Some suspected bororo bandits attacked the operatives of Amotekun and their Vigilante colleagues while on Ofiki road, Aba Agudugu in Atisbo Local Government area of Oyo state. According to Corenews, the incident happened when Amotekun Operatives and the Local Vigilantes were trying to settled disputes between Fulani and Yoruba in Abagugudu market. One of the Fulanis matcheted the two Amotekun operatives on ground. The matcheted Amotekun operatives Oguntade Michael and Tijani Yekini and the injured Vigilante group members are currently receiving treatment at an hospital in Atisbo. The matter had been reported to the Nigerian Police for onward investigations.
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The Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) arrested not fewer than four (4) impostors who had been parading themselves as traffic Officials in Ibadan Southwest Local Government Area of Ibadan and defrauding unsuspecting members of public by falsefuly obtaining cash amounts ranging from ten to thirty-five thousand Naira Only (#10,000-#35,000) for various alleged traffic offences of which they were not authorized to apprehend or penalize defaulters. Parading them at the Authority’s administrative headquarters in Ibadan, the Executive Chairman, Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi told journalists that the attention of the Agency had been drawn to multitude of public complaints…
The political equations in Oyo State have been rearranged as the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and the Ladoja Political Group dissolved into the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday. The merger was formalised at a special enlarged meeting held at Samonda State Secretariat of the party. In a communique jointly signed by the leadership and stakeholders of the party, ZLP said that it decided to dissolve into the APC in order to save Oyo State from economic collapse occasioned by insecurity, excessive borrowing and poor vision of Oyo State government under Governor Seyi Makinde. The communique directed all members of…
The Government of Oyo and Kwara states have resolved to form synergy with a view to end insecurity on BORDER-LINES surrounding both state in the South-Western region of the Country and the middle-belt region. The resolution was made known by Governor Seyi Makinde after a closed-door joint-security meeting with the Kwara state’s delegation led by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq with cabinet members of Oyo state, security chiefs of both states and Traditional rulers at the Executive Council Chambers of the Governor’s office in Ibadan. Makinde while briefing newsmen after the meeting stated that the meeting centred on recent impasse between fulani…
By Funmilayo Oke Farmers in Ijaye, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo ,on Tuesday morning staged a protest against the continuous destruction of their farmlands and crops by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the town. They gathered at the Governor’s Office at Secretariat Ibadan, carrying various placards, chanting songs and expressing their grievances on the alarming increase in the destruction of their farm produce by the suspected Fulani herdsmen. It was gathered that one of the farmers’ arm got amputated with herdsmen reportedly herded their cattle into the farms of the settlers without respect for the farmer’s feelings and destroy farm…
….Seeks Police Support in Training Amotekun Corps Oyo State government has perfected plans to post lawyers from the State Ministry of Justice to the Oyo State Police Command to afford the police timely legal advice and ensure speedy judicial process. This was made known on Monday, when the State Police Commissioner, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko paid a courtesy visit to Oyo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Oyelowo Oyewo (SAN) at the Board room of the Ministry. The Attorney General in his opening remark welcomed the Commissioner of Police, said outside the herdsmen and related issues, Oyo State…
Retired Permanent Secretaries Commend Makinde For Creating More Education Zones, Appointments Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has been lauded for creating four additional zones for the State’s Post Primary school education administration in the State. The new zones which include Kisi, Iseyin, Ibadan II and IV came on stream in the last quarter of 2020 following Governor Makinde’s approval for their establishment, to join the existing six in the State post primary school teaching service commission. Commending the governor for the initiative, the body of the Forum of Retired Permanent Secretaries (Schools’ Administration), FOPSSA, described the gesture alongside appointment of…
A foremost legal luminary, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), weekend, has advised Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to demonize the person of acclaimed freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as ‘Sunday Igboho,’ but rather be proactive than being reactionary. He gave the warning, while speaking with journalists at his residence in Ibadan, following the imbroglio created by the driving out of the state of the leader of the Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Alhaji Saliu Kadri. Recall that on January 15 was the day Sunday Igboho, and his supporters stormed the Fulani Community in Igangan, Ibarapa Local Council…
Our attention has been drawn to a release purportedly emanated from Fayose’s acolytes under the aegis of PDPYC. The group described Arapaja as a wanderer while praising Fayose for staying in the Party till date. In Party politics, it is not a seditious to exit a Party at any point on time in the face of perceived injustice, impunity and gang-up against one’s interest and aspirations. Lots of political heavyweights in Nigeria has done this. In recent time, Muhammed Buhari, Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, Rasidi Ladoja, Alao Akala and et all have exited a Party for another. Fayose himself wandered…
Some commuters were stranded in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Monday , as commercial taxi and bus drivers and commercial motorcyclists jostled to buy the Premium Motor Spirit otherwise called petrol. The motorists scrambled for fuel in most filling stations where the products were being sold with long queues of vehicles in most of the filling stations within the state capital . Visits around Ibadan showed that some filling stations were shut down while the others are besieged with long queues of Okada riders , private and commercial drivers. Commercial transport operators doubled transport fares as a result of…