President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a closed-door meeting with the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila over the various #EndSARS, #EndSWAT protests across the country. The meeting which started on Sunday afternoon, is being held at the presidential villa, Abuja where the various protests in the country is the main issue of the meeting. Details later…..
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…to set up judicial panel The Government of Oyo State has created an email account and a section on the state’s website for residents of the state to report incidences of police violations and brutality. Residents of the state can report cases of police violations via the email address, reportpolice@mail.oyostate.gov.ng or through the link on the Oyo State website, https://oyostate.gov.ng/reportpolice/, where they can fill out a form. The state government, in a statement on Sunday, said that plans are already afoot to set up a judicial panel that will look into the various forms of abuses and violations that are reported. It stated…
The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19, on Saturday, asked residents of the state to remain eternally vigilant of the dreaded coronavirus, adding that the State is yet to defeat the virus. The warning came against the backdrop of the State recording 72 new confirmed cases on Friday. The Task Force, in a statement by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, stated that the State would continue to put measures in place to ensure the eradication of the virus in its domain, adding, however, that there was no cause for alarm…
Following the declaration of the Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, for a second term, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (Solan), has felicitated him, on what he described as “a much deserved victory,” as well as cautioned the Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, against overrating himself. Recall that Akeredolu, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared winner in the governorship election conducted Saturday, 10 October, 2020, by the Chief Returning Officer, University of Ibadan’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, having polled 292,830 votes, to defeat his main challengers, Eyitayo Jegede SAN, of the Peoples Democratic Party…
The caretaker chairman of Oriire Local Government, Ikoyi-ile, and on behalf of caretaker committee members, PDP family, management team, staff and the good people of Oriire Local Government, Ikoyi-ile with heavy heart condoles with His Excellency,Engr. Oluseyi Makinde, the Executive Governor of Oyo state and the entire Makinde’s family over the demise of mama Abigail Makinde. In her condolence message, Hon. Lydia Bankole described the late mother of the Governor as a special blessed woman,a jewel of inestimable value and an epitome of humility. The council boss while noting the pains of loosing one’s mother said that death as an…
The host of breakfast programme , Your View, Morayo Afolabi – Brown , has denied an allegation by her former colleague , Sandra Eze aka Sanzye , that Bourdillon ordered her indefinite suspension from the show . Afolabi – Brown said in a video on Instagram that the decision to suspend Eze was taken by the management of Television Continental and not Bourdillon . Bourdillon , Ikoyi, Lagos , is where the home of All Progressives Congress chieftain , Bola Tinubu , is located . Tinubu is rumoured to own TVC . Sanzye , who was a co – host…
These are not the best of times for the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress . The crisis of confidence amongst major players within the ruling party in the state has attracted the attention of the party ’ s National Secretariat in Abuja . The party has since set up a five- man reconciliation committee under the chairmanship of Kaduna State Governor , Nasir El – Rufai . Although opinions are divided about the root cause of the crisis , there appears to be a consensus that the battle for the control of the party ’ s structure…
A chieftain of the ruling party in Oyo State, Engr Femi Babalola has kicked against the norm of appointing technocrats to manage sensitive political offices. The Peoples Democratic Party stalwart disclosed this on Fresh FM Political Circuit anchored by Isaac Brown at the weekend. Engr Babalola cited the administrations of Lam Adesina of a blessed memory, Rasheed Ladoja and Alao Akala who all appointed politicians as the Secretary to the State Government. Chief Michael Koleoso, Oloye Sarafadeen Alli and Chief Olakojo respectively noting that they all performed well while in office. Engr Babalola who was a guber aspirant in 2019…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has described the death of the late chairman of the African Newspapers of Nigeria PLC, publishers of the Tribune titles, Revd. Mrs. Tola Oyediran, as great a loss to the state and the entire country. The governor, in a condolence message to the management of Tribune Newspapers, the Oyediran and Awolowo families, maintained that the eldest daughter of the first Premier of Western Region, Pa Obafemi Awolowo, who died in Ibadan on Friday, made a huge mark on the society. He added that she would be remembered for her immense contributions in sustaining the…
In line with the wide stakeholders’ consultation tour embarked upon by the management team of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission( OYSIEC ) to reduce voters’ apathy, the chairman of the commission, Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju, has urged the electorates to trust the electoral process of the local government election. The chairman made the appeal when he paid a courtesy visit to the Muslim Ummah Society of Western Nigeria (MUSWEN) at Iwo Road , Ibadan. He urged the citizens and residents of Oyo state to trust the integrity of members of the commission and give the electoral umpire a chance…