Oyo State government has disclosed that it is working round the clock to maintain the peaceful atmosphere that the State has been known for, as it is the only precursor to economic growth as it stated that the government is stalling attempts by the enemies of the people to scare away investors from the State. The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun said this over the weekend in a Press Release made available to newsmen on Sunday at Ibadan. Olatubosun said against the belief of some people that the State government did not react early to…
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Sunday visited the troubled shasa community in Ibadan, Oyo state where they appealed for calm and peaceful coexistence between the Hausa community and their Yoruba hosts. The two governors who spoke at the Shasa market and the palace of the Baale Shasa, urged the residents of the community and Oyo State, particularly the Yoruba and Hausa to stop taking laws into their hands. Speaking at the market, Governor Makinde promised to give palliatives to those whose wares were affected during the crisis, adding that the…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Oyo State, Hon Akinwale Akinwole has said the All Progressives Congress APC should forget taking over the state from Governor Seyi Makinde’s led PDP in Oyo state. Akinwole popularly known as Wolekanle said the threat and plans by the opposition party to hijack the government on or before 2023 is a tall dream which would end in futility. In a chat with Journalists in Ogbomoso on Saturday, the former secretary Ogbomoso North LG under APC said, APC was rejected in Oyo state during the last election and i am very optimistic…
Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore have vowed to resist any eviction from the South -West, citing their rights as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution to live wherever they desire . Miyetti Allah also vowed to avenge the alleged attacks on and loss of herdsmen and their cattle , saying it would never tolerate any act of injustice on herders . The National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore , Mr Alhassan Saleh, stated these in an interview with Sunday PUNCH against a backdrop of the eviction notices issued to criminal herdsmen by some South -…
Early in January, a torrent of bad news started emanating from the Ibarapa axis of Oyo State. The stories were about kidnapping, attacks by killer-herdsmen and destructions of farmlands across Ibarapaland. Incidentally, those attacks were on the heels of the alarm earlier raised by Governor ‘Seyi Makinde when he declared in Saki, a key town in Oke Ogun axis of the state in December 2020 that some criminal elements were crossing the international borders into the forests around Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa. He said that the state would not allow criminal elements seize hold of the state and terrorise its people.Though…
… Says 30 per cent of Oyo’s allocation resides with Ogbomoso people The Director- General, Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi has declared that Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has demonstrated his love for the people of Ogbomoso following some laudable feats his administration has recorded in the zone. He added that 30 percent of Oyo’s allocation resides with Ogbomoso people. According to Honorable Segun Ogunwuyi: “I can tell this gathering that we have witnessed tremendous increase and need to keep striving hard. He has proved that he love the people of Ogbomoso so dearly…
Prominent political juggernauts in Ogbomoso zone on Saturday endorsed Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde for a second term in office. Rising from the zonal meeting held at Lagbami Osekun Hall in Ogbomoso South Local Government Area of Oyo State, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the zone, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi moved the motion for a second term tenure for Governor Seyi Makinde. The former House of Representatives member said the Governor has been fair to Ogbomoso in the area of appointment infrastructure, health, agriculture and other areas. The meeting was strictly meant for Oyo State Government officials…
Police authorities in Oyo state on Saturday confirmed the arrest of three operatives of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps. But, the Command was silent on the alleged shooting of another Amotekun operative by a DPO. Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the police only responded to a report from the Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), Oroji Allah, on an alleged plot by the Amotekun operatives to burn down the Gaa Fulani in Orile Igbon. Fadeyi explained the team of officers was sent to the scene to bring the operatives to the…
Following skirmishes reported in Shasha market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, the Oyo State government has ordered the immediate closure of the market indefinitely. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor gave the order to forestall breakdown of law and order in the area and equally imposed a curfew on Shasha and the market area. The curfew is to run from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. The statement warned residents of the affected area to go about their legitimate businesses peacefully, stating that anyone caught perpetrating violence…
A chieftain of APC in Oyo State and former Minister of Sports and Special Duties Duties, Professor Taoheed Adedoja has revalidated his membership of APC at his Ward 4 Popoyemoja in Ibadan South West Local Government area of Oyo State during which he was received by hundreds of party members at his family house at Popoyemoja , Ibadan. The 2007 Oyo State Governorship candidate of Action Congress expressed his happiness at the large turn out of members of APC and other political parties at the on going new membership registration and revalidation exercise. In his words “ this is clear…