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  Members of the Senior and Non-Academic Staff of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso will on Monday hold a peaceful protest to demand the payment of its 8 month salary arears. The protest, which was announced in a statement made available to newsmen will take place after a congress of the institution’s Joint Action Committee The agenda of the protest includes: 1. Payment of 8 months salaries arrears 2. Payment of 13 months cooperative societies deductions 3. Payment of balance of 68hours Earned allowances 4. Payment of Promotion arrears from 2012/2013 5. Immediate Constitution of LAUTECH Governing council 6. Immediate implementation of promotions 7. Implementation and payment of Minimum wage and arrears  

  Oyo State Government has announced that there would be total restriction of human and vehicular movements during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise holding on Saturday. A statement signed and made available to journalists by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke, said the restriction of movement would, however, not affect those on essential duties, including health workers, journalists, and the law enforcement agents. According to the statement, the exercise would hold between 6am and 9am on Saturday, warning against the violation of the environmental sanitation law as violators would face severe penalties. “There shall be total restriction of both vehicular and human movement except for those on essential duties,” the statement said. It directed Chairmen of Local Government and Local Council Development Areas in the state to ensure compliance in their respective domains as it is expected that citizens utilize the period to clea...

  The President, Ogbomoso Baptist Conference,Rev. Dr. Thomas Niyi-Ojo has called on the public to obey the federal government directive on measures to prevent the spread of covid-19 rather than pay a fine or risk a jail term. Rev. Ojo made the call while speaking with Radio Nigeria on a health protection document stipulating penalties for defaulters of covid 19 preventive measures signed by President Muhammadu Buhari The cleric who differentiated between spiritualism and realism acknowledged that covid 19 was real and still prevalent. "I want to encourage you to follow the rules and obey what the federal government has said.It will not be good for anyone to be imprisoned and it will not be good for anyone of you to be paying the money you don't even have. Lets follow instructions and let be good children of God" He said He urged all and sundry to comply with covid-19 safety protocols. Rev.Ojo while recalling from the scriptures how pestilence and tribulations were subdued...

  The Acting General Manager of Crown Football Club of Ogbomoso, Mr Oyeleye Oyekunle, has assured fans and supporters of the team that playing their home matches at the LAUTECH pitch instead of the Soun Township Stadium will bring positive results needed to propel the team to the elite division. The former Administrative Secretary made this known in an exclusive chat with the Broadcasting Corporation Of Oyo State (BCOS) Television's Saturday Breakfast Sports anchored by the renowned TV Sports presenter, Mr. Boluwaji Ogunmola. In his words, " we feel comfortable playing at the Lautech pitch and we believe we will get expected results there, with the support of all stakeholders'. The Maracana Stadium at the Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso will be the new home ground of the Ajilete Warriors instead of the traditional Soun Township Stadium. The change in venue of the home matches is as a result of the ongoing renovation of the Soun Township Stadi...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced the appointment of Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo as the new Chief of Naval Staff alongside other service chiefs.  The new CNS holds a PGD in Transport Management and a Master’s degree in Transport Management (Logistics option) both from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso.  Gambo was born on 22 of April and hails from Nasarawa LGA in Kano State. He enlisted into the NN on 24 Sep 04 as a member of Regular Course 36 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant on 24 Sep 88. He is an Underwater Warfare specialist with a subspecialisation in Intelligence. The senior officer has attended several military courses which include; Sub-Technical course and Officers Long course both at NNS QUORRA. He also attended Junior Division 470/99 and Senior Course 26 both at AFCSC Jaji. Other courses attended include the National Defence Course at the South African National Defence College. Until his appointment as the CNS, h...

Days after visiting Igangan in Ibarapa region of Oyo state, the house of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho has been reportedly gutted by fire. News reports say that the incident happened around 3am on Tuesday morning. One of the aides said they suspect foul play in the incident. “Igboho has two houses in Soka. The old and the new one where he lives now. The old one got burnt overnight. We suspect foul play. It could be the work of people who don’t like what we are doing to liberate Yoruba from the oppression,” he said. Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has been in the spotlight lately over his eviction notice to herders in Oke Ogun area of Oyo state. He blamed herders for the high level of insecurity in towns and villages in Ibarapa local government area of the state and gave them seven days to vacate the area.

