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  • 2023: Prepare for your defeat, APC tells Makinde, PDP

    2023: Prepare for your defeat, APC tells Makinde, PDP

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) says no amount of fake news can save Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from defeat in the 2023 general elections.

    Its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, said in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan, that PDP was allegedly behind the spread of fake news purportedly issued by one Alhaji Bashir Adeola, a Chieftain of APC in the state.

    APC was reacting to a news report which claimed that Adeola, a spoke in condemnation of his party to favour PDP.

    The APC spokesperson dismissed the said news as fake, saying that the name, Bashir Adeola, was a fictitious name.

    According to him, the report was the handiwork of some desperados in power who had been overwhelmed by the political fireworks of Oyo APC as demonstrated in the last few months.

    “We have painstakingly checked our party membership register and found no member by the name Bashiru Adeola.

    “We, then wonder where the PDP media got the ghost to speak with them as a chieftain of Oyo APC,” he said.

    Sadare said that no amount of such sponsored fake news as well as unsubtantiated claims against the opposition would stop Makinde and PDP from imminent sack in the forthcoming general elections.

    He said that some funny characters around the governor felt that “this was the best way to mitigate the effects of political affliction befalling their administration and party every day”.

    Sadare said that PDP felt it was an unhealthy development to keep losing its members and supporters to the opposition.

    He said that Makinde has nobody to blame for the development, adding he could not eat his cake and have it.

    “A governor who neither does well with governance, nor runs an all-inclusive government cannot have the trust of serious politicians and voters.

    “They just package their usual lies and put fictitious names as the source whereas the so-called Bashir Adeola was without a known Ward, Local Government Area or traceable residence or office address.

    “They came up with the latest spurious story aimed at discrediting APC in an attempt to water down the adverse effect of Hon. Olusegun Olaleye’s defection to the APC,” he said.

    The APC spokesperson said that Olaleye had only retraced his step as he returned to the progressive fold few days after hundreds of PDP leaders and members left the party for APC in Oyo Federal Constituency.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, we do not have any member or chieftain who bears the name mentioned and it is safe to say that the story was sponsored by the PDP to mislead the public.

    “We are focussed on our electioneering campaigns as a serious political party whose candidates have all it takes to win the forthcoming elections in the state,” he said.

    Sadare urged the electorate to disregard myriad of fake news being churned out to create soft landing for Makinde, who had already lost his reelection bid before the day of the poll.

  • APC, PDP trade words over killing of party member in Oyo

    APC, PDP trade words over killing of party member in Oyo

    The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter has called on the police to investigate the killing of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member in Oyo town.

    The call came, even as PDP in the state accused APC of sponsoring a ‘killer squad’ to assassinate its member.

    Mudashiru was reportedly hacked to death by hoodlums at his family compound in Oyo East Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.

    APC, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Ibadan, urged the police to investigate those accusing it of behind the killing.

    It condemned the ruling party for allegedly playing politics with issues relating to security of lives and property in the state.

    “Oyo town is not a recluse, as it is populated by good people who had been living in peace and tranquility until the present PDP administration of Gov. Seyi Makinde came with its mission of domestic terrorism.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, some leaders of our great party (APC) were in Oyo town to welcome some defectors from PDP, Accord and other parties,” it said.

    APC said that the ceremony went well and that everybody present, including the party’s candidates, leaders as well as party supporters, enjoyed the atmosphere devoid of violence or tension.

    The party said that it was not aware of any violent attack recorded in Oyo town yesterday.

    “We urge the state police command to investigate the allegation, with a view to establishing the fact and punishing the culprits, particularly those making false allegations against our party,” it said.

    However, the PDP, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Akeem Olatunji, described the attack as unfortunate.

    The party pointed fingers at APC, accusing it of sponsoring a ‘killer-squad’ to assassinate its member.

    While stating that some of its members also sustained varying degrees of injuries during the attack, PDP appealed to the state Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, to bring the culprits to book.

    “Despite the peace accord APC entered into alongside other political parties in the state, ahead of the 2023 general elections, the opposition party has continued its sustained and coordinated attacks against our members.

    “We are aware that these attacks are fully sanctioned and backed by certain individuals, including some APC candidates who are not only desperate to win the 2023 elections by either ‘hook or crook’, but also doing so at whatever cost,” PDP said.

