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...urges Fashola to Construct Pedestrian Bridges The lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, (APC) has urged the Federal Government to urgently construct  pedestrian bridges along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway within the metropolis of Ibadan, Oyo State. Akande-Sadipe, said this today, after she laid a copy of petition from Concerned Youth for Welfarism before the house at plenary on Wednesday December 28th 2022. She noted that to save lives and improve economic interactions of the people, the Federal Government should urgently construct pedestrian bridges at five locations on the expressway. Rep. Akande-Sadipe, said that Nigeria’s population growth and economic development requires improved transport infrastructure, through investments in roads, railways, and aviation, shipping and inland waterways. She added that the population increase has spilled into some parts of Ibadan such that there is a major need to cross the highway for access to schools, ho...

Oyo State Governor ‘Seyi Makinde on Wednesday, pledged the support of his administration for the smooth take-off of the Federal Polytechnic, Ayede, Ogbomoso, saying that education is a top priority of his administration. The governor, who stated this while receiving members of the Institution’s Governing Council, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, said that he was ready to approve the release of the Government Technical College, Ogbomoso as a temporary site for the take-off of the Institution, added however that the management must give a commitment as to the timeframe within which the institution would be returned to the Permanent Site. He said that the state will support the take-off of the school because it could not wait for it to start fulfilling its quota in the educational sector of the state. Governor Makinde explained that education is one of the major pillars of his administration, and that he has done a lot for the sector. He state...

  The Oyo State Government Waste Management consultant, Mottainai Recycling Ltd. on Friday cleared heaps of refuse and human excrement at the New Gbagi Pedestrian bridge.   The Managing Director, Mottainai Recycling Ltd, Mr. Adey Adewuyi said the decision to clean pedestrian bridges in the State capital is part of Mottainai's commitment to keep public spaces in Oyo State clean.    He said the bridge has been effectively cleaned up and the Authority has assigned a sweeper to ensure sustainability.   Adewuyi called for public participation in sustaining the Oyo State Government clean environment drive.   “Until recently, this pedestrian bridge was home to the destitute, but henceforth, we will deploy a Special Task Force to flush them out and put an end to the misuse of public infrastructure”, he said.   He said the objective of ensuring the safety of all road users, through the use of pedestrian bridges, must not be neglected.   Adewuyi noted that ...

The Oyo State Government on Monday, presented an additional set of One-hundred and twenty (120) generators to primary health facilities in Oyo State.   Recall that on November 8, 2022, the Oyo State Government had presented about 97 generating sets to some PHCs in the state.   The symbolic presentation was done at the Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board, in collaboration with Lanocks construction company.   Speaking at the presentation, the Engineering Technical Lead of PHCs Renovation Committee, Engr. Ademola Aderinto said the delivery of generators to Oyo state Primary Healthcare Centres is part of Governor Seyi Makinde’s initiative to renovate/upgrade of one (1) Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) per ward (there are 351 wards in Oyo state) to the standard category-three PHC.    “This project which began in 2021, has resulted in over 200 newly renovated PHCs, as well as many newly built PHCs”, he said.    “Today One hundred and twenty (115) generato...

        Late Soun, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi One year has gone like 20 seconds.  Today  12th December, marked exactly one year after  Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, Ajagungbade 111, joined his ancestors on December 12, 2021 at the age of 95. The late soun became king on 24th October 1973. H is demise has left a vacuum that is yet to be filled today in Ogbomoso. The indigenes and residents of Ogbomoso are getting worried over the continuous delay and announcement of the new monarch by the Oyo State Government. Investigations revealed that the delay in announcing and subsequently presenting the staff of office to the new Soun was not unconnected with the alleged petitions by some of the candidates who lost out during the screening and selection process. A  source told our reporter that some of the candidates who show interest for the stool and lost out submitted petitions to the State Government, challenging the process of selection and they ar...

Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has congratulated the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) and the state’s contingent to the National Sports Festival, Delta 2022, on their respective successes at the weekend. The Oluyole Warriors, as the 3SC is proudly known, won the Nigeria Professional Football League’s Dozy Mmobuosi Super Cup at the weekend and were rewarded with a N100 Million Prize money, while Team Oyo, comprising athletes in different games at the just-concluded National Sports Festival, finished fourth on the medals table. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the 3SC’s and Team Oyo’s successes are testaments to how far the Makinde administration has come in sports development. Governor Makinde said: “I am proud of our team, the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), who just won the Nigeria Professional Football League’s Dozy Mmobuosi Super Cup competition against Enyimba Football Club on Friday. Hearty congratulations. “We look...

The Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) has released results for the screening of recruits for the corps According to a  public announcement signed by Col Olayinka Olayanju Rtd applicants who participated during the screening exercise across the 33 local government should check their names in their respective local government Secretariat. The successful applicants are to report unfailingly to Ilaji Hotels and Resorts, Amuloko, Ibadan on 11th December,2022(Sunday) with the following items for documentations: 1.Two pairs of white socks 2. Two pairs of blue shirt 3. One neat canvas (any colour) 4. Plates, cutleries and cup. 5.Medium plastic bucket 6. One pair of bedsheet 7. Sanitary Items. 8. Photocopies of application forms. 9. Four copies of passport photograph. 10. BVN print out from bank. The deadline for registration at the camp is Tuesday 13th December,2022 for lateness and absenteeism will not be tolerated. Successful candidates can also visit the agency website ...

By Festus Adedayo Egba, Ogun State-born indigenous African Sakara music exponent, Sanusi Aka, popularly known as S. Aka Baba Waidi, in two of his vinyls, illustrates my drift today. This he did in the albums recorded in 1959 and 1974 respectively. While the former was highly political, which he entitled Ibo fedira, (Federal election) the other was entitled Awon Orisha. The Awon Orisha track is a fabulous narrative of how some renowned deities in Yorubaland, in an ego clash and desirous of sorting out their supremacy battle, met with and had a conversation with God. Some of the deities were Ifa and Osanyin, as well as Islamic/Christian clerics, and the Witch. Each demanded of Him a pronouncement that they were the most powerful and supreme among earthly deities. God then asked them to gather at an appointed date for a test of their individual prowess. Inside a house with different rooms, God kept in each a cow, black dog and white ram, with no one but His angels in the know of this arra...

          Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe     The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday, dismissed a case filed by Hon. Olugbemi Sunbo, against the victory of Rep Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, who emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oluyole Federal Constituency in May 2022.    Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe won the ticket of the party on 27th May, 2022.   On the 22nd of June, an action was filed by Olugbemi, asking the Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Uche Nma Agomoh to invalidate the Primaries that declared Tolulope Akande-Sadipe as the winner.   On Friday, December 9th, 2022, the court held that Akande-Sadipe, who represents the constituency, remains the rightful candidate of the APC in Oluyole Federal Constituency.   The suit, Samson OLUSUMBO Olugbemi vs APC & 2 others with Suit no. FHC/IB/CS/109/2022 was dismissed on the grounds that there was no evidence that he won the primaries.   "No evidence ...

The need for an expanded partnership between the Oyo State Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism and the National Museum of Unity, Ibadan has been stressed, as this will promote tourism and sustain cultural heritage. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun made the announcement today, in Ibadan, during a meeting with the new Curator, National Museum of Unity, Mrs. Oriyomi Pamel Otuka. He said the Oyo State Government has done its best in creating partnerships with relevant bodies, to help sustain awareness of the Yoruba heritage. Olatubosun said the Ministry will work with the National Museum to retrieve artefacts that were taken from the State, as this will also attract investors to the State. "If the artefacts are well managed, it will help increase our Tourism potentials and it will be a good source of revenue generation for the State", he said. The Curator, National Museum of Unity, Aleshinloye, Ibadan, Mrs. Oriyomi Pamel Otuka, ...

A middle-aged man simply identified as Ramon Mustapha lost his life in a ghastly motor accident in Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s convoy. The accident, it was learnt, occurred at about 1.30pm on Tuesday, while Governor Makinde was returning from Saki where he had gone to campaign for his second term bid. It was a gory sight at the scene of the ghastly auto accident as eyewitnesses expressed shock over the unfortunate incident and prayed for the life of the Governor. Many who witnessed the scene, according to a source, wept uncontrollably over the loss of the driver, who they described as humble, respectful and very dutiful. The victim of the auto crash died, having his head smashed by the ill-fated car which was said to have somersaulted several times. It was gathered that three others also sustained severe injuries in the accident. The injured were rushed to a near by medical facility for medical attention, the source added. The deceased have been buried at his home in Amuloko, Iba...

  The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to halt the implementation of the new cash withdrawal policy slated for January 9, 2023 pending compliance with the provisions of the Act establishing the bank. The House also summoned CBN Governor Godwin Emiefele in accordance with the provisions of the Central Bank Act to brief the Chamber on several policies of the bank in recent times. There was anger in the House on Thursday as members took turns to condemn the new cash withdrawal policy, saying it will grossly affect small businesses and the economy since most rural communities don’t have access to banks. However, following a point of order raised by Mark Gbillah on the provisions of the Central Bank Act, the House directed the CBN Governor to appear before the House on Thursday, December 15, 2022 to brief the House on why the policy should be allowed to stand.

