Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc (IBEDC) has introduced another initiative to its electronic billing platform, which enables customers demand for their bills promptly and conveniently via SMS. The e-billing scheme called Bills on Demand (BOD) is in continuation of IBEDC ’s desire to leverage innovation and technology to improve customer experience. It is designed to deliver bills on request directly to the customer, thereby eradicating challenges such as misplaced bills or delayed delivery and other issues which are associated with distribution of physical bills. Announcing the service, the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Engr. John Ayodele explained that BOD would aptly…
Author: Asiwaju YSO
A chieftain of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) suspected to be involved in the gruesome killing of Dr. Fatai Aborode has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command on Thursday. The suspect, pa Olawuwo is said to be detained at Dugbe Police Division. Meanwhile, local party chairmen from Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North LGAs, Alhaji Yisau Tapa, former caretaker chairman Iliasu Ololade as well as Mr Obey from Igboora were spotted at the police station. More details to be communicated shortly.
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has appointed Mr. Nwosu Innocent Tallest as a special on the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) Matters. This is coming as the scheduled date for the conduct of local government elections in the state draws nearer. The appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun. A statement by the Special Assistant (Print Media) to Governor Makinde, Moses Alao, indicated that the governor congratulated Nwosu, charging him to see the appointment as a call to service. “While heartily congratulating you on your appointment, which…
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has sealed off seven filling stations in Ibadan for selling Premium motor spirit, PMS, above the official pump price. The filling stations were sealed during a monitoring exercise in Ibadan. Out of sixty four filling stations visited in Ibadan, seven were sealed for noncompliance while others were cautioned against violating the agency’s regulations. The exercise took most of the attendants of filling stations unaware as officials of the agency caught them red handed. At Apata Omi- Adio axis of Ibadan, most filling stations were selling PMS, 170 per liter, and other shut their door…
The socio-ethnic right activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho has taken his crusade to another level as he campaigns for a sovereign Yoruba state. Sunday Igboho said there is no point claiming ONE NIGERIA where the notherners continue to infiltrate the southwest, causing a huge security threat, adding that the only means to peace is seccession from the failed Nigeria. Igboho in the now-viral video where he was addressing a press conference as obtained by The Nation, reiterated his stance against killer herdsmen in the southwest. “Starting from now, we don’t want herdsmen in our land to disturb our farms again.…
The caretaker chairman of Ogbomoso south local government Hon. Oyeniyi Oyedokun Timothy had been accused of financial recklessness and abuse of power, the the council boss was said have engaged in shady deal of up to about N4m. According to a petition forwarded a the crime investigation unit of the Econo ic And Financial Crimes Commission filed by K.D Adebayo Esq., Hon. Timothy has been accused of enriching himself to the tune of N4m, through the council purse. The petition reads as follows: MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUND AND ABUSE OF OFFICE BY HON OYENIYI OYEDOKUN TIMOTHY The above caption subject-matter humbly…
One of the core loyalist of the former governor of oyo state, Chief Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, Barr. Abdul-Raheem Abdul-Rahman, the commissioner for land has officially decamp from the Zenith Labor Party and joins the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Barr Abdul-Rahman, who was Chief Ladoja’s nominee to Governor Makinde as a result of the 2019 coalition pact formally joined PDP in the state on Wednesday 17 March, at the Bodija residence of the former governor. The Commissioner was in company of PDP State Publicity Secretary, Engr Akeem Olatunji, leaders and chieftains in Oluyole local government as well as the Caretaker Chairman…
Oyo state governor, through the ministry of local government and chieftaincy matters has ordered all caretaker chairmen and their members to hand over the affairs of the local government to their respective HLA. According to a memo signed by Chief Bayo Lawal, The Commissioner For Local Government And chieftaincy matter, he had given the directive in regard to the expiration of a added three month given to them by the state house of assembly. The memo reads:HAND OVER BY cARETAKER COMMITTEE MEMBERS I wish to refer to the above subject and inform you that following the expiration of three (3)…
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has said that he is not encumbered in any way by any political godfather but rather wants a safe and better Oyo State. The Governor made this statement earlier today at the Pan Yoruba Congress Committee discussion on the security and economy of Oduduwa land held at the Mapo Hall, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital city. According to Makinde, the main goal is to achieve a state where everyone is safe and people can sleep with their two eyes closed. He subsequently called on all traditional rulers in the state and non-state actors to…
Rt. Hon. Mulikat Akande-Adeola, a former leader of the Federal House of Representative and a chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in oyo state has cried out that the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Park Management System, Oluomo Lamidi Mukaila a.k.a Auxilliary Of plans of taking her life as security report reaching her had revealed that Gov. Seyi Makinde has ordered him to kill her. She said, for some while now, some strange faces have been parading her Ibadan and Ogbomoso residence, especially at night in order to carry out their heinous plan. She said thou, she is…
