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...
Pastor Allegedly Absconds With 52 Phones, Money After Crusade In Ibadan
A Pastor, Dr. Owen Abraham, has allegedly absconded with 52 Android and iphones, money, and valuables of residents of Aponrin in Agbowo, Ibadan, who came for a crusade organized by him. The crusader, according to some of his victims said he was led by God to come to Ibadan from Gambia for the crusade. Abraham, at the last day of the...
Ex-Oyo NLC Chair, Apapa Declares Self LP Nat’l Chair
Lamidi Apapa, deputy national chairman of the Labour Party (south), says he has taken charge of the affairs of the party. The declaration, according to The Cable, came after Julius Abure, national chairman of the party, alleged that thugs aided by police officers invaded the party’s headquarters in the federal capital territory (FCT) and caused damage to the property. However, Abure...
The Nigerian Elections That I Witnessed | Sunday Dare
The Nigerian Presidential election was held and was fairly won by the candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The elections were the first to spilt votes across three parties, a departure from the two party model to which we have become accustomed. Despite lapses noted by various observer bodies, most international as well as domestic groups found the election...
ICAN Okays OYSCATECH’s Accountancy Programme
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has finally issued accreditation certificate to Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora for accountancy programme. The accreditation certificate for National Diploma in Accountancy was presented to the Rector of the Institution, Prof. Akinola Akinlabi who was ably represented by the Deputy Rector, Dr. Taiwo Akinyemi at a special event in...
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway For Completion April 30 — Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has announced that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway should be completed by April 30. This was just as he said that the second Niger bridge should be fully open to traffic by May 15, 2023. The Minister spoke on Tuesday while inspecting and confirming the completion of the Loko-Oweto bridge and link roads between Benue and Nasarawa...