  Oyo State Teaching Service Commission has commenced the distribution of appointment letters to newly recruited teachers in the state. TESCOM’s Permanent Secretary,  Mrs Grace Oderinde disclosed this in Monday Afternoon. “Further to the recruitment exercise embarked upon by TESCOM, we are glad to inform you that the management of TESCOM has successfully completed recruitment of all teaching positions and based on the executive approval of His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, we are set to release the appointment letters of five thousand (5000) teaching professionals The collection of the letters will commence from Monday, February 1, 2021 at our zonal offices corresponding to your local government area.” Details of the Zonal offices and local Government areas below for the collection of the letter are as follows; ZONE LGA Ibadan Zone 1 Ibadan SE lbadan NE Ibadan Zone 2 Ibadan North lbadan North East lbadan North West Ibadan Zone 3 Egbeda Ona-Ara Oluyole Ibadan Zone 4 Lagelu...

  Four persons were reported dead in a fatal auto accident which occurred along Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road, Kwara State on Sunday afternoon. An eyewitness account revealed that the accident occurred at Otte town as a result of a collision involving a commercial Toyota Hummer bus with vehicle registration number FFA 717 YR and a truck. According to PUNCH the accident was caused by speeding. It was further gathered that some passengers on the bus were burnt beyond recognition. The Federal Road Safety Corps said that the four dead victims included two males and two females, while no items were recovered at the scene. It said that seven persons – three males and four females – who secured varying degrees of injuries were rescued from the accident, while a total of 18 passengers – ten males and eight females – were involved in the accident. Officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission were sighted with emergency ambulance moving towards the accident scene to perform a rescue operation. The ...

  Former Governor of Oyo state and Chairman, Elders Advisory council, All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo state, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala has advised Oyo state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to without delay convene a council of state meeting to brainstorm on the security challenges facing the state. Chief Alao-Akala made this call while speaking with journalists shortly after an expanded meeting of the Elders Advisory council of the APC held today at his Awosika residence. According to him, a council of state meeting comprising of all former governor’s of the state both uniformed and civilian is necessary at this point to save “our dear state from total collapse security wise”. A council of state meeting is a statutory organ of government and its function include advising the executive in policy making. ” Governor Seyi Makinde needs help in the area of maintaining law and order in the polity hence he should not shy away from that fact. “He needs to sit down and brainstorm with peop...

  By Festus Adedayo Two of Yorubaland’s most prized states’ helmsmen – Governors Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and Seyi Makinde – have made very strong but seemingly diametrically opposed positions on the security of their people, making it the most talked about issue in the nation today. In recent time, their Ondo and Oyo States have become hotbeds of the scalding hot security crises in Northeastern and Northwestern Nigeria. Flakes of the unending years of savage Boko Haram war in the Northeast are whooshing gently but destructively and settling on Western Nigeria. Fleeing displaced Northerners who escape to the bosom of Oduduwa are stretching Southwest space beyond tolerable level. Infrastructure is becoming unbearably elasticized. Firepower of artilleries is stampeding insurgents from the theater of war and with mounting fire of Northwest banditry, forests of Yorubaland are now comparatively safe havens for fleeing warlords. At the same time, proceeds of kidnapping in Yorubaland are sai...

  The Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Aare Isiaka Olagunju, has explained why the commission has not fixed a date for the local government elections. Mr Olagunju said lack of trust in the commission have been responsible for voter’s apathy during previous elections organized by the commission. However, he said the commission would continually dialogue with political parties and other stakeholders in the state in order to achieve an all-inclusive local government council election. According to the OYSIEC boss, plans are underway for innovations that would be deployed to harness situation reports from various polling units on elections day as a way of making the election process credible and transparent. Olagunju made the disclosures while featuring on a radio program in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital city on Thursday. He added that, as a result of efforts made since his team came on board, the perceptions of the populace on OYSIEC based on experiences i...

  The remains of Dr Nelson Magbagbeola, Secretary General, ECOWAS Commission will be laid to rest on Thursday January 28. The 53-year-old Ogbomoso born diplomat died on the 8th January 2021. According to the burial arrangements, service of songs hold at First Baptist Church Garki Abuja on Wednesday 27th January at 4pm while funeral service will hold at the same church on Thursday at 10:am.   Interment follows immediately at Gudu cemetery, Abuja. The late diplomat studied Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University and hold Ph.D in Economics from University of Ibadan Oyo state.

