It has come to our notice that some mischief makers within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Oyo state have issued a fake release in the name of our state PRO, Alhaji Olawale Sadare wherein it was stated that the APC will not be participating in tomorrow’s Local Government Election. We are by this release denying the content of such cheap blackmail. The All Progressives Congress, APC will participate in the Local Government Election and we are poised to win a landslide. The mischief of the PDP is a confirmation of fear and panic which is brought upon them by…
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When the day breaks on Saturday, April 27, it will be D-Day. The Oyo state Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, will be called to duty. A Local Government Election unlike any that have been conducted by past leadership of the Commission will be on the card. On the day, Aare Isiaka Olaguju SAN, and other Commissioners of OYSIEC shall be on world radar. Honestly, I do not envy the Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Everything about what he has built in terms of integrity shall be at stake. The participation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the main opposition political party in…
Local Government Election will take place in Oyo state on Saturday 27 April, 2024. Both the ruling party, the PDP and the main opposition party, the APC have intensified their campaign to ensure that they come out victorious. This election mean so much to the two political parties. For Governor Seyi Makinde, he will not only want to deliver so as to retain the bragging right over the APC, he will most importantly want to maintain the status quo that enables him to combine running the affairs of the state and that of the Local Governments. Governor Makinde have never…
The Chairman/CEO, Dr. Oludare Akande, OON has offered prizes and automatic opportunities to best-graduating students in the Departments of Computer Science and Computer Engineering of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. The beneficiaries included Oladoja Israel Ololade of Department of Computer Engineering with 4.86 CGPA; Arawole Mercy Ololade of Department of Computer Science with 4.68 CGPA and Ajayi Pater Adewale of Department of Computer Engineering with 4.03 CGPA. Dr. Akande awarded fund to the overall best-graduating student and employment opportunities for two other first-class graduates during the institution’s 16th convocation held yesterday. The business tycoon and philanthropist, Dr. Oludare Akande…
This is the week of the Local Government Election in Oyo state. It is a week we have all been looking towards. Some are looking towards Saturday, 27th April with hope of a new dawn, some with scepticism and many with fear and apprehension. You can not blame anyone. People’s attitudes are usually determined by the history or account of their past and in this regard, the Electoral umpire, the OYSIEC doesn’t smell like roses. ” Going back to Egypt” is a dreaded statement in Christiandom. To a Christian, Egypt signifies slavery, hunger, deprivation, oppression and death. Egypt represents a…
The West African Examination Council, WAEC have released Its ranking of states for the year 2023. Oyo state, according to the list sits at number twenty six behind states like Kogi, Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Nassarawa, Kano and even Boko Haram ravaged Borno state! In the South West, Oyo state is ranked second to the last ahead of Osun state. The unenviable position Oyo state finds itself in the WAEC ranking does not come at a surprise to many of us, it only serves as confirmation of what we have been saying all the while. In the days of Lam Adesina,…
Native Brazilians arrest monkeys with what is called Cumbuca. They make a hole in a gourd that is big enough to accommodate the hand of a monkey. The gourd is then affixed to the ground of the place monkeys infest. Placed inside the gourd is usually a banana for the attraction of the monkey. The monkey then hops down the tree and aims to grab the banana. Expectedly, the monkey will foolishly hold on tight to the banana, his hand closed. With this, the monkey cannot take the banana out and will not leave his place of imprisonment. He will…
The Chairman of the Oyo state Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, Aare Isiaka Olaguju have been going from one Media platform to the other, promising free, fair and transparent Local Government Election on 27th of this month. He has equally met with different stakeholder, assuring them of the Electoral Bodies’ readiness to ascert Its Independence and deliver a credible election. He took similar steps in 2021. Whether the Senior Advocate of Nigeria will deliver on the promises this time around is another kettle of fish. On the other hand, the Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde was in Ido Local Government…
Governor Seyi Makinde was in Ido town, headquarters of the Ido Local Government to campaign for himself today. Local Government Election have been slated for April 27 of this year and the Governor is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that he is declared winner by OYSIEC. Do I sound confusing? Definitely not. Governor Makinde is the contestant for the position of Local Government Chairman in the 33 Local Governments in Oyo state. Reason? The Governor doubles as the State’s Chief Executive as well as the de facto Chairman of the 33 Local Governments while the 33 clowns parading themselves…
Whether real or imagined, none of the metonyms for “Lagos boy” is complimentary. The “Lagos boy” moniker once came up in the late 1980s. Commodore Olabode George, then Military Governor of Ondo State, had just been removed from office after spending two years. The African Concord magazine then did a post-mortem of his turbulent rule. Newly purchased boats for the coastal part of the state were alleged to be second-hand. By then, for analysts writing about the George years, rigor-mortis hadn’t set on another uproarious component of his time in office. It was his wife, Feyi George’s “Queendom.” So she…