  • BREAKING: Oyo PDP chairman, Ojelabi is dead

    BREAKING: Oyo PDP chairman, Ojelabi is dead

    The chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo South Senatorial District, Olugbade Ojelabi is dead, aged 59.

    He died in the early hours of Monday.

    The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin who confirmed the death in a statement, said the news of the death is devastating and a great loss to Eruwa town.

    “This is distressing and shocking to me personally. It is a great loss to Eruwa town, Ibarapaland and our party in Oyo State.

    “I am short of words as everything seems like a dream. He was at a stakeholders meeting we held yesterday (Sunday) in Eruwa and did not show any signs of fatigue or ailment. He was active and his contributions to the meeting as usual were constructive and acutely insightful. His death is no doubt devastating.

    “I lost a kinsman as we both hail from Ward 2 in Anko, Eruwa. He was a father figure to me, a political leader and tutor and a motivator whose political experience cannot be underestimated. This is sad. Death dealt his deadly blow on us at this auspicious time when the political experience and astuteness of Hon Olugbade Ojelabi was most needed”.

  • SAD: 27-year-old housewife stabs husband to death over sex

    SAD: 27-year-old housewife stabs husband to death over sex

    Police in Oyo State paraded a 27-year-old housewife before newsmen in Ibadan on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing her husband to death over sex demand.

    Police spokesman in the state, SP Adewale Osifeso, said the housewife stabbed her husband with a knife on the chest leading to his death.

    Osifeso said the stabbing took place on Nov. 16 at the couple’s residence at Oko-Oba, Oyo town, when the deceased attempted to have sexual intercourse with his wife who resisted the move.

    He explained that the resistance led to a struggle between the deceased and the suspect during which he collected and smashed the wife’s phone on the ground.

    In retaliation, the suspect went for a knife and stabbed the deceased in the chest resulting in his death.

    Osifeso added that the deceased and the suspect returned to their home on the same day of the incident after three months of separation as a result of a misunderstanding.

    He said the suspect had confessed to the crime and would be charged in court at the completion of investigation.

    The suspect was one of 25 other paraded over allegations of murder, armed robbery, burglary, stealing, cultism, kidnap and conspiracy.

    Police also paraded nine suspected cultists who were armed with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapon with the intention to unleash mayhem on members of Ilupeju community on New Oyo- Ogbomoso Expressway.

    Osifeso said the cultists were arrested on Nov. 5 after credible anti-crime surveillance and intelligence report.

    He said items recovered from the suspects includes two locally-made gun, two lives cartridges, one facemask, two Bajaj motorcycles and one Mazda bus.

    No fewer than five armed robbery suspects were also paraded by the command and recovery of two locally made guns.

    Also on parade were five armed robbery suspects who had been terrorising the people of Oyo town.

    Osifeso also told newsmen that Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adebowale Williams, has appealed against the destruction of campaign billboards and posters and incitement of violence as the 2023 general elections approach.

  • NASENI kicks off self-employment and job creation programme for youths in Ibadan, Oyo state

    NASENI kicks off self-employment and job creation programme for youths in Ibadan, Oyo state

    In Furtherance of the nationwide empowerment and job creation for youths by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure(NASENI) (Presidency), about 100 youths selected from Ibadan, Oyo state are currently benefiting from the Federal Government’s Youths empowerment programme aimed at giving new skills and modernizing activities of artisans in the plumbing vocation.

    State-of-the-art plumbing equipment, tools and diagnostic kits worth several millions of naira were handed over to 100 youths around Ibadan today in continuation of President Buhari’s directive to NASENI to give Nigerian youths new skills, carry out retraining exercises in line with modern techniques in their different vocations.

    A similar exercise kicked off in Kebbi State recently( in August) where youths from the area were giving training, modern equipment and tools in modern farming.

    The Executive Vice Chairman/CE NASENI, Engr. Mohammed Sani Haruna while flagging off the training in Ibadan today said that NASENI was carrying out President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive saying “the time had come to put an end to the habit of giving out technical jobs meant for Nigerians to foreigners or migrants from neighbouring countries” hence President Buhari’s approval of the on-going special training for Plumbers operating in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    President Muhammadu Buhari is the Chairman, Governing Board of NASENI.

