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Local Govt Elections: We Will Be Nuetraul To All Political Party - OYSIEC Boss Local Govt Elections: We Will Be Nuetraul To All Political Party - OYSIEC Boss By BOWA MEDIA The Chairman , Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission , (OYSIEC ) , Aare Isiaka Olagunju , has disclosed that the commission would not engage electoral officers based on political affliation but thier credibility for the purpose of achieving acceptable polls at the grassroots. Olagunju , made the disclosure during the visit of the commission to office of the State Director , National Orientation Agency (NOA) , in Ibadan . The Chairman , who spoke through one of the board members , Hon Emmanuel Olanrewaju , said the board will rely largely on staffers of the commission for the job ahead to prevent unforseen circumstances . He hinted further that his team remain committed to the conduct of unbiased poll , hence , it was essential for political parties to abide by the rules guiding local government counc...

774,000 Jobs: Oyo, 14 Other States Completed Recruitment Despite Extension of Kick Off Date By  BOWA MEDIA Festus Keyamo, SAN   The Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo has disclosed that only 15 states have completed recruitment exercise and submitted names of the successful applicants for the Special Public Work programme which targeted to employ 1,000 people per local government area. Festus Keyamo, SAN Some of the states that have completed the selection and submitted names include: Oyo, Benue, Ebonyi, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi and Zamfara. However, the program won’t commence October 1st as planned as the supervising ministry is waiting for the presidential approval. The Nation  reports that the Ministry of Labour and Employment has written to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval to extend the commencement of the programme by 19 days. BOWA MEDIA gathered that delay in the release of funds for purchase of equipment for the programme necessitated the call for exten...

Bowa Media Ex-First Bank Staff Bags 98 Years for Fraud, Diverting N49m, $368,000 from Employer Crime News Ex-First Bank Staff Bags 98 Years for Stealing N49m, $368,000 from Employer A former staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin, was on Monday, September 28, 2020, handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court for fraud. Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud against her employers to the tune of N49,320,652.32 (Forty-nine Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty-two Naira, Thirty-two Kobo), and additional $368,203.00 (Three Hundred and Sixty-eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Three United States Dollars) belonging to the bank which she converted to her personal use. The convict was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on 14-count charges, bordering on stealing, forgery and fraudulent accounting. One of the charges read...

BREAKING: NLC strike: Labour, FG reach agreement, industrial action suspended By BOWA MEDIA The Federal government and the Nigerian Labour Congress have reached an agreement on electricity tariff and the planned industrial action has been suspended. The new agreement, according to the Minister of Labour and employment (State) Festus Keyamo involves the suspension of the new electricity tariff hike for two weeks. Keyamo in a tweet announced that the agreement was reached at 2:53 am and government has also promised to roll out palliative in two weeks. It would be recalled that NLC had fixed 28th of September for the commencement of strike over fuel increment and electricity tariff hike. The Labour union also announced negotiation meeting with the federal government. “FG & LABOUR reached agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by ...

Makinde Felicitates Adelabu At 50 …Says It’s Time To Imbibe Politics Without Bitterness In Oyo Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has congratulated a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, on the occasion of his 50th birthday anniversary. Makinde, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, expressed gratitude to God for granting Adelabu, his opponent in the 2019 election, the grace to witness the golden jubilee of his birth. He noted that achieving such a landmark age can only be a privilege from God. The governor admonished the businessman, who flew the governorship flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 election, to see the new age as a great responsibility and a challenge to put in more efforts into serving humanity and making meaningful impact on the society. He further admonished him to imbibe politics without bitterness by freely contributing his quota to the development of the state without an...

JUST IN: Gbajabiamila in last ditch effort to advert Labour strike By BOWA MEDIA   Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila is in a closed- door meeting with leaders of the Organised Labour. The meeting is for last ditch effort to convince Labour to shelve the proposed strike for Monday, Monday September 28. At the ongoing meeting is a three-man team from Labour consisting President of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba; President The Trade Union Congress(TUC) Quadri Olaleye and NLC Secretary General, Emma Ugbonna During the opening session, Wabba said the proposed strike was in the interest of Nigerians. However the Speaker explained why Labour should not go on strike in the interest of Nigerians. Gbajabiamila, who was at the meeting with Chairman of the House Committee on Labour, Mohammed Wudil and Deputy House Leader, Peter Akpatason, said shutting down economic activities through a debilitating strike will hurt more citizens the Organised Labour is seeking to protect. He sa...