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON on Tuesday launched the rehabilitation of the Owena Multipurpose Dam project to provide safe and potable water for the people of the six local government areas in Ondo central senatorial district of the state. The Governor disclosed that his administration has increased access to potable water to 17.6% as against the 4% that was inherited in 2017. He disclosed that the KAMOMI AKETI project, which is the arrowhead of the policy, has now become the template of provision of rural water in Nigeria. Governor Akeredolu spoke at the launch of the project tagged “French Development Agency/African Development Bank (AFD/AfDB)-assisted Ondo State Urban Water and Sanitation Project” at the International Culture and Events Centre (DOME) , Akure, the Ondo State capital. The event was attended by the Director General, AFDB, Nigeria, Lamin Barrow; Speaker of the State House of Assembly, represented by the deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Samuel Ad...

The police in Ondo State have brought a lawyer, Mr. Anthony Thomas, before a Magistrate Court in Ondo town for alleged theft of N4,775,000. The charge reads: “That you, Anthony Oladele Thomas, sometime in 2009 at Ondo Town, within the Ondo State Magisterial District, did steal the sum of N4,775,000 being part of the proceeds of the sale of Flionis property belonging to Olufemi Adesioye and his family by fraudulently converting the money to your personal use.” Magistrate Oluwatoyin Olowokere admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N3 million with two sureties in the like sum. She adjourned till January 17, 2023, for trial. Thomas’ arraignment followed a complaint by Adesioye, 90.

Osun state governor, Sen. Ademola Adeleke has appointed Samuel Aina as the new head of service in Osun. This is contained in a statement by the governor’s spokesman Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday. Mr Aina attended the University of Ibadan, where he obtained BSc and MSc degrees in Geography. He was appointed a permanent secretary in 2012 and was deployed to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Budget, where he served until 2013. Mr Aina was later deployed to serve as the permanent secretary of the new Ministry of Finance following the creation of the Office of Budget and Economic Development from the former Ministry in 2013. He served in the finance ministry until 2016. Mr Aina was later deployed as permanent secretary in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Capacity Building and the Public Service Office in the Office of the Head of Service in 2016. Mr Adeleke also approved the appointment of Kazeem Akinleye as his chief of staff and Teslim Igbalaye as the secretary to ...

A 52-year-old housewife, Mrs Bose Adegoke alongside her 28 years old daughter, Mrs Yetunde Adegoke have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly killing a 25-year-old man (name withheld) in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area of the state. According to the newsmen, it was learnt that the suspects, who were apprehended at different locations, are currently at the state Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku in Ibadan for interrogation. According to a police source, the victim and Yetunde are in love. Yetunde is a single mother with two children while the victim has none. They are in serious love and Yetunde informed her mother about the relationship and her mother agreed. They brainwashed the victim to pack into their house and he agreed However, the source continued that when he falls sick, they rushed him to a hospital in Iseyin and abandoned him there. When there was no improvement, the management of the hospital was able to reach his mother who went to Iseyi...

The Ogun State Police Command has placed a bounty of N2.5 million for anyone who can provide useful information that can lead to the arrest of the arsonists who attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abeokuta, Ogun State. This was announced in a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi on Monday The INEC office in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state was on November 1, 2022, attacked by hoodlums, who set the office located at Iyana Mortuary, ablaze. During the attack, it was reported that no less than 65,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were destroyed. The police report noted that “Hoodlums sneaked into the premises late at night with loaves of bread soaked in petrol, which they threw into different parts of the building and set it on fire. “The state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has since directed the State Criminal Investigation Departments of the Command to commence an in...

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA has boycotted the Call to Bar ceremony organised by the Body of Benchers (BoB) where 4,711 new lawyers were admitted into the legal profession. The Tuesday ceremony, was presided over by the Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, whom the NBA have asked to stepped down. The association in a statement by its National President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau(SAN), said its decision to shun the ceremony was based on the refusal of the Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Chief Wole Olanipekun(SAN), to resign. In a letter equally copied to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the NBA asked Chief Olanipekun to step aside as leader of the BoB. The call followed a claim by a leading partner in his chamber, Ms. Adekunbi Ogunde, that he influenced judges to deliver favourable judgements for his clients. The NBA said it had, in view of the weighty nature of Ogunde’s claim and the negative impact it has on the overall imag...