    With the training as a hands-on empowerment programme, Professor Haruna explained, “President Buhari’s intention is the prosperity of the youths and job satisfaction so they could take their plumbing work seriously and move to the highest level of efficiency and professionalism in plumbing”

    The training programme targets inputting in the trainees Modern Skills, Acquisition and training on modern methods of Plumbing and its applications. The youths selected from Oyo State are benefiting from the first phase of the programme targeted at those who are already in the profession of plumbing. The capacity building focuses on reskilling the plumbers to handle installations and maintenance of plumbing works with modern techniques, tools, diagnostics and equipment.

    According to the study carried out which led to the presidential directive; it was observed in Ibadan metropolis that delivery of plumbing works had become problematic because residents and house owners are experiencing poor jobs and finishing of plumbing works. The training programme is therefore targeted at addressing such challenges for professionals and also to make plumbing work become knowledge-based for youths and in tune with modern methods in plumbing and further upgrade of their skills.

    Speaking also at the event, the Chairman of the Occasion and Honourable member representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency who doubles as Chairman House of Representatives’ Committee on Science Research Institutes, Honourable Musiliudeen Olaide Akinremi (Jagaban) said the Ibadan citizens were grateful to President Buhari and NASENI for the intervention to upgrade the skills of plumbers in Ibadan and also giving new tools and technology for them to work with.

    He said the youths and their empowerment had become the most critical socio-economic programme for  sustenance of any modern economy and also a glimpse at “the idea of what the future of the country will looks like”

    Therefore empowering the youths, he said and especially a critical subsector like plumbing is critical to housing and general construction, he said. He also disclosed that youths empowerment programme was central to his legislative agenda, adding, that the Ibadan North Federal constituency zone was lucky for being the first beneficiary of the programme by the Federal Government in South west.

    He charged the trainees to use the equipment and tools to help themselves to increase their efficiency in the course of carrying out their tasks on site.

    The presidential mandate to NASENI in the on-going exercise is to move round the 36 States of the country to empower 100 youths in each location on such areas and skills where it is observed that critical vocational skill lacks efficiency and therefore needing upgrades, new skills acquisition, tools and equipment to advance such identified vocation.

    The list of new tools and equipment handed over to the plumbers include: PPR machine, Drilling Machine, Pressure Testing Machine, Plum, Plunger, Mechanical tools box, Sets of spanners, Pipe Wrench, Punch, Set of Chisels, Ratchet Socket Spanner Box and Gas Piler. Other safety kits given to the trainees include Safety shoes, Eye goggles, mechanical hand gloves amongst others.

  • POS transactions records 29.3% growth, hit N4.6 trillion in 7 months

    POS transactions records 29.3% growth, hit N4.6 trillion in 7 months

    The value of cashless transactions made via Point of Sales, POS in Nigeria recorded a huge leap from January to July 2022 as the figures hit N4.6 trillion.

    According to data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), the figure, when compared to N3.56 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2021, represents a 29.3% increase and when compared to the value of POS transactions in 2020 represents a 90.3% increase.

    Also, the volume of transactions rose by 25% year-on-year from N543.7 million to N679.8 million in the same period.

    This increment confirms the gradual acceptance of cashless transactions within the Nigerian commercial sphere.

    POS transactions have been selected as the mode of transferring and sometimes, receiving cash within the last five years as Nigerians have differed in the mode of transaction due to the convenience it offers compared to the time they would have spent in the bank.

    POS usage as a means of financial transactions peaked during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 when major financial institutions had completely shut down their services.

    Within the period, data from NIBSS revealed that over 380 million PoS payment platforms were registered in Nigeria, which translated to a total transaction value of N2.8 trillion.

    The locations noted to have the highest share of the PoS transactions were the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos, Rivers, Oyo and Delta states.

    Apart from making withdrawals, PoS has also served as a means of sending cash as the process has become the closest means to accessing banking products as most customers in rural areas with no access to banking facilities have found the use of the service convenient.

    It has also served as a means of employment as most youths have engaged themselves in the business due to its profitability and very low running costs.