  By Sunday Adepoju This year will make 19 years that the senator representing Oyo North senatorial district, Dr Abdulfatai Omotayo Buhari, formally joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. He might have done in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Then, he was frantically striving to represent the Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South and Oriire federal constituency in the Green Chamber of the National Assembly. He achieved this and was there between 2003 and 2007 and later to be elected as senator since 2015 till date. Very pivotal was the role played by the then strong man of Ibadan politics and maveric political enigma and pajandrum, Alhaji Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu, and other leading lights in the Ogbomoso extraction of the state like Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, who just left office as the executive chairman of Ogbomoso North Local Government Area in 2002 on the platform of the All Peoples Party (APP) and seeking re-election as chairman on the platfor...

Oyo state government  has approved payment of N8b naira to Osun as part of agreements reached for the sole ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. According to the state commissioner of Education, Science and Technology Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, the money is to be paid in four installments, over a period of three years. These were disclosed on Tuesday during a briefing after the weekly State Executive Council meeting presided over Governor Seyi Makinde. Commissioners Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun (Information, Culture and Tourism), Olasunkanmi Olaleye (Education, Science and Technology), Seun Asamu (Energy and Mineral Resources), Governor Seyi Makinde’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa and the Special Adviser (Media) to the Governor, Mr Jide Ajani attended the briefing. Olaleye said the amount is the outcome of asset sharing between the two states when the ownership crisis issue was resolved in favour of Oyo state. He said: “As a follow up to...

  The Federal Government has implored Oyo State Government to stop approving the erection of buildings and other structures on the right-of-way of the Oyo – Ogbomoso highway. Mr. Funsho Adebiyi, the Director of Highways, Federal Ministry of Works, made the appeal on Saturday, in Oyo town. 53-kilometers while addressing newsmen after an inspection tour of the 53-kilometer Oyo – Ogbomoso dual carriageway, which is under construction. Adebiyi, who was accompanied by the Oyo State Controller of Works, in the Ministry, Mr. Kayode Ibrahim, explained that there was no building at the initial stage of designing the road. “But as soon as the work started, structures started emerging on the road’s right of ways and they are now asking us for compensation. “This is not right, the state government should please have mercy on us and stop approving structures on our right of ways, where they know our men are working because it approving for us. “Also, the state government should stop approving i...

  Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso on Thursday lost a rare gem as Professor Folake Oyedigba Akinpelu died following a brief illness. A staff of the institution confirmed the death of Professor Folake Akinpelu.  The late Akinpelu was the first female lecturer in Mathematics department. She was an erudite Professor of Mathematics. Students and Staff of LAUTECH has been posting messages on social media on how sorely missed the late professor would be.

  Crown Football Club of Ogbomoso have been grouped alongside twelve (12) other teams in the Group B2 in the Southern Conference in the 2020/2021 Nigeria National League(NNL) scheduled to kick off on Saturday 30th January, 2021, at various centres nationwide. This came to be known at the Annual General Meeting (NNL) which was declared open by the Nigeria Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and attended by the representatives of the forty six(46) participating teams at the Salt Lake Hotel, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State. The Ajilete Warriors is grouped with Bendel Insurance FC,Joy Cometh FC, J. Atete FC,Apex Krane FC,Remo Stars FC,Ibom Youth FC, FC One Rocket, Godosky FC,Bayelsa Utd FC, Abia Comets FC, Jossy FC and Gateway Utd FC in Group B2 in the Southern Conference. The Oladunni Oyekale tutored side will host Jossy Football Club from far away Imo State in her first game of the season at the Maracana Stadium of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ( LAUTECH) pitch on Saturday 30th J...

  Soun of Ogbomoso land, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III has felicitated with Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III on the occasion of his 50th coronation anniversary. The nonagenarian monarch urged Oba Adeyemi to continue to use his position to advance the cause of the people of Oyo while praying to God to grant the celebrant longer life and sound health in the service of humanity. Oba Oyewumi, who stressed the importance of the traditional institutions in nation-building, called on traditional rulers to use their platforms to promote peace and unity in their domains. In a congratulatory letter to Alaafin, Oba Oyewumi extended his greetings to the Oyo Royal household and the people of Oyo on the landmark celebration saying: “I am delighted to convey my warm greetings, on behalf of the good people of Ogbomoso land, to you on this glorious occasion of your 50th coronation anniversary. “Since you ascended the throne of your forefathers, you have used your position and...

