How PDP Thugs Harassed, Beat Us In Igboora — Residents
For Esther Egbeyemi, an indigene of Igboora, she would continued to remember last Saturday for good and worse. It was a day her only child was christening his baby. And it was a day the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, converged in the ancient town to flag up its 2023 campaign. That sunny afternoon, Egbeyemi’s in-law from Iwere-Ile, who came in...
Makinde Needs PDP To Be Re-elected, Wike Can’t Save Him From Folarin — Odinkalu
Only the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and not Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers can get a second term for ‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State. An international scholar, one of the frontline human rights lawyer in Africa and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, made this known in an interview with Sunday Tribune. OYOINSIGHT.COM understands...
EXCLUSIVE: Iyabo Yerima, Late Akinloye’s Daughter To Be Announced Acting Oyo CJ
All things being equal, Iyabode Subulade Yerima, daughter of late Adisa Akinloye, will become the next acting Chief Justice of Oyo State. Not only that, she will swear in whoever becomes the governor on May 29, 2023. Yerima’s appointment is coming following last week’s retirement of Munta Ladipo Abimbola, the longest serving CJ of the state. Born 8th September, 1958 in Ibadan....
OYO101: Feeling The Heat: Inside Story Of Politicians’ Desperation For Power, Influence And Authority | Muftau Gbadegesin
For the first time in recent years, the usual reliance on pollsters and online political predictions to provide a glimpse into the hearts of electorates has waned. Dominating online conversation, for instance, is considered an integral part of winning the actual poll, and politicians will go to any length to win the political game on both the biosphere and...
In Ibadan, NGO Announces Plan To Safeguard Digital Space, Train 108 Fact-checkers
Ahead of Nigeria’s General Elections, the Food Basket Foundation International, FBFI, has activated moves to safeguard the country’s digital space and curb the festering menace of fake news. This was revealed at a press conference on ‘Safeguarding Digital Civic Space for Electoral Integrity’ held in Ibadan on Friday. “Without a doubt, the integrity of the 2023 general elections will be significant...
Makinde’s Intelligent, It Would Backfire If He Doesn’t Work For Atiku — Akinjide
Jumoke Akinjide, Ibadan-born former minister of state for Federal Capital Territory, has said that ‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State won’t make the mistake of working for any other presidential candidate than Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The influential politician made this known in an interview with NewTelegraph. OYOINSIGHT.COM understands that Makinde and his other four colleagues in...
Olaniyan Mobilizes Okeogun Residents For Tinubu, Folarin, APC Candidates
Engr. Raufu Olaniyan is leaving no stone unturned in his bid to ensure victories for the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Sen. Teslim Folarin, presidential and governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as well other contesting on the platform of the party. At his country home in Igboho, headquarters of Oorelope local government, the retired permanent secretary said the...
Makinde Meets CAN, Muslim Clerics — We’ll Turn Ogbomoso To Industrial Hub
Governor 'Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that his administration was set to turn the five local governments in Ogbomoso zone into Agro-Industrial Processing Zones. The governor, who made the promise during separate meetings with the leadedship of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Muslim clerics in Ikoyi-Ile, Oriire Local Government Area of the state, said that his...
JUST IN: Ibadan Poly Commences Examinations On Monday
All students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan will on Monday 16th of January 2023 commence the first semester examination for the2022/2023 Academic Session. A statement from the Institution signed by the Registrar, MrsModupe Theresa Fawale disclosed that both regular and part time students will be writing the examination. The Institution with the Matriculation of fresh Students on 5th January has ended alladmissions for the 2022/2023 Academic...
UI’s 14 Proposals Get N324m From TETFUND For Research
Fourteen proposals submitted from UI are to be funded by TETFUND in the 2021 National Research Fund to the tune of Three Hundred and Forty-two Million, One Hundred and Seventy-one Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty-two naira only. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, Professor Oluyemisi Bamgbose, SAN, disclosed this today on the occasion of the distribution of letters...
