Last week, in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo State, two bedfellows, journalism and history, became objects of attraction. The duo have always existed in Siamese matrimony. As a way of emphasizing this liaison, some scholars have defined journalism as history in a hurry. So, this day, Thursday, November 30 to be exact, inside one of the halls of the University of Ibadan, everyone gathered waited for the arrival of Chief Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State. It was akin to waiting for history and journalism entrapped in the personage of a single individual. Osoba worked with the Daily…
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The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC recently released the names of some prominent Party Chieftains across some states of the Federation to serve in various committees, including a committee tagged ” conflict and reconciliation committee”. I have carefully perused the names from top to bottom and, perhaps, not surprisingly, Oyo state is missing in action as usual. I think the Oyo state chapter of the APC must have been used to such snubs and spurns by now though. That is not the crux of this piece but I shall return to deal with the issue later. There…
Oyo state Director of the International Association Of World Peace Advocates, IAWPA, Amb. Dr. Mohammed Musa Alongbeja has presented certificate of membership to Governor Makinde’s SA on Inter-Faith Affairs, Rev. Olufemi Z Ibikunle. The presentation ceremony was performed on the sidelines of this year’s International Day of peace organized at the House of Chiefs secretariat, Ibadan on Thursday, 30th of November, 2023. Amb. Dr. Alongbeja who was invited as a special guest of honor used the occasion to acknowledge the efforts by the state Governor towards the sustainability of peace. He equally commended the Special Assistant to the Governor on…
A member of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Galambi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of presenting ’empty’ boxes supposedly containing the 2024 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly. Mr Galambi, a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) representing Gwaram federal constituency of Jigawa State, made the allegation during an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Friday. The lawmaker, in the interview, monitored by PREMIUM TIMES, said Mr Tinubu read out his budget speech including proposals for sectors but did not give the lawmakers the documents as was the tradition by previous presidents. The president, on…
Abdulsamad Rabiu, the chairman of BUA Group, has rejected his nomination to serve as a member of the finance committee set up by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Rabiu declined the offer in a statement by his company on Friday. It said the billionaire industrialist prefers to be apolitical. Mr Rabiu, a close ally of President Bola Tinubu, was nominated by the party to serve as a member of a finance committee constituted on Thursday. He was nominated into the 34-member committee alongside some businessmen and top party members. Other committees were also constituted by the National Working…
Before and since the advent of the present Administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the mainstream APC in Oyo state have been receiving the short end of the stick. The gubernatorial candidate of the Party was jettisoned in favour of the incumbent Governor, then PDP candidate in a deal brokered between the then Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and a group of dissident Governors of the PDP led by the then Governor of Rivers state and now Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike. Seyi Makinde is a member of the Group of dissident Governors and actually benefitted from the said…
Oyo state chapter of the International Association Of World Peace Advocates IAWPA paid a courtesy visit to the International Mayor of peace and Global Diplomat, His Eminence, Apostle, Dr. Moses Oni Solomon Mustapha aka Sebioba at his Church in Gbaremu idi Obi area of Ibadan on Sunday, November 5, 2023. The Association was led by the Oyo state Director, Amb. Dr. Mohammed-Lawal Musa Alongbija. In a short speech, delivered during the Sunday service, Oyo state Director, Amb. Alongbija stressed the importance of peace in the the World, most especially, at this particular time when Nations of the World are in…
Apologia: Though the most trending issue at present is the yacht yaks, my offering today will not dwell on it. Nor will I want to talk about the army of deliberately befuddling narratives on the yacht from the Nigerian authority. Today’s is also not about the familial invasion of the hallowed chambers of state last week, nor the previous presidential speech from Iya L’oja, the First Daughter, with the Nigerian flag flying, warts and all. Nor is it even about the automobile palliatives for the First Family. Like the Georg Wilhelm Hegel dialectics, I believe all these are theses and…
NNPCL may begin importation of 110, 000 barrels of crude oil per day from Venezuela or Saudi Arabia to operate the Kaduna Refinery due to come on stream next year. Also, the Dangote, Bua and other refineries may be forced to import about 1.322 million barrels of crude oil per day amid oil production challenges in Nigeria, existing contracts on crude oil swap as well as other commercial issues. Currently, the Dangote Refinery, with 650, 000 barrels per day refining capacity, is relying on imported crude, while the Bua Refinery within the South South region would need about 200,000 barrels…
Reason Why President Tinubu Banned Son from FEC Meeting Seyi Tinubu was banned from attending any meeting in the Villa including that of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, by his father, Bola Tinubu because he was involved in a fight with the Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the President, Fasasi Adeboyega, who stopped him from barging into a high level security briefing meeting Tinubu was having. Tinubu had announced during a Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting yesterday that Seyi and others not invited to FEC meetings should stay away. Informants in the Villa told me that Seyi took some foreigners…