  In the early hours of January 15, 1966, the military struck and Samuel Ladoke Akintola was assassinated at the Premier’s Lodge at Ibadan by a team of Nigerian soldiers led by Captain Emmanuel Nwobosi. The scion of the family of a late Premier of the defunct Western Region, Ambassador Abayomi Akintola, has given graphic details of the almost twenty-hour siege that culminated in the brutal assassination of his father, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, during the January 15, 1966 coup. He insisted that the body of his father was not mutilated by the mutineers as widely believed, but confirmed that the invaders abandoned his blood-soaked body at the entrance of the building. The former Nigeria Ambassador to Hungary recounted the 1966 harrowing experience during a lecture marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Akintola, held at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, on Thursday 15,2016. He was later buried in his hometown, Ogbomoso on January 23, 1966, as the entire...

  Oyo State government has inaugurated the board for the State’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) to further strengthen the works of the agency in making water available for the people at the rural and urban communities. These members include Ogbomoso born Engineer Abu Salami, Evangelist Sunday Ayobami, Hon. Gabriel Olayiwola. At the inaugural meeting, the Chairman, OYORUWASSA, Engr. Najeem Omirinde said the agency had suffered neglect from successive administrations which led to most of the equipment of the agency getting obsolete. He said the present administration has revamped the working of the agency with the recent purchase of a rig and repair of the existing ones. “With the present administration’s support, serious steps of transformation have commenced in earnest in respect of approval of repair of old drilling rigs and compressor, purchase of new drilling rigs, ready for commissioning by His Excellency. “We have had the approval of a bank facility to the ...

  The Executive Governor of Oyo state, Engr Seyi Makinde has stated that his government is starting year 2021 in high spirit and assured that he will commission most capital projects embarked on in year 2020 including the 3km Under G Stadium-LAUTECH-2nd Gate road this year. The governor also commended the state workforce for their performance and efforts towards a successful year 2020 and urged them to renew their commitments in the current year with a view to achieving better results. Governor Makinde made this known while delivering his speech at the 2021 interfaith prayer held at the state Secretariat, Ibadan on Wednesday 13th January. He said, “First, let me thank God for the gift of life and His protection over us all in the past year. “2020 has been described in many quarters as a tough year. We did not survive last year because we are tougher, we survived only by His Grace. And that is why it is good that we are holding this inter-faith service in gratitude. “Gratitude is so...

Widow of Taiwo Adeoye, one of the youths allegedly shot dead by the police during the #EndSARS protest in Ogbomoso, Oyo State has been delivered of a baby boy. The young widow, Semiat, it was gathered, was delivered of the baby in a hospital in Ogbomoso on Wednesday, January 6 less than three months after her husband was killed. Counsel for the deceased’s family, Mr Hussein Afolabi, told PUNCH in Ibadan on Monday that the mother and the newborn were healthy and they had been discharged. 25-year-old Adeoye was among those killed in Ogbomoso during the #EndSARS protest which rocked the country in October 2020. The lawyer said, “I just want to inform you that Taiwo Adeoye, one of the victims killed in Ogbomoso alongside Jimoh Isiaq and others posthumously delivered a bouncing baby boy. I was there at the weekend. “The mother and the newborn baby are healthy and okay. They have been discharged from the hospital and are back home. “I went to visit the family at the weekend. The naming will ...

  Samuel Ladoke Akintola Foundation has announced the postponment of the memorial lecture, organized in honour of the late Premier of Western Region, Samuel Ladoke Akintola. The annual event, which was scheduled to hold on Thursday, January 14, 2021 was expected to be graced by dignitaries from all walks of life,including President Muhamadu Buhari, Senator Rasidi Ladoja, Governor Seyi Makinde and governors from other states, among others. Mr Yemi Adedokun, the cordinator of the foundation, said the development is regretted but necessary to prevent further spread of COVID-19, which is ravaging the world now. Adedokun in a statement made available to Journalists in Ibadan said, “though all arrangements to have an elaborate outing have been put in place but it has to postponed because of respect for the sanctity of human life. “Over the years the annual event, organized to celebrate the late sage is always overwhelmed with crowd and we believe this year will not experience less, espec...