  • 2023: Police in Oyo begin sensitisation of stakeholders

    2023: Police in Oyo begin sensitisation of stakeholders

    The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, has commenced sensitisation talks with political stakeholders in preparation for hitch-free campaigns ahead of the 2023 general polls in the state.

    The Command’s spokesman, SP Adewale Osifeso, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ibadan.

    Osifeso said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Adebowale Williams while addressing the stakeholders, enjoined them to embrace peace and shun acts capable of truncating the relative peace and tranquillity enjoyed by residents.

    Williams highlighted measures already put in place toward realising hitch-free campaigns and the general polls.

    The Commissioner of Police advised the political parties participating in the general elections to submit details of their campaign schedules including dates and routes for adequate security cover.

    He told the gathering that the command had formed a special crowd control unit to cater to cases of crowd management before, during and after the campaigns.

    Williams said that there would be regular patrols across the length and breadth of the state, intelligence-led stop- and-searchs and technology-aided surveillance during the period.

    He called on parents, guardians and leaders wielding various degrees of influence to prevail on their children, wards and protégées to avoid being used as cannon fodders by agents of mischief to disrupt the polity.

    Williams warned that heavy sanctions awaited violators in accordance with the laws and statues of the land.

  • EFCC arrests 29 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan

    EFCC arrests 29 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested 29 persons for alleged involvement in internet and other related fraud activities.

    This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday.

    Uwujaren said that the suspects were arrested on Aug. 3, in a sting operation at Omi-Adio area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

    He said that items recovered from the suspects included: mobile phones, laptops, two motor-bikes, one i-watch, video games, and jewellery.

    Uwujaren said that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as the investigations were concluded.

  • Oyo monarch, Aseyin of Iseyin joins ancestors

    Oyo monarch, Aseyin of Iseyin joins ancestors

    The ancient town of Iseyin in Oyo State was on Sunday thrown into mournful mood following the transition of its traditional ruler, Oba Abdulganiyu Salawudeen, to join his ancestors.

    The Aseyin’s death is coming months after the passage of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi, Soun of Ogbomoso; Oba Saliu Adetunji, Olubadan of Ibadan; Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo and the Asigangan of Igangan.

    A family source told newsmen that the 28th Aseyin died on Sunday morning at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, where he had been for months.

    Salawudeen, aged 62, was a University of Ibadan trained Veterinary Doctor and ascended the throne in 2006.

    Though the palace has yet to officially break the news of the traditional ruler’s passage, the UCH Public Relations Officer, Mr Toye Akinrinlola, confirmed the news.

    Akinrinlola, when pressed further said the oba had been on admission at the hospital before his demise.

    While his remains were being packaged for onward journey to his town, a less than one hour journey from the state capital, traditionalists have begun the passage rites around the ancient town.

    Salaudeen was born into the family of the late Pa Salau Atanda Oloogunebi of Iseyin and attended Ansarudeen Primary School, Ebedi, Iseyin.

    He later proceeded to the Muslim Secondary High School, Ore-Moje in Iseyin, for modern school education.

  • UPDATED: Ex-Oyo gov, Victor Olunloyo not dead, in ICU

    UPDATED: Ex-Oyo gov, Victor Olunloyo not dead, in ICU

    Former Governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo has been moved to the intensive care unit at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan.

    Oyo Affairs earlier reported that Olunloyo, who is the father of social media journalist Kemi Olunloyo, died Friday afternoon in Ibadan.

    However, the family confirmed that the 87-year-old man is not dead but in a critical condition that needs prayer.

    The message from the family reads:

    “We appreciate the public for the interest shown in the well-being of our father, Chief Dr. Victor Omololu Sowemimo OLUNLOYO (aka VOSO).

    “In the tradition of the OLUNLOYO family of Ibadanland, and based on the principles of integrity, inclusion, and openness upon which our revered father VOSO has always stood, we would like to inform the Nigerian public that we would greatly appreciate your prayers for our father who is presently in the ICU at UCH Ibadan.

    “As a public figure, we believe that his condition should not be hidden from the Nigerian public who have a right to know about their leaders.

    “Please accept our most sincere thanks for your all concern and goodwill.

    “May God Almighty bless you all and our dear country Nigeria.”