Today 4th December, 2020 about 0730 hrs, information received from the DPO Oluyole revealed that two hoodlums robbed an Okada rider of his TVS motorcycle at Olomi area of Ibadan and took to their heels. Luck eventually ran out on them and they were cut up by other riders who were on their trail at 110 roundabout area of Odo-Ona Ibadan. They descended on them before the arrival of the Police and unlesh mayhem on them. One ran away, while one other was beaten to stupor and set ablaze thereafter. This act of jungle justice which has been common…
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The Caretaker Chairman of Orire Local Government of Oyo State, Mrs. Lidea Bankole, has denied allegation of sponsoring hoodlums to attack Tewure community. She said the allegation is the handiwork of her enemies. Some hoodlums reportedly invaded the community last week, during which people were allegedly beaten and injured over a land dispute. The council boss in an interview with reporters in Ibadan described the allegations as false and malicious, targeted at tarnishing her image. She said: “How will the chief security officer of a local government hire thugs to attack her people? Tewure people have been living peacefully before…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Ibadan for the burial service of his inlaw, Reverend (Mrs) Omotola Oyediran, who doubles as the mother of his wife. Late Mrs. Oyediran, the eldest daughter of the first Premier of Western Region, Pa Obafemi Awolowo, who died in Ibadan on October 16, 2020, at 79 years, made a huge mark on society and is expected to be buried this Friday. In a similar vein, Vice President Osinbajo had a stopover at the Oyo state government House to pay governor Makinde’s mother, Late Abigail Omojolagbe Makinde, his last respect. On the entourage of…
One of the presidential candidates of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and a student of Ekiti State University, Eksu, Com Dayo Asefon has been declared winner of the election. Asefon polled 150 votes against his close opponent, Ladoja, who scored 100 votes, others are; Momodu, 11 votes, Champion scored, 2 votes while Alopay got 7 votes. Asefon polled 150 votes against his close opponent, Ladoja, who scored 100 votes, others are; Momodu, 11 votes, Champion scored, 2 votes while Alopay got 7 votes. Details shortly…
The Oyo state chapter, Union of Tippers And Quarry Employers Of Nigeria (UTQEN), has described mama Abigail Amope Makinde, late mother of Engr Seyi Makinde, the executive governor of Oyo state as painful but glorious exit. The state chairman of UTQEN, Alhaji Yekeen Adewale, popularly known as Oluaye made this known while speaking with journalists in Ibadan on Thursday shortly before commencement of mama’s lying-in-state at the agodi government house. Speaking on behalf of the union across the state, Oluaye, who is also the chairman, Oyo state Disciplinary Committee for Park Mangers, Tipper, Quarry, and Lorry, explained that it was…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity , Garba Shehu , on Thursday , said there was no truth in media reports that former governor of Ogun State , Ibikunle Amosun , transferred N12 . 5 m from the state government account to the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd . ) , when he was still the governor . In a message he posted on social media , the presidential aide said the money in question was transferred to the “ PMB Estate . ” He explained that the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate in…
The EndSARS protest, which gripped the country for about two weeks in October, resumed in Lagos State on Thursday with protesters marching by Tejuosho Road in the Yaba area of the state. SaharaReporters gathered that old women and some young men brandished various placards in the area, defying the scorching heat to march for almost two hours. They continued to chant, “End SARS and we march for our children.” A number of them were also seen carrying the Nigerian flag in their hands, with microphones to make their voices audible. #Endsars protest live at tejuosho road yaba Lagos by our…
The Activities marking the funeral Service of Late Abigail Omojolagbe Makinde the Mother of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has begun in Grand style as Governor Makinde and Other Dignitaries received the remains of his mother at his Agodi GRA residence for the lying-in-state. The remains of Chief Abigail Omojolagbe Makinde got to the residence of one of her Sons, Governor Seyi Amid pump and pagentry Governor Seyi Makinde, his Wife Tamunominini Makinde, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta States, Alhaji Dawud Makanjuola and Some other Dignitaries who received the remains of…
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, is in Ibadan, to officially pay condolence and attend the burial of late mother of Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, Late Madam Abigail Amope Omojolagbe Makinde. The burial programme is billed for this weekend in Ibadan. The Governor was accompanied on the visit by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere, Alabo Gideon Ekeuwei, former Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Elder O. O. Osusu, Special Adviser on Religious Matter, Rev. Godspower Asingba and a friend of the State, former member of the House of…
Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, son of the late Biafran leader and founder of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has attacked his late father’s wife, Bianca over claims that the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano cannot replace her husband. Bianca Ojukwu had recently attacked APGA over plans to name Obiano as the leader of the party, on the premise that he knows nothing of the ideals and ideology that prompted her late husband to found APGA. But her late husband’s son, Ojukwu Jnr in a statement insisted that some of the claims made by his father’s wife over what his father told…