A Front line legal luminary, Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN will on Tuesday 29th of December, 2020 feature on the monthly breakfast media chat organised by the South West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP). This was Contained in a press statement issued by the group’s chairman, Mr Olayinka Agboola and the Publicity Secretary, Remi Oladoye, the media chat which is scheduled to hold at the Exclusive Capital Inn, Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State will start by 10:00 a.m. The event promises to witness the presence of representatives of online media organisations who will be involved in interacting with…
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Edo State Deputy Governor , Rt . Hon . Comrade Philip Shaibu has urged a former Governor of the state , Comrade Adams Oshiomhole , not to subvert the will of the people and to jettison the plan to overturn the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the September 2020 governorship election through the Judiciary . Shaibu during an empowerment programme for Afemai Youths in Ogbona and Jattu respectively at the weekend reaffirmed confidence in the judiciary and President Muhammadu Buhari to protect the nation’ s democracy and the collective will of Edo people. The Deputy Governor said that Oshiomhole…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Sunday, disclosed that it was General Olu Bajowa that saved him from being killed by Lieutenant Colonel Buka Dimka in the February 13, 1976 military coup d’etat. Obasanjo made the revelation at Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, while speaking at the celebration of 80th birthday of General Olu Bajowa (Retd). “I want to say something about Olu either he knew it or he did not know. When Dimka coup came, if Olu had not been what he is, I would have gone with the coup. Let me tell you the story. “Olu is…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Dare Adeleke, has debunked assertions that there was an agreement between Governor Seyi Makinde and party leaders, to allow Eddy Olafeso return as zonal chairman of the party if he failed at the governorship race in Ondo State. Adeleke, who is the chairman of the Oyo Pacesetters Transport Services, called on the national leadership of the party to be very wary of former governor Ayo Fayose Olafeso, it will be recalled, had resigned as vice-chairman of the PDP to pursue a gubernatorial ambition. Reacting to the statement credited to Adedeji…
The feud between Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has caused division among the state chairmen and other top party chieftains in the region. Fayose and Makinde have reportedly been at loggerheads over the latter’s role in the Ekiti PDP crisis as well as the leadership of the party in the South-West. The strife, which has lingered for some months, had even recently seen the aides of the two engaging in a war of words on social media. Fayose had on…
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, LEGACY PROJECTS, FUNDING AND BENEFACTIONS This is the SIXTH EDITION of the account of stewardship of Professor Idowu Olayinka who recently completed his five-year term as the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University Nigeria on the 1st of December, 2020. In this volume is documented the achievements of his administration in the areas of INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, LEGACY PROJECTS, FUNDING AND BENEFACTIONS. Publishing these feats, as said in the previous editions means inviting everyone to not only note the achievements but to also attempt to confirm the veracity of the claims of Idowu Olayinka, learn from his actions and…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democractic Party in Kampala ward of Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state Alhaji Ahmodu Mohammed, has been killed by bandits. Ahmodu’s three daughters were also kidnapped by the bandits. An eyewitness told THISDAY that the murder of Alhaji Mohammed, a successful farmer, took place Thursday after the bandits had paid two previous visits to his community. The armed men were said to have previously attacked traders at the popular Beji market. Thursday’s raid by the bandits who numbered about 15 and carried dangerous weapons took place around 2.00am, it was learnt. A family source…
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) on Saturday confirmed the electrocution of two people at Iwo Road junction in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The commiseration was contained in a statement signed by Mr John Ayodele, IBEDC’s Chief Operating Officer. The names of the victims were given as Mr Oladeji Olatunji and Mrs Kemi Adegoke. According to IBEDC, the incident happened on Iwo-Adogba Road in Ibadan around 4 pm on Friday. “We are currently working with families of the deceased at this difficult period to help provide some measure of succour. “Investigations have begun to ascertain the facts of the case,…
The Director-General, Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi has felicitated with the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde on the occasion of his 53rd birthday. In a statement issued in Ibadan and made available to GOALPIACHER NEWS on Saturday, the former state and federal lawmaker extols the virtues of his principal, describing the success of his administration in less than two years as next none. The statement reads: “I am celebrating you not because you are boss alone but because you are a leader indeed and in whom I am well pleased.” “Your giants…
The Oyo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has said that its operatives did not kill any student of the University of Ibadan, contrary to an erroneous indication painted by some students’ body in several online media. Amotekun Oyo in a statement made available by its Commandant, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) said that operatives of the Amotekun corps only had an encounter with a three-man robbery gang, neutralised its leader and handed the two surviving members to the Atiba Police Station in Oyo town. The statement reads: “On Sunday 20th December, 2020, at about 0040hrs ( past 12midnight), a mobile…