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Oyo APC decries plot by PDP to rubbish Ajimobi’s legacies

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has cried out over plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to rubbish the legacies of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi. According to the party, the plan which is comprehensive includes using the social media, some radio stations whose staff are partial to PDP and…

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Atiku Vs Buhari: Tribunal resumes hearing Monday, as panel gets new head

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will on Monday, resume proceedings on the petition challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the February 23 presidential election. The tribunal had on May 22, adjourned further hearing on the case the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar lodged…

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LGs,LCDAs dissolution: Gov. Makinde reacts as Oyo ALGON chairman cries out over threat to his life

The chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State chapter, Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, has alleged that supporters of Governor Seyi Makinde and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, are after his life as a result of his resistance to the dissolution of the local government councils by the governor. In…

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Jimi Agbaje says he is still in PDP

The Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has denied reports that he had dumped the opposition party. His media aide, Felix Oboagwina, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that social media posts that Agbaje had left the…

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Ladoja okays Gov. Makinde’s proscription of NURTW, dissolution of LGs, LCDAs chairmen in Oyo

Former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, on Tuesday backed the present state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde over decision to proscribe National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state and as well dissolution of LGs and LCDAs chairmen. He made this known during an interview with journalists at his Bodija residence in…

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Fani-Kayode blasts Kumuyi, insists Nigerians have right to attack Buhari

Former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Christian Ministry, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi to summon the courage to speak truth to power at all times, rather than asking Nigerians to remain silent. Fani-Kayode stated this in…

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‘Oyo State Local Government Election was not conducted against a Court Order’; ALGON chairman fires back at Seyi Makinde

Following a statement issued by the new Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde saying that injunction secured by the sacked local government chairmen from court were arrangee, the chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State Chapter, Prince Abass Aleshinloye has reacted. According to Aleshinloye, the new state government led by…

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Makinde reverses appointments of Permanent Secretaries inaugurated by Ajimobi

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday reversed the appointment of 15 new permanent secretaries installed by his predecessor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, three weeks ago. Newspeakonline gathered that Makinde announced the reversal at a meeting he had with all permanent secretaries in the state on Friday. Recall that Makinde had vowed to review all new…

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Ajimobi, Adeyemo declare assets to CCB after eight years governance in Oyo

Immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and his deputy, Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemi have declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau after serving for eight years. The declaration now creates an avenue for interested parties and authorities to assess his assets and liabilities based on what he declared before assuming…

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Makinde takes over NURTW, as he sacks members

The Oyo State government has announced the sack of the National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW) in Oyo State. The state government on Friday stated that all parks and garages has now been taken over by the state government. This was made known in press statement made available to journalists on Friday which signed…

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