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HOME NEWS POLITICS UPDATED: As Affirmed By BOWA MEDIA Ilaka, 17 Commissioners Affected, As Makinde Dissolves Cabinets Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, announced the dissolution of the state’s Executive Council. Those affected include Chief of Staff (CoS) and 17 Commissioners. The Cabinet was constituted on August 14, 2019, following Makinde’s historic victory in the March 9, 2019, election. The remaining Council members who were not affected include the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Head of Service (HOS) and the Director General of Due Process office. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that Makinde announced the dissolution of the Executive Council after a meeting of the body on Tuesday, which lasted about five hours. Governor Makinde, according to the statement, expressed the gratitude of the government and the people of Oyo State to the Council members, and wished them well in their f...

HOME NEWS POLITICS BREAKING : Gov. Makinde Sacks Commissioners ~ BOWA MEDIA BOWA MEDIA  can authoritatively affirm to you that governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has sacked all the state Commissioners who made up the executive cabinet According to a source who pleaded anonymity revealed that the Commissioners were sacked due to their political un-effectness, which has negatively affected the administration of the PDP politically in the State... "The Commissioners have got no political values nor can they face the heat of politics playing out ... Has it stood the reshuffling will be In phases and might extend to some SSA's and SA's who will be shown to exist door" Details Later ...

HOME NEWS POLITICS BREAKING : Gov. Makinde Sacks Commissioners ~ BOWA MEDIA BOWA MEDIA can authoritatively affirm to you that governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has sacked all the state Commissioners who made up the executive cabinet According to a source who pleaded anonymity revealed that the Commissioners were sacked due to their political un-effectness, which has negatively affected the administration of the PDP politically in the State... "The Commissioners have got no political values nor can they face the heat of politics playing out ... Has it stood the reshuffling will be In phases and might extend to some SSA's and SA's who will be shown to exist door" Details Later ...

HOME NEWS PMS  EXCLUSIVE: Drama As PMS Members Foil Unknown Policemen’s Plot To Arrest Auxilliary~ BOWA MEDIA There was drama at the New Garage, Podo, Ibadan, on Monday, as members of the Oyo State Park Management System (PMS) foiled the attempt by some unidentified policemen, to arrest the Chairman of PMS Disciplinary Committee, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, a.k.a, Auxilliary. The drama had started early in the afternoon when the unknown policemen arrived the Podo Garage and attempted to whisk Auxiliary away.   Sources close to the PMS said that the large number of PMS members at the garage prevented the said policemen from easily gaining entry into the office and taking Auxilliary away. A source at the scene said that the PMS members were present in large number at the Podo Park on Monday because they were on hand for the fortnightly meeting at the Park. The source said: “We smelt rat on sighting the two unmarked cars and seeing the policemen who were looking very stran...

HOME NEWS POLITICS I’m Disappointed Listening To Adelabu’s Interview, No Record For 15bn Ajimobi Spent On Tech-U ~ Makinde Blasts Adelabu ~ BOWA MEDIA Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, declared at the weekend that his government has, in its first two years, increased the state’s Internally Generated Revenue by close to N15 Billion without increasing taxes. The governor, who stated this on Saturday evening at the 41st Omo Aj’orosun Day Celebration, in Ibadan, also took time out to educate his main challenger in the 2019 election, Mr. Bayo Adelabu, and opposition elements on the essence of the Alternative Project Funding Approach(APFA) of his administration. He stated that the Approach has helped the state in bridging its infrastructure deficit, while also helping to expand the economy and increase the state’s IGR. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor’s words came few hours after Adelab...

HOME NEWS POLITICS Just In: Oyo LG Chairmen Releases Names Of (ALGON) Executives Oyo Chapter  The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State Chapter, has released the names of its Excos to run the affairs of the ALGON oyo chapter  The list which was made available exclusively to BOWA MEDIA includes; CHAIRMAN - Hon. Sikiru Sanda VICE CHAIRMAN - Engr. Sharafadeen Ahmed Ominrinde SECRETARY - Timothy Oyedokun Oyeniyi PRO - Hon. Yussuf Sahib Oladayo (Agba Egbe) TREASURER - Abilawon Mufutau FIN. SEC. - Adedoyin Adeoye CHAIRMAN TENDERS BOARD - Saheed Arowosaye. Details Later....  

