Osogbo is a city in Nigeria. It became the capital city of Osun State in 1991. Osogbo city seats the Headquarters of both Osogbo Local Government Area and Olorunda Local Government Area. It is some 88 kilometers by road northeast of Ibadan. It is also 108 kilometres (67 mi) by road south of Ilorin and 108 kilometres (67 mi) northwest of Akure. Osogbo shares boundaries with Ikirun,Ilesa,Ede,Egbedore,Ogbomosho and Iragbiji and it is easily accessible from any part of the state because of its central nature. It is about 48 km from Ife,32 km from Ilesa,46 km from Iwo,48 km from Ikire and 46 km from Ila-Orangun;the city had a population of about 200,000 people and an approximate land area of 126 km. The postal code of the area is 230.
Osun State,occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government,is a state in southwestern Nigeria;bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states for 84 km and for 78 km respectively,to the north by Kwara State for 73 km,to the south by Ogun State for 84 km and to the west by Oyo State,mostly across the River Osun. Named for the River Osun—a vital river which flows through the state—the state was formed from the southeast of Oyo State on 27 August 1991 and has its capital as the city of Osogbo.
Osogbo Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Osogbo,Osun State,Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Prime F.C. and Ila Orangun FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people.
Adebayo Ayoade Salami;26 July 1951 –7 January 2021) was a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as Senator representing the Osun State Central constituency at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform.
Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola;born 25 May 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the minister of the Interior of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018.
Susanne Wenger MFR,also known as Adunni Olorisha,was an Austrian-Nigerian artist and Yoruba priestess who expatriated to Nigeria. Her main focus was the Yoruba culture and she was successful in building an artist cooperative in Osogbo. She partnered with local artists in Osogbo to redevelop and redecorate the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove with sculptures and carvings depicting the various activities of the Orishas.
Aisha Halilu Buhari;born 17 February 1971) is a professional beauty therapist who served as the First Lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.
General elections were held in Nigeria on 23 February 2019 to elect the President,Vice President,House of Representatives and the Senate. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 February,but the Electoral Commission postponed the vote by a week at 03:00 on the original polling day,citing logistical challenges in getting electoral materials to polling stations on time. In some places,the vote was delayed until 24 February due to electoral violence. Polling in some areas was subsequently delayed until 9 March,when voting was carried out alongside gubernatorial and state assembly elections.
Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke;born 13 May 1960) is a Nigerian politician and businessman,who has served as governor of Osun State since 2022. He was the senator that represented the Osun-west senatorial district from 2017 to 2019.
Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed;born 16 June 1960) is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the minister of Finance,Budget and National Planning of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. She previously served as the minister of finance from 2018 to 2019,and as the minister of State for Budget and National Planning from 2015 to 2018. In 2019,President Muhammadu Buhari brought the two ministries under her as one,making her the minister of the Economy.
Hadiza Isma El-Rufai is a Nigerian writer (novelist),and wife to the former governor of Kaduna State,Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. She was the founder of Yasmin El-rufai Foundation (YELF),a non-profit literary organization.
Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria.
Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola is a Nigerian politician who is the current minister of Marine and Blue Economy. He served as governor of Osun State from 2018 to 2022.
Flying Officer Tolulope Oluwatoyin Sarah Arotile was the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force.
The 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election took place on 16 July 2022,to elect the governor of Osun State. Incumbent All Progressives Congress Governor Gboyega Oyetola was eligible for re-election but lost by a 3.5% margin to former Senator Ademola Adeleke—the nominee of the Peoples Democratic Party. Adeleke and his running mate,Kola Adewusi,were inaugurated on 27 November. However,the Election Petition Tribunal overturned the result on 27 January 2023,awarding the win to Oyetola;Adeleke immediately appealed the ruling and remains in office pending the results of further litigation.
The federal government of Nigeria has initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 in the country.
Events in the year 2022 in Nigeria.
The 2019 Osun State House of Assembly election was held on March 9,2019,to elect members of the Osun State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 26 seats were up for election in the Osun State House of Assembly.
Osun Health Insurance Scheme (O'HIS) established by the Osun State government in Nigeria to improve the life of the people of the state at a more minimal rate,it was created to help the people have easy access to Health Care management/Insurance.