2023 Ambition : Adelabu Better Not Question The Will Of God  – Makinde’s CPS  By BOWA MEDIA The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has said that the governor has been fulfilling his electoral promises and building a new Oyo State. The governor’s aide stated that contrary to criticisms by the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the 2019 election, Mr Adebayo Adelabu that none of the promises Makinde made to the electorate has been fulfilled, the governor has in the last one year and four months, placed the state on a sound footing for economic expansion and put in place policies and programmes that are lifting the people from poverty to prosperity. A statement by the governor’s Media Aide indicated that Adelabu’s comments are clear indications that he has lost touch with the current reality in Oyo State, having been blinded by unbridled ambition to govern the state. He said: “Govern...

JUST IN: APC nullifies suspension of Fayemi, Ojudu, others By BOWA MEDIA The All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the suspension of Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi, presidential aide Senator Femi Ojudu and others. Fayemi and the Paul Omotosho-led State Executives Council were suspended for alleged anti-party activities by the State Executives Committee (SEC) on Friday. The development came barely 24 hours after the Omotosho-led executives suspended Ojudu and 10 others following report of the Patrick Ajigbolamu-led eight-man disciplinary committee set up to probe allegations of anti-party activities levelled against them. But in a statement on Friday by Deputy National Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, APC said the suspensions were a “nullity.” The party said: “The attention of the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to a purported and widely-reported “suspension” of the Governor of Ekiti State, H.E. Kayode Fayemi as well as an earlier r...

Ladoja@76 : You Are The Father Of Modern Day Politics - Akinosa  By BOWA MEDIA The Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Oyo State Engr Seyi Makinde on Egbeda Ona -Ara Federal Constituency (Laison Office) Hon. Adegboyega Akinlolu James  Felicitates with the the former governor,  Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja on his 76th birthday celebration. In his words the former governor over the years has proven his worth has a modern day political builder and facilitàtor.. He prays for continuous grace and sound health for the former governor and also that he continue to eat from the fruits of his labour ..

Ladoja@76: Sen. Ladoja An Exemplar And A Worthy Model For The Younger Generation - Makinde  By BOWA MEDIA Happy birthday to my father, the Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, Baba Rashidi Ladoja. We celebrate you as you turn 76 and wish you many more peaceful years in good health.

JUST IN: My Return To Apc Will Tarnish My Credibility – Obaseki By BOWA MEDIA The Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has foreclosed the possibility of returning to the All Progressives Congress (APC) any time soon. Obaseki, who gave the hint while speaking to State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, noted that such a move would negatively affect his credibility. Obaseki said he was at the State House on an appreciation visit to the President, following last weekend’s governorship election, which he won and re-elected as governor of Edo State. The governor dumped the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following his disqualification from the party’s gubernatorial primaries. Responding to questions from State House correspondents after meeting with President Buhari, he affirmed that leaving the PDP for the APC goes against Buhari’s gospel of integrity. He also said he will not attempt to replace former APC ...

BREAKING: Panic as explosion rocks Lagos, Ogun communities By BOWA MEDIA Panic gripped residents of Lagos and Ogun border communities on Thursday following an explosion and massive fire. The explosion, which was heard as far as Harmony Estate and Obawole, Ogba, Iju in Lagos as well as Akute Ogun State, was said to have occurred around 3:30pm around Balogun Bus Stop in Ishaga. BOWA MEDIA gathered the loud bang, which many residents reported across social media platforms was as a result of a gas tanker about to enter a newly built plant in a residential neighbourhood. A lawyer, Fisayo Eluyare, who was among those who raised the alarm, said the explosion nearly brought down his house. He wrote: “Gas explosion nearly brought my house down! The explosion didn’t even happen very close to my house but it shook the whole house and almost shattered my windows. “The light from the explosion came very close to my building. Thank you God o.” Other residents appealed for emergency responders to be ...