  HOME NEWS POLITICS  Bayo Adelabu Has Just Shown He Knows Nothing Beyond The Confine Of His Hotel Bussines; Goofed on a Radio Program ~ Akeem Olatunji BOWA MEDIA 1. GSM increased Oyo State IGR from N24 billions to N38 billions in less than 2 years, late Ajimobi grew State IGR from N14 billions to N24 billions in 8 years despite crude oil windfall, excess crude payment to States and Paris Club refund but to Adelabu, late Ajimobi was a better manager probably because the shortfalls go to Boudilion for some elites to loot whereas GSM has the good people of Oyo State to serve and accountable to. 2. Oloye Bayo Adelabu described the achievement of Governor Seyi Makinde on sole ownership of LAUTECH as wasteful which means that APC cares less about the future of the students. 3. He criticized the GSM led PDP administration for making use of alternative funding for the execution of numerous projects being embarked upon by the Oyo State government an...

HOME NEWS CRIME How I Stabbed Super TV CEO To Death, 21-Year-old UNILAG Student Speaks~ BOWA MEDIA A 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, has narrated how she stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death in the Lekki area of Lagos State. She spoke at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday after she was paraded as a suspect by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu. Odumosu said Ojukwu was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday night. Ojukwu, a 300-level student of Mass Communication, said she had been in a romantic relationship with Ataga for about four months before the ugly incident. Ojukwu said she and Ataga were “having fun” when an argument broke out and she stabbed him twice. She said, “We were in the lodge smoking. He was trying to make advances on me. I was tired and he became violent on it. I let him have his way. Towards afternoon,...

HOME NEWS GOVERNMENT Oyo Govt Clampdown On Illegal Gaming Operators~ BOWA MEDIA ... Moves To Sanction Operators Allowing Underage Gaming In what could be described as aggressive clampdown on illegal operations in the state, the Oyo State Gaming and Lottery Board on Wednesday shut down about ten gaming centres. This is as the Board also reiterated the commitment of the government to fighting underage gaming among other sharp practices among operators in the state.   The enforcement team of the Board, led by the Director General, Mr Olajide Boladuro toured areas like Agodi, Mokola, Sabo, Ojoo, Alakia, Gate in an exercise that lasted about six hours. Some of the operators that were shut for operating against the laws of the state include: Surebet, Inaolaji building, Agodi, Bestbet360, Western Lotto, Mokola and Surebet247, Sabo, Mokola. Others are Betland, Agodi-Gate market, Bestbet360, Agodi, Bestbet360 Alakia and Betland, Ojoo. Speaking, Boladuro said “In June...

  HOME NEWS POLITICS Retreat: Oyo Local Government Chairmen Are Advised To Operate Within The Ambit Of The Law (See Photos) The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Chief Bayo Lawal has urged the newly Elected Local Government Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and the Heads of Local Government to operate within the ambit of the law. Bayo Lawal gave this admonition on Monday at the ongoing 2-Day Retreat for Local Government Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and Heads of Local Government Area organized by Fosterfield Consulting in collaboration with the Office of the Special Adviser on Strategy, Political Matters and Ministry of Local Government & Chieftaincy Matters themed “Ipa Ijoba Lese Kuku” in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. He urged them to adhere to due process and due diligence in the conduct of government business adding that they should work inline with the stance of Governor Seyi Makinde on zero tolerance for corruption. His words: ...

HOME NEWS POLITICS Spreading Fake News and Causing Mayhem in Oyo Will Not Bring APC Back - Youth Group defend Dare Adeleke~ BOWA MEDIA The Ibadan Solidarity Youth Movement, ISYM has unequivocally condemned a youth group which goes by the name Oyo Must be Great Again, OMGA, a mouth piece of the APC in the state.  The ISYM described the APC in the state as a bunch of bitter losers and confusionists who want to place the state under chaos simply because of parochial ambition. In a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday and signed by Dr Kamorudeen Bamidele, the group stated that: "The APC has formed a stumbling block to progress, development and peace in the state by spreading hate, false rumours, fake news and fueling and acting as catalysts to any existing crises with the intention of heightening tension and building mistrust in the hearts of the people against the PDP government  and it's dynamic leader, Engineer Seyi Makinde, the executive Governor or Oyo State....