  Ogbomoso born,Veteran Nollywood actor,  Chief Lere Paimo MFR has explained that his historical movie 'Ogbori Elemosho gave him a lot of recongition and earned him the MFR status with the likes of Dangote and Mike Adenuga. Chief Paimo stated this during a recent interview with The Nation while reacting to questions on some people's believe that historical movies don’t generate much money. "That is a big lie, my movie, Ogbori Elemosho gave me a lot including my MFR status with the likes of Dangote, Mike Adenuga in Abuja some years back. Just three days ago, the Chartered Institute of Commerce conferred me with a doctorate degree, I am now Chief Dr Lere Paimo. All these are results of my works. I built a house from acting, bought cars and sent my children to school so tell me what more we want in life. Chief Paimo also stressed why its wrong for Nollywood stars to bleach their skin. According to Eda Onile Ola as popularly called “There is no amount of advice we would give t...

  I, Prince Adegbenro Ademola Oginni, feel greatly honoured to write this tribute in honour of our cherished father whose birth anniversary is today. It is true that great men are born in January. Maybe it is because of the newness of the period of the year. On this day, three scores and ten years ago, a hero journeyed into this world through the Owonikoko family. The life of my father, Hon. Ademola Oladejo Owonikoko JP, is an attestation that great men are born in January.  I will always be short of words when trying to really describe the worth of today's birthday celebrant. But, I must stress here that one of the best beneficial things that have ever happened  to me is to have Hon. Ademola Oladejo Owonikoko JP as my father-in-law. In fact, it is an understatement to refer to this enigmatic personality as an in-law. Indeed, he is a father, a friend, a destiny helper, a counsellor, a confidant and a lover of all and sundry owing to his sterling qualities.  Popularly...

  By Aremu Segun Kuti Ask Nigeria and indeed Ogbomosoland has lost an ICON. Dr. Nelson Olalekan Magbagbeola, the news of your exit came to all of us as a total rude shock that we are yet to recover from. I got a message from one of your friends early morning of Thursday 8th January, 2021, sending me a condolence and sympathy on your demise. I told him it was not possible and should allow me make contacts. Immediately I called a colleague of yours who is equally a former classmate and who corroborated the sad news. Egbon LekkyBrown as you’re fondly called you were such a very good man with a pure and sincere heart. You were down to earth, peace-loving, caring, gentle to the core, neat, intelligent, smart, go-getter, soft-spoken, hardworking, straightforward, openness, brilliant, handsome and above all a devout Christian. Sometimes in 2013/14, I contacted you on the need to form an NGO called MPII (www.mpii.org.ng) to address a national menace. You never hesitated and said so far it ...

As cases of insecurity continue to grow across Oyo state, the State Police Command has raised an alarm over the possession of firearms by hoodlums. This alarm was raised in a statement on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Oyo State Command, CSP. Fadeyi Olugbenga on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu. The statement read, “It has come to the attention of the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, psc the rate at which firearms are being owned and used at liberty without license or authorization by some persons as against the executive order of his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR signed on May 22nd, 2019, with effect from June 1st, 2019, revoking the right of private individuals’ licenses on firearms or short guns in Nigeria, calling for submission to the nearest Police Station across the length and ...

  After the celebration of the festive periods , Crown Football Club Of Ogbomoso resumed training this morning, Monday 4th January, 2021 at the Maracana Stadium, Lautech. The Acting General Manager of the team, Mr Oyeleye Oyekunle, with other members of the management who were in attendance to welcome the players and as well see the boys as they were being tutored by the technical crew appreciated the players for the commitment which they have shown by resuming as mandated. The former Administrative Secretary equally charged the players to key into the team plan for the season and be COVID-19 compliant. ” We bless God for bringing us together in the new year 2021. I will be an ingrate if I fail to thank the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde, for always prioritizing our welfare. ” The Commissioner For Youth and Sports Development in the state, Asiwaju Seun Fakorede, and his team in the Sports Ministry have been so wonderful and a blessing to Crown F...