The office of the PDP National Woman Leader rejects in Its entirety, the ‘Most Gender Friendly Governor’ investiture given to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello by the President of National Council for Women Societies Nigeria (NCWS), Mrs. Laraba Gloria Shoda, despite the catalogue of political harassments, social inequality, violence against women, sexual harassment and a host of other negative actions against women in Kogi State. NCWS has as its mandate, the responsibility to protect, advocate and fight for women’s rights globally. It simply amounts to a show of shame that this same organization has gone on to present a gender…
Author: Goalpoacher
It is a dawn of new era for Nigerians when the US Secretary of the Air Force, Barbara Barrett, announced on her arrival in Nigeria early this month in a statement that the 12 A – 29 Super Tucano Aircrafts ordered by the Federal Government will be delivered as scheduled this year. Barrett, who toured the Defence Space Administration and initiated the first – ever collaboration between the US and the Nigerian Defence Space Institutions, explained that the delivery would come with the training of 60 Nigerian military Pilots, Instructors, Aircraft Maintenance Specialist over 24 months. It is on this…
Facts have emerged that the success of the South-Western Security Network, codenamed ‘Amotekun’ to rid forests in Oyo State of kidnappers could be attributed to the support given by the Hunters Association of Nigeria during the operations. The Chairman of Amotekun in Oyo State, retired General Kunle Togun said this in a chat with reporters on Monday. Togun hinted that the collaboration helped operatives of the outfit to easily disarm the foreign bandits in the forests who he said were usually found with guns, poisoned arrows, poisoned cutlass, knives and dangerous amulets. He said the operatives have the custody of…
A newly elected chairman, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, has died, leaving his family members and political friends in grief. The deceased, Ali Namadi ,who was elected to the position of a chairman at Saturday’s local government elections in the state, passed away at about 1 00 am Tuesday. According to his Campaign’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Adamu Tiga, the deceased who was the Chairman elect of Bebeji Local Government Area of the state died of natural cause. He was, however, silent as to the cause or nature of his death. Meanwhile, the…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, met with the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nicolas Simard. Recall that the Canadian Government recently partnered with Oyo State government on healthcare during the free fistula repair campaign in the state. The governor made this known on his official facebook account on Monday evening. He said: “This morning, we met with the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nicolas Simard. We discussed the four pillars of our administration; education, healthcare, the economy and security. “The Canadian Government recently partnered with our government on healthcare during the free fistula repair campaign. “We also talked…
The 12-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to look into petitions of police brutality and victimisation in the state will begin public hearing next week Tuesday. The Panel, after concluding preliminary analysis of complaints/petitions submitted by victims of police brutality/victimisation, will begin the public hearing on Tuesday, 26 January, 2021 at the House of Chiefs, Oyo State House of Assembly Complex, Secretariat, Ibadan from 9.00 a.m. daily. According to a public notice signed by the Secretary to the Panel, Mr. H.T. Salami, all petitioners and respondents had been served with hearing notices…
The Chairman, South-Western Security Network codenamed ‘Amotekun’ in Oyo State, Col. Kunle Togun has disclosed that most commercial motorcyclists in the State are spies for kidnappers and bandits that have entered the Yoruba land from the porous borders of Nigeria. He said the foreigners who were ferried inside trailers into Oyo State among other States during the Covid-19 lockdown could not speak any Nigeria language but French whenever accosted by his men. Togun hinted that the warning from the State governor to traditional chiefs to stop allocating lands to herdsmen with no papers showing Nigerian nationality would go a long…
The first objective of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration is the provision for the common defense and he is doing that effectively. The Provision made by the Governor towards Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun, which is a security outfit based in Oyo State is responsible for curbing insecurity at the nooks and cranny of OyoState. Honourable Ayoola Kolawale O made this known in a press release made available to the press men where he stated that human security depends on a system where each rational individual calculates that it is more profitable not to rebel. Arabambi who is a…
The Honourable Commissioner for Ministry of Establishments and Training, Alhaji Sijui Lawal, has assured that the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde will not relent in its effort towards ensuring continuous capacity development, provision of conducive work environment and good conditions of service for its workforce in the state. Lawal gave the assurance on Monday, at the opening ceremony of a 2-day sensitization programme on the preparation of error-proof annual establishments estimates for schedule officers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), held at Simeon Adebo Staff Development Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan. He said since the inauguration of the administration on May 29,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Oyo state chapter, has said that its suspicion of opposition parties in the state having connection with the imbroglio surrounding production of fake Amotekun corps uniforms for sponsored hoodlums to cause mayhem in the state with the aim of blackmailing the Makinde led administration was already justified by capturing some of the producers of the fake uniforms. The ruling party maintained that nothing could have emboldened any resident in the state to venture into such crime of sewing fake Amotekun corps uniforms for anyone if not backed by some groups and individuals with untamed desperation…