Author: Asiwaju YSO

IF the officers and men of Nigeria’s paramilitary agencies learnt anything about civil treatment of the civil populace from the #ENDSARS crisis of 2020, they are yet to show it. Time and again, they engage in acts that portray utter betrayal of their professional calling, treating members of the public as some kind of subhuman species and abusing the powers of the Nigerian State. Of course, inter-agency rivalry among the federal agencies is not new, and neither is the utter disdain with which they view personnel of state law enforcement bodies hidden. Last week, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,…

Tensions within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are escalating as the crucial National Executive Council (NEC) meeting looms closer, with reports indicating a fracture in unity within the camp led by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. A significant rift has emerged within the party, particularly as the meeting approaches, as prominent member and Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has chosen to distance himself from the influential G-5 faction. Sources suggest that Governor Makinde, who has faced strained relations with the faction in recent times, is aligning himself with voices advocating for a shift in the party’s current trajectory. While…

The Oyo state government has trained 165 youths and women farmers on cultivation, pest control and processing of improved varieties of three staple crops. According to the government, the training, which includes planting and processing of Orange -Fleshed Sweet Potato(OFSP), Vitamin A Cassava and Vitamin A maize will enhance quality nutrition and value addition. Declaring the One-day Training open, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, advised farmers to adopt good agricultural practices in the cultivation of improved varieties of crops. The training which was organised in collaboration with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition GAIN, held at…

Other backers of violent agitators on security radar Suspects to be charged with treason, terrorism The police yesterday launched a manhunt for Mrs. Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, a suspected sponsor of the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Ibadan by some Yoruba Nation agitators. The manhunt for Mrs. Onitiri-Abiola, a widow of the business mogul and prominent politician, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, followed her broadcast in a viral video in which she claimed responsibility for the violence that jolted the governments of the six Southwest states. Bashorun Abiola won the 1993 Presidential election but was denied the joy of…

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has urged the people of the state to vote massively for all the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming local government election scheduled to hold across the state on 27th April, 2024. Makinde expressed confidence that the party would win in all the 33 local governments and 351 Wards in the state, because the PDP has shown residents of the state that it is the best option when it comes to governance and people-oriented leadership. The governor stated this in Ido Local Government, where he attended the PDP Local Government Campaign…

A 55-year-old lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Special), in Oyo State, Alabi Ogundeji, who is one of the arrested Yoruba Nation agitators who invaded the Oyo State Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly on Monday declared that he doesn’t regret his action. Corroborating his view, a 29-year-old phone repairer, Ademola Adeniyi, who was part of the arrested agitators, also said he didn’t regret joining the struggle. The PUNCH reports that about 20 persons were arrested by the police after some masked men in military camouflage with rifles and charms suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators early…

The Correctional Service has revealed that the male biological organs of crossdresser, Idris Okuneye known as Bobrisky remains intact. A top official in the prison facility where he is serving his six month jail term revealed that the cross dresser was fully examined at the point of admission. The source mentioned that after the examination, there was no realignment of his genital organs as all are still the same as they should be. The source said “Bobrisky made a public declaration that he was a male and court proceedings are public records. Every inmate brought into a facility during admission…

The Oyo state government has confirmed that it has received the nomination letter of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. The State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Segun Olayiwola, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the Nigerian Tribune on Monday. He said, “We have received the letter. We are working on it. The kingmakers, led by Otun Olubadan and High Chief Rasidi Ladoja, held a meeting at Oja “ba Palace and nominated Oba Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan. The outcome of the meeting is supposed to be forwarded to Governor Seyi Makinde in…

The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, State Working Committee, has also suspended ward party leaders who earlier suspended the National Chairman of the Party, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, from the party. The PUNCH reports that the APC Ganduje ward in Dawkin Tofa Local Government suspended the party’s National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday. But in a swift reaction, the party in the APC Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area thwarted the suspension and sacked those behind the suspension of Ganduje. The Chairman, Inusa Dawanau, told newsmen shortly after suspending Ganduje that those behind the suspension of the party’s…

Oyo State police command has paraded twenty one suspected Yoruba Nation Agitators who invaded the state secretariat Over the weekend. Parading the suspects at the police headquarters, Eleyele Ibadan, the commissioner of police in the state, Mr Adebola Hamzat said some men dressed in military-like camouflage, armed with pump action semi-automatic rifles, riding on motorcycles, were sighted moving into the main city from Olomi axis of Ibadan. He noted that the hoodlums later identified as Yoruba Nation Agitation Group were trailed to the State Secretariat, spreading from the Flyover to within the Premises of the Governor’s Office, and hoisted their…