Oyo Speaker , Ogundoyin Recieves ZLP Chieftain, Adepoju Others To PDP In Ibarapa Constituency BOWA MEDIA The Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has welcome the Zenith Labour Party Chieftain, Dr Adebayo Anthony Adepoju and other members of the opposition parties to the ruling People’s Democratic party in the state. Dr Adepoju who contested for Ibarapa North/ Central Federal Constituency in last Election and presently the Chairman Oyo State Water Corporation led hordes of his supporters and that of APC, ADC and ADP to the PDP at a ceremony held at Igboora Garage, Igboora. The Speaker who welcomed the decampees into the PDP on behalf of Governor Seyi Makinde applauded their decision to join the ruling party and described the move as the best at this time. Hon Ogundoyin said the PDP was the beautiful bride being sought after at the moment by many notable politicians across the country adding that the people oriented government of Engr Seyi Makinde in Oy...

As Wives Of Political Office Holders, We Need To Emulate The Blue Prints Of Mrs Olufunke Ominini Makinde - Mrs Saudat Sanusi By BOWA MEDIA As part of the agenda of her Exellency Egnr. Mrs Olufunke Ominini Makinde encouraging women to get fully involve in politics and not just women but wives of political office holders to keep on supporting their spouse as they are determinants of whatever good or bad that they make out of office. A sensitized programe for the wives of all the caretaker chairmen, hosted by the wife of the caretaker chairman Ona Ara, Mrs Saudat Dasola Sanusi and Mrs Kunle Balogun of Inu okan Lcda respectively Mrs Saudat Dasola Sanusi enjoined the wives of the caretaker chairmen present at the event to always at all times give motherly advice to their husband's and never at no time pressurize them, as such actions distabiliase them at making the right decisions at work  Further more they should never deviate from the agenda and blu...

Seyi Makinde To Audit All Caretaker Chairmen  By BOWA MEDIA Earlier today the executive Governor Engnr Seyi Makinde inaugurated a 5 man committee to audit all expenditure of all the main and Lcda Chairmen since resumption.  The committee which would be led by the former speaker hon. Monsurat Sumonu, will see to every penny spent on projects and amenities.. Governor Seyi Makinde in on his Facebook page declared "This evening, we inaugurated a 5-person committee to audit the Local Government Caretaker Chairmen in Oyo State. The committee will be led by Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, and will have four weeks to conduct the audit and hand in their report."

JUST IN: FG, Labour leaders meet Thursday By BOWA MEDIA The Federal Government will meet with the leadership of Organised Labour over increase in petrol and electricity tariff hikes. The Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour, Charles Akpan confirmed the meeting on Wednesday. The meeting would hold at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The statement said: “The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige will be hosting a meeting with the Organised Labour. The Meeting is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 24th September 2020, at the Banquet hall, Presidential Vila by 3 pm.” The government team led by Ngige last Tuesday failed to reach an understanding with Labour over recent decisions taken regarding increase in electricity tariff and petrol prices. After about eight- hour discussion, the meeting ended in deadlock with Labour issuing an ultimatum to commence an indefinite strike The Trade Union Congress (TUC), which had earl...

Hon. Musibaudeen Adesina Sanusi (Shaba) Hails Engr Dotun Sanusi, As He Flags Off The Ilaji Hotels And Resorts/NIPSN Disability Sport Championship 2020 It's was an atmosphere of fitness and sportsmanship earlier today at the Ilaji Hotels And Resorts Akanran, Ibadan as the chairman /CEO Engr Dotun Sanusi flags off the Ilaji hotels/Nipsn disability sport championship 2020 along with his wife, Commissioner for Youth and Sport and the caretaker chairman Ona Ara local government In his open remarks Hon. Musibaudeen Appreciated the chairman Ilaji hotels and resorts for always putting Ona Ara local government on the map at every given Opportunity He also added that it's was a privilege for every one to have witness this event most especially the artletes who will be showcasing their abilities to the world at large. Also proving that there is no limitations to whatever they believe, in as much as there is persistency in what they do The Ho...

Seyi Makinde Is My Leader , I’m No More A Member Of ADC – Musah Abdulwasi Former Oyo Deputy Speaker By BOWA MEDIA A former Deputy Speaker and the Chairman, Oyo State House of Assembly Service Commission, Rt Hon (Dr) Musah Abdulwasi has said that his loyalty remains with the Governor of the state, Engineer Seyi Makinde and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Abdulwasi said this while answering questions from journalists on Tuesday in Ibadan, concerning the returning of some Unity Forum members to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Recall that the gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, some leaders and members of the Unity Forum returned to the APC recently. But the Saki-born politician said he had since joined the People’s Democratic Party, PDP under the leadership of Engineer Seyi Makinde adding that his people in Saki West local government have been attending the PDP’s meetings and other events. Abdulwasi who contested t...

