Last Thursday, when the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) reportedly slumped at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the story of the late enfant terrible of Oyo State politics, Busari Adelakun, sidled into my memory. Media reports said that Bawa slumped at an occasion commemorating the National Identity Day. Same last week, Nigeria was back to her English class session. Occasionally, some fortuitous occurrences force this country, a product of Mrs. Flora Shaw’s taxonomic ingenuity, to go learn some basic language meanings. This time, Nigeria had to contend with the difference or differences between “slump” and “somersault.” Questions…
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Less than three weeks to the State Congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State leadership of the party has been urged to consider zoning the State Chairmanship of the party to Oke-Ogun Zone 2 of the state. According to APC Oke-Ogun Justice Group (APC OJG), the move will not only address marginalisation of Oke-Ogun Zone 1, which consists of Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola and Iwajowa local government areas but also place the APC on good electoral advantage during the general elections in 2023 in view of the strategic political significance of the zone in the determination of the electoral…
FG Commences Payment of Outstanding Allowances of NPOWER Volunteers Following the payment system challenges faced by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development which has been overcome, the Ministry has commenced the final payment of the arrears on the few outstanding allowances of Batches A and B N Power volunteers. According to the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Bashir Nura Alkali, the accounts of the 14,021 volunteers were flagged in March 2020 by the Federal Government payment system, the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS), for…
Three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, led by Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni recently visited former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja at Ibadan, the state capital, to woo him to the ruling party. Southwest Bureau Chief BISI OLADELE examines the implication of the move for the 2023 elections in the state. The visit of three All Progressives Congress (APC) northern governors to a former governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, in his Ibadan residence on August 15 is still a subject of discussion among politicians and watchers. It is seen as a move that may reshape both the…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, lauded the players and management of the Shooting Stars Supporters Club (3SC) for securing a much-needed victory on it’s way to promotion to the Nigerian Premier Football League. The Oluyole Warriors, as the 3SC is fondly called, defeated the Bendel Insurance Football Club by two goals to one on Tuesday in Enugu. Makinde, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, hailed the spirits of the 3SC players, charging them to go for glory and reclaim the glory of the 3SC. The governor had earlier released a N1 Million incentive…
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are also rooting for 2023 presidential ambition of former governor Bola Tinubu have dragged the party to Federal High Court in Ekiti, seeking an injunction declaring the outcomes of the July 31 ward congress and the September 4 local government congress unconstitutional, illegal, null and void. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the aggrieved members also prayed for sack of governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, declare as illegal and unconstitutional all actions taken under him as the chairman of the APC. In a suit marked FHC/AD/CS/21/2021 filed at the Ado-Ekiti…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, said that his administration will continue to balance political appointments between Christians and Muslims in the state. The governor, who stated this at the 1443/2021 Hijrah Luncheon held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, added that Muslims and the people of Oyo State know that his administration is doing the right things. He said: “I want to use the opportunity of today’s event to address the issues some people brought up. Everytime I go through the social media and read what people are saying, those who know how we did campaign in 2019…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, declared that his administration will turn Ibadan to a 21st century city through the provision of developmental projects across the city. The governor stated this at the inauguration ceremony of 2021/2023 Executive Council of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), led by its President General, (Prince) Oluyemisi Adeaga, at an event held at Ibadan House, Oke-Aremo, Ibadan. The governor explained that the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes is an influential association in the whole of Oyo state, saying that he believes in the ideals of the association. A statement by the Chief…
“Where the cat is a kitten, the court is wretched… No man there would rest at night because of rodents, for we mice would destroy many men’s malt, and you rats would tear men’s clothes were it not for the cat of the court who can pounce on you. If you rats had your way, you could not rule yourselves” – William Langland, ‘The Parliament of Rats and Mice’. There is this bitterly hostile rivalry between cats, mice and rats that is as old as antiquity. Unable to find a solution to this constant rodents/cats squabble, Odolaye Aremu, Kwara State,…
Former Commissioner of Oyo State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Hon. Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu has commended party members Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State for their peaceful conduct and maturity during the local congress of the party on Saturday. The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC scheduled the party’s local congresses throughout the country for Saturday, September 4th 2021. The former Commissioner Omodewu alongside other political gladiators in the council area participated in the peaceful exercise held at Baptist Primary School, Otu in Itesiwaju LGA. The local congress was conducted by 3-man…