Why I Owe Osun Workers 5 Months Salary – Governor Aregbesola

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Wednesday opened up on his inability to pay the salaries of workers in the state for five months, blaming it on “declining federal allocation.”

The governor made the open confession at the 7th Bola Tinubu Colloquium organised to mark Tinubu’s 63rd birthday in Lagos.

He said he was deeply pained and unhappy that he had not been able to pay workers salaries.

Thugs attacks Police Minister in Osun

Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Abdul Jelili Adesiyan, was yesterday night attacked by peoples suspected to be thugs in Gbongan, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State.

The minister, who is also from the local government, was allegedly attacked when his house to house campaign train arrived Gbongan, where no fewer than ten members of the Peoples Democratic Party were severely injured.

Osun Workers Unpaid Salaries Dangerous - Security Expert

A security expert, Mr. Lekan Jackson-Ojo, has said the failure of Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to pay workers for the last five months could trigger insecurity and other forms of crimes in the state. 

Jackson-Ojo said this in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo on Friday.

Photos : Osun State Workers Protest Over Unpaid 5 Months Salaries

 The Osun State workers are now ready to protest against the State government for their unpaid (4months for junior workers and 5months for senior workers) salaries.

Gathered at Fakunle Comprehensive high sch and ready to block the main Olaiya Junction of Osogbo..

Photo: Alleged rapist paraded at OAU Senate building

The twitter handle of OAU students tweeted this pic above alleging he’s a rapist caught within the school premises. They didn’t say if he’s a student or not but they say he allegedly raped or tried to rape a year 1 student.

“You have a hand in the murder of Bola Ige” – Lagbaja rejects Omisore’s offer to perform at campaign

Lagbaja has rejected an offer by the Iyiola Omisore Campaign Organisation to perform at the grand reception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s scheduled visit in Osogbo, Osun State, next week.

According to reports, the masked musician had been approached to thrill supporters of Senator Iyiola Omisore, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the August 9 governorship election in Osun State.

Aftermath Ekiti election: Aregbesola, Oyegun, Tinubu visit Oyinlola

Some national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, visited former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, at his Okuku residence, apparently in connection with the August 9 governorship election in the state.

The team was led by the new national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and the national leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, with Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, also in the team. The visit is coming a day after the APC candidate in Ekiti governorship election, Dr Kayode Fayemi lost to the PDP candidate, Mr Ayodele Fayose.

Graphic Photo: Boy Suffocates to Death Inside Grave Attempting to Cut off Corpse’s Head

The people of Ilobu, headquarters of Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, yesterday woke up to be confronted by a bizarre development as the body of a young man, simply identified as Abdullahi, was found in a grave where he was allegedly attempting to cut off and exhume the skull of a corpse buried not long ago.

I’ll win without rigging, violence –Omisore

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said he will win the August 9 governorship election in the state without rigging or violence.Reacting to a statement credited to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that the PDP could only win Osun governorship election through rigging, Omisore said Tinubu made the statement because he had seen the handwriting on the wall.