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HOME NEWS OYHA lawmaker Hon. Don Empowers 600 Constituents With Cash Grants•Sets February 23rd For Mega Empowerment The state honorable representing Ibadan North Constituency 1, Hon. Fola Oyekunle Sunday popularly known as DON has empowered indigents of his Constituency with cash grants running into millions of Naira, It will be recalled that the lawmaker facilitated the upgrade and expansion of Health Center, which began few months ago.   The entrepreneurship program was spread across the six wards in constituency one of Ibadan north local government, Oyo State, at the weekend, as grants for 400 individuals to start up their small-scale businesses. According to the lawmaker, the empowerment was part of his constituency project towards a better livelihood for indigents of his Constituent. He said each beneficiary was selected randomly across the six wards and got between N50,000 and N100,000 cash depending on the category of business....

HOME NEWS OLUBADAN STOOL: Ibadan High Chiefs Make U-Turn, Decide To Continue With Court Case The hope of Ibadan indigenes to get a new King in the city might not be realized earnest as there has been a new twist to the controversy surrounding the nomination, appointment, approval and announcement of Oba Lekan Balogun, who is the next in line to the throne, as the new Olubadan. It will be recalls that, governor Seyi Makinde, Olubadan-elect, Lekan Balogun, and other members of Olubadan-in-Council held a closed door meeting at the Governor’s house, Agodi Ibadan, where an agreement was made to resolve all lingering crisis delaying the announcement of new Olubadan of Ibadan land.   According to Osi Olubadan who spoke on behalf of the High chiefs after the meeting with the state governor, he said Micheal Lana (his lawyer),  the state government lawyer and that of the other High Chiefs are to meet with a view to withdraw the pendin...

HOME NEWS. GOVERNMENT Oyo Govt. Launches App for tracking of Land files  The Oyo State Government over the weekend, launched a mobile app designed with many features, including having access to details of chosen landed property, without necessarily visiting the Ministry of Lands.   According to the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Tpl Olayiwola Olusegun, the mobile app, otherwise known as Ilè D'olà Exchange under the Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN) initiative, is the first of its kind in Nigeria, and would avail residents of the state the opportunity to make enquiry and suggestions on government services and getting faster responses.  The Commissioner said this during a two-day retreat organised for top management staff of the Ministry, where he added that the initiative is part of strategic measures to shore up the State’s internally generated revenue.  He however, urged the workers partici...

HOME NEWS Seyi Makinde Has Prerequisites To Vie For Presidency — Oyo Central Senatorial Hopeful, Wale Ajani  Aspirant into the red chamber of National Assembly, for Oyo Central Senatorial District, Oyo State, Comrade Wale Ajani has described Governor Seyi Makinde as someone who has the notable prerequisites to vie for presidency in 2023, provided it is zoned to Southern Nigeria. Ajani who intends to contest under the banner of People's Democratic Party(PDP) made this disclosure in a short piece of writing he personally structured and made it available to news men in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The Senatorial hopeful stressed that Makinde remains a presidential material with prerequisites to match any APC candidate from the south in the general election that is slated for 2023. Ajani maintained that Makinde's records are straight, that he is the current Governor of Oyo State, whose performances in all sectors are unprecedente...

HOME NEWS Makinde Aide AkinOsa Commiserate With Former Boss Folarin Over Wife’s demise The Special Assistant to governor seyi makinde on Egbeda Ona -ara federal constituency, Hon. Adegboyega Akinlolu James (AkinOsa) have commiserated with Senator Teslim Folarin, over the loss of his wife, Angela who passed away in the united kingdom. Barrister Angela Folarin died on Friday Jan 28, 2022 in london.  In his condolence message signed by Akinosa today, He described the late Angela as “a diligent woman, supportive, dependable wife and doting mother to her children and husband.” "Rest in Perfect peace mama Faisal, Wife of Senator Oloye Teslim Folarin.  May the Lord give Oloye Teslim Folarin and to her immediate family the fortitude  to bear the Loss. Accept my condolences Sir..."

HOME NEWS Late Senator Folarin’s Wife To Be Buried In London Simbiat Angela Folarin would be buried in London where she breathed her last. OYOINSIGHT.COM understands that the 48-year old wife of the three-term senator representing Oyo central, Teslim Folarin, had died yesterday during her sleep.   Friends and family members, who had travelled to the United Kingdom, UK, on Friday night and Saturday morning,  with the ranking lawmaker had persuaded him to allow her remains to be buried in London instead of being brought home. It was also learnt that the Nwaka family of the Delta state were also part of the decision. Among other things, they cited the fact that the deceased left behind aged mother and elderly siblings and as such, should not be delayed unnecessarily and that she left behind aged mother and elderly ones.   It was also scooped that the burial arrangement will be made official in the next few hours. Already in their London ho...