Just In : Buhari Congratulates Obaseki , Commends Inec .. By BOWA MEDIA President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki on his re-election. He also hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the smooth process that led to the emergence of Obaseki. In a statement on Sunday by his Senior Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said: “President Buhari has commended the election process in Edo State which led to the victory of @GovernorObaseki as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. “”I have consistently advocated for free and fair elections in the country because it is the bedrock of true democratic order. “Democracy will mean nothing if the votes of the people don’t count or if their mandate is fraudulently tampered with. “He commended the people of Edo State, the parties, candidates and security agencies for conducting themselves responsibly.”  

Makinde's Special Assistant Sensitize PDP Ona Ara Ward Chairmen On Forth Coming Local Government Election   By BOWA MEDIA As part of the ongoing plans towards the coming local government election to be presided by OYOSIEC in Oyo state, the Special Assistant to the Governor On Egbeda-Ona Ara Federal Constituency Hon. Adegboyega Akinlolu James (Oosa) held a meeting with the 11 ward pdp chairmen from Ona Ara Local on the sensitization of how they should of an eye opener's to the members of the party and voters at large  The meeting which was held at the party Secretariat in Ona Ara had in attendance all the ward Chairmen and ona Ara PDP local government party chairman Vice and the Party Secretary  Speaking at the meeting hon Akinlolu James (Oosa) advised the chairmen not to be carried by any means as they should have in mind that the party will be diplomatic in choosing her flag bearer not minding the critics that comes with it,as it's part of politics and also e...

#EDODECIDES2020 Obaseki Wins In Ize-Iyamu’s Polling Unit BOWA MEDIA The wife of the All Progressive Congress in the ongoing Edo state governorship election Professor Mrs Idia Ize-Iyamu failed to deliver her polling unit for her husband. Prof. Ize-Iyamu voted at the Staff Training School Ward 2 PU 2 G.R.A Benin city. A total of 154 persons were accredited to vote. At the end of the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission adhoc staff who conducted the election counted the votes and the results were as follows. Oredo ward 2 PU 2 154 accredited voters Void votes: 3 APC: 40 PDP: 109 Interestingly, she shared the same unit with the current Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state Professor Yinka Omoregie.

I Completed Law After 4 Attempts — Adeolu Akande Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, Professor Adeolu Akande, has revealed how his classmates called him daddy and taught him law at the Nigeria Law School, Bwari, Abuja. OYOINSIGHT.COM recalls that Akande, a former lecturer at the University of Ibadan and Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, was called to bar on Tuesday, 23 years after bagging his Ph.D. MANY OF MY CLASSMATES CALLED ME DADDY AND TAUGHT ME LAW I wasn’t the oldest in the class. I think there were at least three persons in the Abuja Campus of the Law School who were above 70 years of age. I, however, belonged to a generation of students called “the Elders,” most of us in our 50s and 60s. I was inspired by many of the older gentlemen, especially those who had been Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, Permanent Secretaries, Ambassadors, and successful professionals – Accountants, Doctors, Engineers, Actors, Journalists, etc. It was an iron...

Lanlehin's Defection To Apc Is Of No Relevancy— ADC Chair  Oyo State Chairman of African Democratic Congress, Mr Adeoti Aderoju has disclosed that the party would not miss its members that recently defected to All Progressive Congress. The erstwhile leader of ADC in Oyo State, Senator Femi Lanlehin was recently reported to have attended a reconciliation meeting called by leaders of APC in Oyo State at Abuja. Aderoju, at a Press Conference held at Ibadan on Wednesday said the notion in some quarters that ADC Oyo State was bedeviled with crisis and the exit of Lanlehin and his supporters would be the end of the party was not true. He described the defectors as insignificant, adding that greed and nepotism was their trademark. “The erstwhile group led by Senator Femi Lanlehin has ever been on the path of disunity while their greed and nepotism were on the high side to bear for anyone, this is why the recent process of producing a governorship candidate in the last general election was...