National Industrial Court, Ibadan has declared as null and void the sack of of a staff of African Newspaper of Nigeria PLC, Publisher of Nigerian Tribune Titles, Mr. Kareem Popoola by the Company . The presiding Judge, Justice J. D Peters who delivered the judgement on the suit filed by Mr Popoola, former President of Staff Cooperative Society of the company also described the dismissal as abuse of power by the management. Justice Peters who noted that the company could not give any reason for dismissing the plaintiff as he was not queried for any gross misconduct on duties before…
Author: Goalpoacher
Those pushing the narrative still think demonising AMOTEKUN will score for them political points. In their fancy, they are already drawing a link between the Amotekun and the fabled SARS which some youths rose against last year. They are wrong and totally miscalculating because it is a faulty narrative. Weaponising ethnicity with a view to destroying AMOTEKUN will meet with a solid brickwall and it will, also, not work. And because they failed in their bid to stop the launch of AMOTEKUN, they have now resorted to twisting facts and creating their own bubble of alternative and fictional reality. They…
Workers of The Polytechnic Ibadan have declared an industrial action, over the non-implementation of the minimum wage by the state government At a general meeting of academic and non-academic staff convened by a Joint committee of all Staff Unions, it was reiterated that the governing council, and by extension Oyo state government has repeatedly refused to implement the minimum wage for workers in the institution. The Chairman of SSANIP, Abiodun Abegunde in his opening remarks commended the workers for their steadfastness so far and noted that the issue must be fought to a logical conclusion. He noted that different efforts…
A Socio-cultural group in Ibarapaland, Lanlate Development Congress (LDC) has been commended the Oyo State Security Network Codenamed Amotekun for combing and clearing kidnappers hideouts in Ibarapaland. The commendation was contained in a statement signed by the group spokesperson, Jacobson Adeniji and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. Lanlate Development Congress thanks the number one Security Chief in the State, Governor Seyi Makinde for mobilizing Amotekun officers in getting rid of all kidnappers den in the Ibarapa zone of the state. The group urged Governor Seyi Makinde and the state Commandant, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd) not to make the combing…
The Seriki Fulani in Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Kadri has disagreed with the Amotekun’ s claim on last weekend’s operation in where bandits and kidnappers were routed. The Seriki spoke with Punch through Umoru Saliu, who said he was the son of the Fulani leader. Umoru had claimed that three persons were killed and four among those shot later died. He, however, said on Sunday that three persons were killed but another injured victim died at a hospital in Igbo – Ora on Sunday. Umoru said those killed were not kidnappers, saying one of those killed was preparing for the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has urged the people and residents of the state to use their areas of influence to support the government in the fight against all forms of insecurity in the state. He charged the people as a matter of necessity to make information in their domains available to help the government arrest the security situation in the state. Governor Makinde gave the charge on Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Peter, Aremo, Ibadan, during a special service organized in commemorating the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration. Speaking through the Secretary to the State Government,…
Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir Bello,has hailed the leadership of Development Governance Consult ( DGC) and other partners for complementing the efforts of the state government at improving the health status of residents and citizens of the state . Dr. Bello , gave the accolade at a 3 day meeting of the state Health Financial Technical Working Group , held at Owu Crown Hotel , Monatan , Iwo – Road , Ibadan . According to him, ” the purpose of the meeting was to appraise the state of health financing in Oyo state to reach a consensus on…
The Commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), has said that there were no clashes between his men and Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa land and Oke Ogun axes of Oyo State. The Commandant, who addressed newsmen in Ibadan, said that his men launched six operations in four local government areas, but that the team in Aiyete was attacked inside the forest by suspected bandits, three of whom were killed by his men. According to him, the operations were fully supported by Fulani leaders living in the areas, adding that a number of Miyetti Allah…
Owners of private health facilities in Oyo State have been warned against managing COVID-19 cases in their facilities, as this has been linked with the rising cases of the infection in the state. The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and the state’s COVID-19 Technical Task Force, on Saturday, gave this warning, noting that there are approved 30 Testing Centres including the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, for the purpose of testing samples. It added that those suspected to have symptoms of coronavirus infection should be referred to these centres for testing and that testing for symptomatic or suspected cases is free.…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the certificate forgery case brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Honourable Justice Adamu Mohammed, who delivered the judgement on Saturday, said the plaintiffs failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt that the first defendant, (Mr. Obaseki) forged his certificates. According to the judge: “Allegation of forgery borders on crime which must be proved beyond reasonable doubt. “In the instant case, no iota of evidence talk-less of a proof beyond reasonable doubt was brought to prove the allegation of forgery against the first defendant (Mr Obaseki). “Having…