu Ngozi Abeni Adeleke, has been honoured with the Philanthropist Motherland Heroes Award 2026, at the Coronation Night of Miss Motherland Nigeria, held on Friday, 18th, September 2026, at the Luxury Hall, Landmark Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos State. The award ceremony, which brought together distinguished guests, notable personalities and dignitaries from across Nigeria and around the globe, also featured the recognition of other distinguished recipients. The award was presented to Her Excellency in recognition of her remarkable humanitarian efforts and commitment to the service of humanity. Expressing her appreciation for the honour, Amb. Erelu Ngozi Abeni Adeleke commended the Founder and National Director of Miss Motherland Nigeria, Prince Timmy Abiri, for considering her worthy of the prestigious recognition. She received the award with profound gratitude and humility, describing the recognition as a renewed motivation ...

The All Progressives Congress lost the last Osun State governorship election because it became disconnected from the grassroots, suffered internal divisions and alienated voters through its campaign approach, the Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, has said. Rasheed spoke on Thursday during a virtual town hall organised under the Nigeria Leadership Series by the Africa Leadership Group and hosted by Pastor Ituah Ighodalo. The programme, titled “Osun State Election: Implications for 2027,” featured an APC chieftain, Abbas Farouq, Esq., Managing Partner of Abdu-Salaam Abbas & Co., among the speakers. Farouq, while commenting on the election, said Adeleke clearly deserved his re-election. “Only someone who doesn't have the fear of God will say that Governor Adeleke did not deserve to win his re-election,” Farouq said. But Rasheed offered a broader explanation for the APC defeat, pointing to what he described as the party’s failure to maint...

By Sodeeq Atanda   Perinni & Co International Ltd, a real estate and consulting services company registered in Lagos State, has been executing federal projects in the Ife Central/Ife North/Ife South/Ife East Federal Constituency of Osun State that Taofeek Abimbola Ajilesoro represents. Interestingly, ownership and control of the company is linked with Ajilesoro and two other individuals, according to the data retrieved from NG.Checks, a platform which gathers information about Nigerian companies from public records and sources. Currently in the twilight of his second term, Ajilesoro was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 2019 and 2023 as a candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He’s set to contest in the 2027 general election for a third term. Ajilesoro’s company was registered at Block 78, Plot 6E, Aderinle Banjo Avenue, Magodo GRA, Lagos State on February 27, 2014, with registration number 1174248. Other registered directors of the compan...

● Reassures Public of Safety   Following  the recent security alerts, the Osun State Government has approved the establishment of a Joint Security Taskforce to strengthen security response and alert to threats to lives and properties in the state. To ensure smooth take off of the JTF, the state government declared its readiness to provide all necessary logistics that will strengthen the protection of lives and property of the people throughout Osun State . The decision was adopted at the State Security Council meeting convened yesterday by Governor Ademola Adeleke and presided over by the Deputy Governor, Prince Kola Adewusi with the new Commissioner of Police personally in attendance alongside other security Commanders. The Deputy Governor while opening the meeting conveyed the best wishes of the state Governor to the service commanders and lauded their steadfastness during recent security challenges and tasked them not to relent in the face of fresh security thre...

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has felicitated with former Deputy Governor and former Senator, Otunba Christopher Iyiola Ajani Omisore, on his 69th birthday. Governor Adeleke said Otunba Omisore has made notable contributions to the development of Osun through his professional career, public service and political engagement. He further celebrated the traditional stature of the Ile-Ife-born elder, who is Apesin Oodua of the Source, High Chief Lisa of Osogbo, Basorun of Ijesa Land and Otunba of Ipetumodu, among other traditional titles. “Today, I celebrate Otunba Omisore as a brother and a distinguished son of Osun. I wish him many more years of meaningful impact,” the Governor said. “Through every stage of his remarkable journey, whether as an Engineer, Deputy Governor, Senator, traditional leader, or community builder, he has consistently demonstrated uncommon courage, wisdom, and an enduring commitment to the progress of our peop...