Ex-reps Member In Court In Ogbomoso Over Alleged Perjury, Defamation
The Oyo State Police Command yesterday arraigned a former lawmaker and international parliamentarian, Dr. Folaranmi Oyebanji, before an Ogbomoso Chief Magistrate's court over alleged perjury, false and defamatory publication on a pending matter in the court. Oyebanji and six others including a nonagenarian, Chief Mathew Wojuade Ademola (93), had on July 9, 2022 been arraigned and charged with alleged "conspiracy,...
Archbishop Ladigbolu’s Professor Daughter, Dayo Abah, Receives Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship
Professor Adedayo Ladigbolu Abah, one of the daughters of respected Yoruba leader and reverred Methodist cleric, Archbishop Emeritus Ayo Ladigbolu, has been named a beneficiary of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP). The fellowship will see Abah, a professor of journalism and mass communications and head of department of Journalism and mass communications at Washington and Lee University, Lexington,...
EXCLUSIVE: Atiku Prepares For ‘Life Without Makinde’, Appoints Oyelese, Gbolarumi To Head Oyo PCC
‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, will not attend Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign in Ibadan tomorrow barring any last minutes’ change of mind, OYOINSIGHT.COM can authoritatively report. This is just as national assembly candidates of the party in the state are confused on whether to go or not. Ademola Adeleke, governor of neighbouring Osun, is expected to lead PDP governorship candidates...
Premier Hotel Shut Down, Undergoes Renovation To 5-star Status
PREMIER Hotel, Ibadan has been shut down with the staff laid off, Nigerian Tribune can authoritatively report. The hotel, owned by Western Hotels Limited, a subsidiary of Odu’a Investments Limited, has been shut down since Wednesday, December 28, 2022. When the Nigerian Tribune visited the Mokola Hill premises of the hotel on Tuesday, it was deserted, safe for private security guards,...
Richard Akinjide And The Twelve Two-Thirds Story | Femi Ladapo
Setting the records straight The 1979 Presidential election was held on August 11,1979. Alhaji Sheu Shagari of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) polled the highest number of votes cast with a score of 5,688,657. Chief Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) scored 4,916,651. After Shagari was declared president-elect on 16 August 1979, Awolowo went to court to contest...
Makinde: I’m Waiting For FG’s Approval To Dualize 9.78km Ojoo-Moniya Road
Oyo State governor,'Seyi Makinde, on Monday, declared that the next five years will bring about a huge transformation in the fortunes of Akinyele Local Government Area in the state. The governor declared that his claim would come to pass because of the various landmark projects and infrastructure being put up in the area. The governor, who stated this while campaigning across...
Ex-LG Bosses Serve Petition On Oyo Attorney General Over Refusal To Pay Outstanding Salaries
Protesting what they described as blatant disobedience to the ruling of the highest court in the land, former officials of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), in Oyo State has served a petition on Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of the State, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo. A copy of the petition, signed by Bashorun Bosun Ajuwon and tittled,”Complaint of Flagrant...
I Believe You’re Fit… — Makinde Swears In Akinloye’s Daughter As Acting CJ
Oyo state governor has sworn-in an acting chief judge in the state. Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde swore Justice Iyabo Yerima as the new acting state Chief judge at the executive chamber secretariat Ibadan on Monday with the insistence that his administration will ensure continued working governance system despite he seeks re-election. ” I promised the people of Oyo state...
Tinubu: The Architect Of Modern Lagos | Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi
Many may not know that the history of Lagos dates as far back as 1866 to 1874, a time that Lagos was even a part of the Gold Coast, which today is what is known as Ghana! But that is not even the issue here. The issue here is, who is the architect of Modern Lagos? That evidently has little or...
PHOTOS: Ex-student Leader Supports Akintunde’s Oyo Central Senatorial Ambition With Medical Outreach
Pharmacist Yusuf Olatunji Olanlokun, a former national secretary of the National Association of Oyo Students, NAOS, has boosted the chances of Dr. Yunus Akintunde, senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 election in Oyo central. Hundreds of residents of the four Oyo local government areas of AFIJIO, Atiba, Oyo East and Oyo West benefited from his...
