As a result of the unrest in the land, the Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has signed a document for the immediate recruitment of 1500 personnel to kick start the Amotekun Security Outfit in Oyo state. Governor Makinde disclosed this on Tuesday, during a meeting with the representatives of #EndSARS movement, Artisans, Okada riders, Micra operatives, and Youths, held at the house of chiefs, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. According to the governor, the newly Amotekun Security Outfit Personnel will start their training on November 1st, 2020, and pass out on the 15th of November, 2020. While engaging the EndSARS movement,…
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A Federal High Court in, Lagos, on Tuesday further adjourned until Dec. 8 the continuation of the trial of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Jumoke Akinjide and others, facing charges of N650 million fraud. Jumoke Akinjide was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), along with a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ayo Adeseun, and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Olarenwaju Otiti. Also named in the charge was a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is said to be “at large”. The defendants are accused of conspiring to…
Miscreants popularlly called Area Boys on Monday, took to the streets in Ikorodu axis brandishing harmful instruments thereby sending the affected areas into panic. The separate incidents occured at Owode/Mile 12 axis, Ikorodu Central and Isiu. While the incident was ongoing, an unidentified body was found at Owode area but Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer SP Muyiwa Adejobi could not be reached at press time. The Owode/Mile 12 axis reportedly occured following looting of Covid-19 palliatives in the axis which spurred the local vigilance team into action and two suspects were apprehend and handed over to the Police. However,…
It was a gathering of who is who among Muslims in Oyo State at the prayer reception organised for an educationist, Professor Rashid Aderinoye who just retired from University of Ibadan at the age of 70. The prayer reception organised by National Council of Muslim Youths Organisations, NACOMYO, Oyo State Chapter was held at Conference Hall of University of Ibadan Central Mosque. Clerics, political office holders, academics and associates took turn to render encomia on Professor Aderinoye for his selfless service to humanity. Chairman, Oyo State Muslim Community, Alhaji Kunle Sanni described Professor Aderinoye as a Jihadist of note, an…
The Coalition Against COVID- 19 has explained that the scale of the nationwide food distribution programme and the magnitude of persons to benefit from the palliatives were some of the reasons that delayed the delivery of the items . In a statement issued by its spokesperson in Abuja , Nwanosiobi Osita , the coalition stated that it had been working with governors , the minister of the Federal Capital Territory and the Nigerian Governors ’ Forum to procure , deliver and distribute these relief items . It said the distribution was to almost two million most vulnerable families ( over…
The Deputy National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bolaji Afeez Repete has revealed that Oyo State Government has received 72 trucks of CACOVID palliatives out of the 124 trucks it is billed to get from the Federal Government for onward distribution to the people of Oyo State. The former special adviser on youth and sports during the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi disclosed this while speaking via the telephone with Aanuoluwapo Omorinde on IMPACT POINT – a Weekly Current Affairs programme on IBR 92.5fm monitored by OYO INSIGHT.COM It would be recalled that the People’s Democratic…
Two persons have allegedly been killed by operatives of the Nigerian Army in Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State. SaharaReporters gathered that trouble started when some youth, calling for the removal of Akire of Ikire, Oba Olatunde Falabi (Lambeloye III), stormed the palace and drove the monarch out of the place. The protesters were relying on the Supreme Court judgment of 2014 that it was not the turn of the Falabi’s ruling house to produce the Akire and also a similar judgment by the state high court in few months ago. Efforts by men of…
The British High Commission in Nigeria has urged security agents to exercise restraint as they restore law and order in the country. For about a week now, hoodlums, who hijacked the #EndSARS protests against police brutality, have wreaked havoc and destroyed lives and valuable assets in the country. In a tweet on Monday, the British Commission again condemned last Tuesday attack at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State where eyewitnesses said soldiers opened fire on protesters around 7pm. It, therefore, asked all Judicial Panels of Inquiry to work with relevant stakeholders to efficiently probe the Lekki shootings and wanton…
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has described the death of the Bobajiro of Ibadanland and former Secretary to the State Government and Head of Civil Service in the state, Chief Theophilus Akinyele, as a great loss to the state. The governor, who stated that Pa Akinyele’s passing meant he has lost a very reliable father, added that the late bureaucrat’s wealth of experience and wisdom as well as his love for the state were unparalleled. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, added that the late Pa Akinyele is a proven historian, community…
The Oyo state governor, engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, said he has set up an initial #500 million compensation fund for victims of injustice, while the state judicial panel that will review cases of police brutalities will be inaugurated in the next one week. Governor Makinde stated this during a meeting with the local government Caretaker chairmen, Local Council Development caretaker Chairpersons, Clerics, traditional rulers, and security chiefs, held at the house of chiefs, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan to find a lasting solutions to the unrest occasioned by the #EndSARS protest. At the meeting, the governor noted that, as a result…