Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe K, the member representing Oluyole federal constituency at the weekend empowered 200 women and youths in her constituency in Cosmetology training. The Chairperson, House Committee on Diaspora, has also advised the beneficiaries to apply the knowledge they have acquired and judiciously make use of the start-up funding provided to them. “This empowerment is part of my efforts to ensure fulfillment of my campaign promises of Worthy Laws, Provision of Water, Good roads, Education, Empowerment, Employment and Power, acronymed WWREEEP, in Oluyole Federal Constituency through programs that would promote self-dependency within the community.” She said. Akande-Sadipe, who spoke…
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Oyo State’s only Federal female lawmaker, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe K has called on Leaders of the All Progressive Congress to make provisions for more women to participate in elective roles and appointments. Akande-Sadipe made the appeal after a Stakeholders meeting organized by the Party, held in Ibadan. The Oluyole Federal Constituency Representative at the Green Chambers noted that women have inherent leadership skills that could provoke desirable change in the development of their immediate society and the Nation, at large. Using herself as an example of the commitment women put into any responsibility accorded them. She added that her role…
The caretaker Chairman, Akinyele south local council development, area Hon. Ahmed Kazeem Adekunle, Wednesday, intervened in the Sasa market leadership tussle that has been in existence over a decade ago. While addressing the two factions at the State Secretariat of the Oyo State Association Of traders in Nigeria (OYSATRIN) in Ibadan, the chairman implored the two aggrieved factions to remain calm and be law abiding as his government will take all necessary action to bring lasting solution to the leadership tussle. The Babaloja General of Oyo state who was also present at the meeting implored Usman Yako group to embrace…
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said on Wednesday that his government will continue to implement policies and programmes that will ensure that the state remains a pace-setter in both human and physical development. The governor, who stated this while congratulating indigenes and residents of the state on the 45th anniversary of the creation of Oyo State, declared that his administration has been executing programmes that target the growth of the state’s economy, the upliftment of its people and the transformation of its infrastructure. He acknowledged the contributions of individuals whom he described as heroes of the state, including former…
A man , whose identity could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report , was almost lynched by the residents of Akure , the Ondo State capital for raping a yet to be identified lady . He was alleged to have also plucked the victim ’ s eyes . The details of how the suspected rapist perpetrated the act was yet to be revealed as both the suspect and the victim were reportedly in the hospital and yet to regain their consciousness. It was gathered that a resident of Oluwatuyi Area of Akure caught the rapist…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani – Kayode , has appealed to the Ooni of Ife , Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi , to forgive popular Yoruba rights activist , Sunday Adeyemo , well known as Sunday Igboho , over his recent comments against the monarch. The PUNCH had reported Wednesday that Igboho said the monarch disappointed the Yoruba people when he visited the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd . ) , of recent over the herdsmen crisis rocking the South- West region . The activist , who issued a seven – day quit notice to herdsmen accused of sundry…
The national president of Nawairudeen Society of Nigeria, Alh. Rasheed Yusuff has called on Nigerians, particularly the ethnic jingoistic, to embrace peace and avoid act capable of triggering crisis among the nation’s ethnic nationalities. Yusuff urged Nigerians to put the country first before whatever section, ethnic, political or religious interest they represent, saying it is too late in the day for anybody to still place ethnic or sectional consideration above national interest. He gave the advice while speaking with The Nation shortly after their National seminar on capacity building at the NUD National Headquarters, Abeokuta, Ogun State He noted that…
Former Governor of Osun State and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, Wednesday contended that in normal circumstance, a Caretaker Executive Committee for a political party was an abnormality if not carefully controlled and expeditiously managed. Speaking at the APC (2021) membership registration and revalidation exercise in Ila Orangun, he said most of the aberrant authorities end up in contempt and disgrace. He then advised the current APC executive committees to resist all temptations that usually characterized most handpicked authorities in most underdeveloped countries of the world. Speaking further, Akande submitted that “the second is…
LESS than a week after the Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Saliu Abdulkadir and many others left Igangan, in Ibarapa zone of Oyo State, secretary of the Farmers Association in Ibarapaland, Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, has raised the alarm that the Fulani have been returning to the town. Noting that virtually all the Fulani left upon the intervention of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, Adeagbo said with the continued entry of the herdsmen, residents of Igangan are once again living in fear. He noted that the return of the Fulani was signalled on Sunday when, hours before Governor Seyi Makinde visited…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency released its 2021 Seasonal Climate Prediction on Tuesday and stated that the Federal Capital Territory , Abuja , and four other states would witness shorter agricultural growing season this year. It named the four states as Lagos , Kwara, Osun and Oyo , as it noted that the length of growing season in 2021 over Sokoto , Yobe , Nasarawa , parts of Ondo, Edo, Imo , Cross River and Abia would be longer by five to 13 days . For states that would witness shorter growing season , NiMet said the shorter length of season…