HOME NEWS CRIME UPDATED: How Ibadan Presenter Was Single- Handedly Shot Dead, Police Confirms Murder  The Police Command in Oyo State, on Sunday, confirmed the murder of a popular Ibadan Radio Presenter, Titus Badejo, by unknown gunmen. The Police spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident in a text message sent to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan. NAN gathered that Mr Badejo, a former presenter with Naija FM Ibadan, was murdered by unknown gunmen on Saturday, outside Club 407 in the Oluyole area of Ibadan at about 11:30 pm. The PPRO said that investigations were ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and apprehend the assailants. “At about 0730hrs, Sunday 20th June 2021, One Damilola Afolabi ‘m’, Manager, at Club 407,Oluyole Ibadan, reported at the Oluyole Divisional Police Headquarters that on Saturday, 19th June, 2021, one Titus Badejo, Journalist and freelance disc jockey with the club, was shot outside the club’s pr...

HOME NEWS CRIME CRIME: Six Days After Birthday Celebration, Popular Radio Presenter "TiTus Eja Nla" Shot Dead In Ibadan ~ BOWA MEDIA A popular On-Air-Persoality, Titus Badejo popularly known as Eja Nla, who was formerly with Naija FM, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State has been reportedly shot dead. Badejo also known as ‘Ejanla’, who celebrated his birthday last weekend BOWA MEDIA learnt that he was killed at a popular club at Oluyole around 9 pm. An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said that the assailants on face masks, 4 in number, had arrived the place on bike and had ordered everyone to lay down flat before shooting the deceased several times As at the time of filing this report, his body has since been deposited at the morgue and efforts to speak with the Oyo State Police Public Relation Officer proved abortive. Details later

HOME NEWS POLITICS Just In: Oyo PDP Youths Leader, Adekola, Likely Of Suspension As PDP Youths Stakeholders Passes Vote Of No Confidence In His Leadership The youth umbrella body of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State on Saturday, passed a vote of no confidence in the Youths leader of the party, Asiwaju Adekola Adeoye. Adekola Adeoye according to his recent posts on social media, expressed his displeasure with Governor Seyi Makinde for not keeping to the promises he (Makinde) made to him before his victory at the poll in 2019. Reports from leaders and members of the party to alleged Adekola of anti-party activities which they described as inimical to the PDP. He was said to have voted for Eddy Olafeso at the PDP zonal Congress held in Oshogbo, the capital of Osun State. Meanwhile, Adekola Adeoye says he felt betrayed and disappointed after he had exercise patience for the needful to be done. Adeoye was present at the meeting of the aggrieved PDP memb...

HOME NEWS POLITICS HOME NEWS POLITICS Makinde Remains The Authentic Leader of Our Party in Oyo State – PDP Insists The leadership of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and public officers elected on its platform, on Friday, identified and affirmed that Governor Seyi Makinde is the authentic leader of the party in the state and the South-West. Newscoven reports that the affirmation was contained in a communique issued at the end of a ‘State of the Party’ meeting held at the state Secretariat of the party, Molete, Ibadan. The meeting, held in response to the one held by the Oyo PDP stakeholders, last week, warned those it described as “dissident voices that are fanning the flames of discord in our party to desist from such acts”, declaring that the party would no longer tolerate indiscipline and public defamation of the image of the party and the PDP-led government in the state. The meeting also alleged that most of the PDP stakeholders th...

HOME NEWS POLITICS Iwo Road Clash: Your Reaction Demeaning, Unfortunate - PDP Stalwart, Dare Adeleke Lashes Prof. Adeolu Akande Oyo PDP stalwart, Dare Adeleke has described a statement ascribed to Professor Adeolu Akande over violent disturbances in Iwo Road, Ibadan, Thursday, as unfortunate and demeaning for a man of his statements. According to Adeleke, the “misleading statements which were published on-line diminished the person who uttered them and showed him to be a desperate being who would seek power at the cost of tragedy”. Professor Adeolu Akande who is the Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), had inferred that the constant breakdown of law and order in parts of the state was because of Governor Seyi Makinde affinity with some of the individuals being fingered in the crisis to get to the root of the matter. Reacting to the allegations, Adeleke said: “Akande is only grabbing at dry straws and desperately holding on to the...