I’ll Not Disappoint You, Come Out To Elect Me — Lam- Adesina To Electorate
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Saturday’s supplementary election in Ibadan North East/South East federal constituency, Hon. Adedapo Lam-Adesina has urged the people not to be intimidated by any threat to perform their civic duty. The youthful politician made the call Thursday morning, asking eligible voters in the affected units of Atipe, Ajegede, Adesola/Oniyere, Oluyoro and Felele/Olorunsogo to...
‘It’s Corruption Fighting Back’ — Mottainai Tells Oyo Waste Contractors Over Allegation Of Highhandedness
The Managing Director of Mottainai Recycling company, Mr Adeniyi Adewuyi has debunked all the allegations leveled against him by some waste contractors in the state Some Waste Contractors in Oyo state had in a save our soul (S.O.S) message to the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde alleged that the approach of Mottainai to waste management in the state is counterproductive and...
House Leadership: Makinde’s G5 Reps Plot To Support APC’s Choice, Scuttle PDP Plans
There are strong indications that the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party may spill over to the 10th National Assembly which will be inaugurated in June. Apart from Seyi Makinde of Oyo, the G-5 comprising Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu). The PUNCH gathered on Tuesday that some newly elected PDP House of Representatives...
Apapa: Majority Of Legitimate NWC Members Supporting Me, We’ll Investigate Abure For Abusing LP Funds
Factional acting chairman of the Labour Party, Bashiru Lamidi Apapa, has disclosed that 11 of the legitimate members of the National Working Committee (NWC) are intact and formed his group of the new leadership of the Labour Party. He said the NWC had watched with dismay the activities of the embattled Chairman of the Labour Party, Barr. Julius Abure, especially...
At Oyo MMPN Ramadan Lecture, Cleric Charges Muslims To Uphold Supplication Principles For Quick Response
Muslim faithful have been urged to uphold supplication principles to aid quick response from Allah on certain challenges they may be facing. An Ibadan based cleric, Ustaz Luqman Kharashi , stated this at Annual Ramadan Lecture of Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria ( MMPN), Oyo State,held at the Central Mosque, Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State ( BCOS),Ibadan . Ustaz Kharashi ,...
Ajaja: Adelabu’s One Man Show Made Coalition With Makinde Possible • I’m Happy Religious Sentiment Didn’t Work — Peller
The national secretary Accord, Hon (Dr) Adebukola Ajaja has affirmed the authenticity of Prince Kolade Ojo-led state working committee of the party in Oyo state. Ajaja, who reiterated that the purported dissolution of the state party executives was in contravention of Accord constitution and guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, clarified that the national secretary is saddled with...
Why We Need To Put Yoruba Interest First — Oduyoye Tells Afenifere Factions
The warring leaders of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, have been urged to sheathe their swords and allow peace reign in the overall interest of the Yoruba ethnic group and its progress. A former National Publicity Secretary of the organisation and former two-term member of the House of Representatives, Chief Babatunde Oduyoye, in a statement issued in Ibadan, called on...
OYO101: Fallacy Of False Generalization— How Adichie’s Hollow Letter Insulted Sensibilities Of Oyo Voters | Muftau Gbadegesin
When the acclaimed literary giant, Chimamanda Adichie spoke about the danger of a single story many years ago, she was hailed as one of a kind. Not many had thought she would one day fall into that abyss of one-sided political hypocrisy. Her contentious, tendentious, and off-putting open letter to President Joe Biden has again brought to the fore...
Akilapa To Deliver Bodija Estate Muslim Community Ramadan Lecture
Sheikh Khalifah Qoasim Akilapa will tomorrow 9th April deliver the 3rd of the four lecture series of 2023 Ramadan programme of the Bodija Estate & Environs Muslim Community, BEEMC. Billed for the Islamic Centre, opposite the headquarters of the Oyo State Housing Corporation, Old Bodija Ibadan, Akilapa will be speaking Rights & Duties of Parents over their Children. It is...
Why We Want Adeduntan In Tinubu’s Cabinet — Group
As the new president begins team building for the next administration, an advocacy group, the Movement for the Inclusion of Professionals in Governance and Decision-Making, has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to include the Ibadan-born, US-certified, world renowned, international cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Azeez Popoola Adeduntan in his next cabinet. Rising from it's meeting in Ado-Ekiti, the group...
