Oyo PDP primaries in Lagelu, a charade that mustn’t stand – Party Chieftain

A Germany-based Ibadan-born chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Olayinka Oladimeji Segelu, has condemned the primary poll of the party held in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State to choose its candidate for the forthcoming council election billed to take place on May 15, 2021. In a statement issued by Segelu, he […]

Oyo PDP LG primaries should be transparent – Hon. Segelu

A stalwart of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Olayinka Oladimeji Segelu, has called for a free, fair and transparent conduct of the party’s primary elections for the Oyo State local government chairmanship and councillorship polls holding on May 15, 2021. Hon. Segelu who made the call in a statement said it was necessary for democracy […]

Oyo Crisis: Buhari’s Governor, Masari, El-Rufai Shun North-West Governors Parley with Makinde

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Governor, Aminu Masari of Katsina State, and his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai, shunned a meeting of North-West Governors with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the inter-ethnic crisis that flared up last week at Shasha market in Ibadan. President Buhari’s home state was however, carved out of the old Kaduna State in 1987. The Fulani […]

Dud Cheque Lands Ex- Oyo Deputy Chief Registrar In Prison

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio. She was convicted after pleading guilty to a fresh charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and issuance of Dishonored Cheque contrary to Sections 419 […]

OYO: PRIORITIZING THE PEOPLE INFRASTRUCTURE

In just about a week, after the media trended the rising traffic of Ibadan for us, as we speak, there is a most recent demolition of MRS filling station at Challenge roundabout. The roundabout structure itself is gone too, now a plane ground, awaiting new development. The MRS station had been a popular landmark at […]

Oyo, Osun and LAUTECH: Counting the Cost

For quite some time, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has been in the news for negative reasons. At the centre of this threatening mess, arising from catatonic claims about funding arrangement and obligations of owner states to the 29 year-old institution, are Oyo and Osun States. With its current fate, it is a […]

Abia, Oyo, Enugu Reject APC At Governorship Poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari’s party, did not have a smooth sail on the Saturday governorship poll in Abia, Oyo and Enugu states. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has been declared the winner of the election in the state. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, […]