HOME NEWS You are a Cheap Political Jobber – Dare Adeleke Blasts Deji Adeyanju over Statements on Makinde   ….The person called Deji Adeyanju, A well known activist by day and political jobber by night is again doing what he knows best, levering baseless allegations against political leaders with the hope of being invited to dinner at night. I would like to inform Adeyanju that the whole world now knows his modus operandi. To think that a man who makes his money from politicians and shady activism would not pick his victims carefully, shows how greedy he has grown in the Business of subtle blackmail. I would like to tell Mr Adeyanju that he has often left a trail, like a child whose pop corn falls off his pocket as he steals out of the house to play in muddy creek. He has become an activist for sale and such a person should have shame enough to be quiet and not take on people who are going about their legitimate and legal businesses. To think tha...

HOME NEWS CRIME 17-Year-Old Boy, 3 Others Slaughter Girlfriend, Burn Her Head For Money Ritual In Ogun There was pandemonium in Oke Aregba area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after some teenage boys were caught burning the head of a girl, said to be in a relationship with one of them, for money ritual. In the early hours of Saturday, one Mr. Segun Adewusi, who is the community security guard, had observed that some four boys were burning something suspected to be the human head in a local pot on the road. DAILY POST gathered that the security guard immediately alerted the police at Adatan station, who went to the scene to get three of the boys arrested as one had fled before police arrived. A source, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said the slain girl, identified as Rofiat, was a resident of Idi-Ape; she was a girlfriend to one Soliu, who is now in police net. Soliu was said to have lured the girl to his room, where he held her...

HOME NEWS ALISON-MADUEKE: EFCC LISTS PERSONS, COYS LINKED WITH MULTI-BILLION NAIRA CORRUPTION The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has named several of Nigeria’s oil moguls and firms as suspects in a multibillion-naira corruption case involving Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Minister of Petroleum Resources. The EFCC, in a document filed with a motion ex-parte, sought to question Alison-Madueke about her business relationships with Mr. Onajite Okoloko’s Midwestern Oil & Gas Company Limited, Mr. Tonye Cole’s Sahara Energy Group, Chief lkpea Leemon of Lee Engineering Group, Mr Donald Amamgbo, and Mr Afam Nwokedi, according to the EFCC’s counsel, Farouk Abdulla. Miss Olatimbo Bukola Ayinde, Christopher Aire, Harcourt Adukeh, Julian Osula, Dauda Lawal, Mr Leno Laithan, Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Limited and Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited, both owned by Jide Omokore, Septa Energy Limited, and others are among those n...

HOME NEWS FRSC Special Marshals Salute OYRTMA’s Commitment to Duty …Seeks More Collaboration to Ensure Effective Road Safety in Oyo State Special Marshals of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command have commended the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) for effectively managing road traffic in the State despite the population increase.   This was disclosed earlier today by the Oyo State Coordinator of the FRSC Special Marshals Mr. Adegbotoluwa John who led a delegation of the leadership of the Marshals on a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman OYRTMA , Mogaji Akin Fagbemi Ph.D. at the Authority’s Headquarters, Agodi, Ibadan. In his address, the State Coordinator expressed great satisfaction with the operational policies and procedures of the Authority and sought for a more concerted effort between the FRSC Special Marshals and men of OYRTMA in a bid to maintain sanity on the roads and reduce road traffic cras...

HOME NEWS Angela's Demise, Devastating: Senatorial Hopeful, Wale Ajani Commiserates With Folarin  The aspirant into the red chamber of the National Assembly, for Oyo Central Senatorial District, Oyo State, Comrade Wale Ajani has   on Friday commiserated with  the Senator representing Oyo Central in the National Assembly, Chief Teslim Folarin over the death of his wife, Angela Nwaka. In a statement signed by the senatorial aspirant, and made available to BOWA MEDIA , Wale Ajani described Barrister Angela's death as devastating and  expressed sadness over the death of legal scion. Ajani characterised late Angela as a kindhearted, peace loving and generous woman, who used to care for everyone around her. He said Angela's death was shocking and it came at a precious time that her pieces of advice would be more useful to her widower and others. Wale Ajani however consoled Folarin to bear the current pain, huge loss and also take so...