A farmer in the Ibaayin village, Elekuru-Olorisaoko axis of the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Olajumoke Awosika, has narrated how herdsmen terrorised farmers in the area. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, the farmer said it was ironical that Yoruba landowners in the village sold over 200 acres to a Fulani herder who, alongside his battalion, have unleashed unimaginable terror and horror on farmers in the area within the last few months since the beginning of the activism of popular Yoruba rights campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho. The 57-year-old caterer, who returned to…
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An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by the Seriki chieftaincy lineage seeking the nullification of the appointment of Oba Saliu Adetunji as the Olubadan of Ibadanland. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Chief Olalekan Fakunle, Chief Rasheed Abinupagun, Chief Gabriel Amao, all of Seriki line, had approached the court challenging the appointment of Oba Adetunji. They are also challenging the consistent occupation of the Olubadan throne by both the Balogun and Olubadan chieftaincy lines.Justice Muniru Owolabi, while dismissing the case for lacking in merit, said that it was not the…
……. Say Makinde planing to destroy the party Stakeholders of the Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday met in Ibadan, the state capital to brainstorm on the way forward for the party. At the well attended meeting, the stakeholders asked the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to dissolve party executive from ward to state level in order to safe the party from extinction. The stakeholders in a communique issued at the end of its meeting also rejected the party primaries conducted by state exco, to elect chairmanship and councillorship candidates. The communique reads;In a communiqué released…
Oyo south senatorial chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Pa, Olawuwo, an Indigene of igangan, Ibarapa north L.G has been remanded in police custody in connection to the murder of Dr. Aborode. Our correspondent gathered on Thursday that the 80 year old was arrested and taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department Iyaganku in Ibadan. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, told our correspondent on Friday that the suspect had been arraigned and the court remanded him in police custody. He said this in terse reply to an inquiry sent to him by our correspondent.…
The men of the oyo state police command have arrested two soldiers and some hoodlum who attacked Chief Sunday Igboho at his Soka residence . TODAYSPLASH gathered that the hoodlum accompanied by two men of the Nigerian Army attacked Sunday Igboho’s boys while on an errand for their boss. The boys during the attack by the suspected hoodlums and the soldiers, had to seek for the support of their colleagues who said to have mobilised en-mass against the attackers. Igboho’s boys said to have retaliated against the attackers and ensured they were handed over to the Police Command at Soka…
No fewer than two persons hace been declared dead as rival cult gang clas in Agbaje area of Ibadan. Agbaje, a host community of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, in Ibadan North local govt. has been under a heated atmosphere as two residents have been recorded dead due to the clash We learnt that a businessman in the area, popularly called, Taoreed Baba Bazit was killed on Wednesday evening in his shop. An eyewitness said a young man had earlier been killed by cultists who arrived at the area on bike around 6pm on Wednesday. The source said, “This is getting out…
A former commissioner of finance in oyo state, Hon. Adedeji Adelabu Zaach has been appointed into the National Sugar Development CouncilZaach who served under the immediate past governor of oyo state, Late Gov. Ajimobi has been approved to be appointed as secretary of the NSDC. According to the statement made available to newsmen, The director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, Willie Bassey, said the Appointment is with effect from 10th According to him, the appointment is for an initial term of four years in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 (1) of…
The Oyo State Government is patnering an entertainment company to lauch a Youth Empowerment TV Show, where youths of oyo state would showcase their glGod given talent. The patnership which was facilitated by the Special Assistant to the Governor on diaspora matters, Hon. Bolanle Sarumi Aliyu will see Skylark Events Limited host the ent in oyo state to see the best of oyo youth in action. According to the Organizers, Oyo State youths will be up to win a star prize of a brand new car, a plot of land and much more in the talent hunt reality television show…
A youth organisation of Arewa origin, Arewa Youths Assembly has issued a 72 hours ultimatum to Chief Sunday Igboho to evacuate his people from the nother states or be forced to take necessary actions by personally taking the responsibility of getting them back home. The group explained, “We are hereby giving him the ultimatum of 72 hours to move his people out or we will be forced to take necessary actions by personally taking the responsibility of getting his people back home.” Mohammed Salihu Danlami, Speaker, Arewa Youth Assembly, in a statement, noted that the entity of Nigeria is nonnegotiable…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC ) , has expressed its readiness to engage members of the public with proven integrity to serve in various capacities as adhoc staff of the commission towards successful conduct of Local Government Council Elections scheduled for 15th May,2021. The Commission Chairman , Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju, SAN, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Ibadan and made available to journalists . According to the statement, “the commission is set to recruit interested and qualified individuals for the position of Returning Officers, Electoral Officers and Assistant Electoral Officers. Other positions are Presiding…
