Student Convicted In Ibadan For $1,200 Love Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Monday, February 22, 2021, secured the conviction of one Oluwatoyin Henry before Justice Sherifat Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on one count of obtaining by false pretence. The charge reads: “That you Oluwatoyin Henry sometimes in 2019, at Ogbomosho, within the jurisdiction...
Provide Alternative Routes Before Blocking Akanran Road — Oyo Govt Orders Contractor
The contractor handling the expansion of river banks under the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP) has been asked not to block the Akanran road at Ogbere-Tioya bridge to vehicular movement until suitable alternatives have been found for the convenience of road users. The contractor has earlier blocked the road, which led to congestion of traffic movement and difficulty for...
Investors, Motorists, Others Lament As Diversion Of Roads In Ibadan Community Causes Hardship
Sequel to blockage of Ariyo and Tioya roads in Ona-Ara Local Government in Ibadan axis of Oyo State, which adversely orchestrates an impossibility of easy passage of motorists, motorcyclists and pedestrians plying the roads, The Chief Executive Officer, CEO Ilaji Hotel & Sports Resort, Engr Dotun Sanusi, motorists and others have lamented over the current hardship that the alternative routes...
2023: Unity Forum, SENACO Leaders Reconcile, Pledge To Work Together For APC
Some leaders of the Senator Abiola Ajimobi Campaign Organisation, SENACO, now known as Ajimobi Legacy Forum (ALF) and the Unity Forum (UF), who are the two warring factions of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, APC, met on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital resolving to work together in the interest of the party. The meeting which was held...
Makinde Hosted ZLP Ex-chair Minutes After Postponing Meeting With Ladoja — Party Scribe, Adepoju
Bimbo Adepoju, secretary of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, has revealed that Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo State and incumbent, Seyi Makinde, were supposed to meet same day the governor met Wole Abisoye, former chairman of the party, to prefect their defection move intot the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Makinde and Ladoja, Adepoju disclosed, had scheduled a meeting...
The Cow As The Fifth Estate Of The Realm | Alade John
That public discourse for sometime now has been dominated by our respective view of the place of the cow in the polity is proof that the cow is poised to take its “rightful” place in the Nigerian estate. The cow is not content with its backyard place as the controversial or disputed fifth estate of the realm. As we...
Otunla: Magu Promised Not To Prosecute Me If I Refund Money Traced To My Companies
DETAILS have emerged on how Oyo-born former senior public officer, Jonah Oguniyi Otunla, returned about N6.3 billion to the coffers of the Federal Government to avoid being prosecuted. OYOINSIGHT.COM understands the former accountant-general of the federation (AG-F), who hails from Irawo area of ATISBO local government of Oyo State, was in office between 2011 and 2015 while According to The Nation,...
Makinde Compensates Owners Of Shot Cows, Foots Medical Of Injured Victims
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has directed the state’s Ministry of Health to take over the medical bills of some persons who sustained injuries during a shooting incident at Alafara community in Ologuneru/Apata axis of Ibadan on Saturday. Reports had indicated that some suspected gunmen in the early hours of Saturday invaded the area and killed a number of...
PMS Sack: We’ll Remit Better IGR To Oyo Coffers Than NURTW — RTEAN
The Oyo State Chapter Of the Road Transport Employer's Association of Nigeria ( RTEAN) has called on the Governor of Oyo State Engineer Seyi Makinde to allow RTEAN to work fully in Ibadan as this will ensure effective generation of revenue for the state. Comrade Kamorudeen Idowu, aka Owogesi stated this while speaking with newsmen in ibadan, the Oyo state...
Why I Stood Behind Visiting Govs When We Visited Sasa — Makinde
Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has explained why he stood behind the Seriki Sasa during a visit to his palace. OYOINSIGHT recalls that Makinde and some Northernern governors last week visited the Seriki following the clash between Hausa and Yoruba residents at Sasa. In some of the pictures from the meeting, Governor Makinde was sighted standing behind the Seriki while...
