Protests against the removal of fuel subsidy grounded parts of Lagos, Ibadan, Ilorin and Gombe on Tuesday. Thousands of people marched through the streets chanting songs in condemnation of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan. One person was feared killed in a similar protest in Ilorin while the police reportedly arrested […]
The trial of the former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala and two others being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over allegations bothering on corruption, resumed yesterday before Justice Akintunde Boade of the Oyo State High Court. Akala, his former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters and now a […]
Monday, December 05, 2011 • Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Not satisfied with the verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the victory of Governor Abiola Ajimobi in the last gubernatorial election in Oyo State, the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] has headed for the Court of Appeal to challenge the […]
In fulfillment of the poverty alleviation programme of his administration, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, yesterday inaugurated the state Youth Empowerment Scheme, (YES-O) during which 20,000 youths were offered immediate employment. The governor, while speaking during the inauguration at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium where all the 20,000 youths were gathered, urged them to be […]
The chairman of the Oyo State Task Force on Flood Prevention and Management, Dr Bolanle Wahab, has disclosed that a total of 2,105 buildings were washed away by the flood disaster which ravaged the city of Ibadan on August 26, 2011. He also said that a total sum of N4.31 billion would be required by […]
September 29 of every year is a day set aside as World Igbo Day. At this year’s celebration in Ibadan, Oyo State, the Onyedu Ndigbo of the state, Chief Aloy Okwudichukwu Obi spoke with NGOZI UWUJARE on the significance of the day and other issues. Excerpts: The World Igbo Day The World Igbo Day is […]
THE governorship election petitions tribunal in Oyo State will deliver its judgment in a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the state governor, Senator Abiola Aji-mobi, tomorrow. The party had, in the suit, alleged that the governor was not qualified to contest the governorship election, because he holds dual citizenship. The PDP alleged that […]
There was pandemonium in Omi-Adio community in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State yesterday after a mobile policeman allegedly shot a driver for refusing to give N20 bribe. The victim, identified simply as Aminu Mudashiru, who was said to have been wounded by the police bullet was immediately rushed to a private hospital in […]
Justice Moshood Abass of the Oyo State High Court, Ring-Road, Ibadan, yesterday, granted bail to the former governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala and two other accused persons, being prosecuted along with him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akala, Deputy Senate Chief Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola, who was also the former […]
Now, it is official: former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, Senate Deputy Chief Whip, who was Commissioner for Local Government under Alao-Akala, Hosea Agboola, and an engineer, Femi Babalola (a.k.a. Jogor), have a case to answer. Before an Ibadan High Court where they were arraigned yesterday, the EFCC preferred 11 charges of gross […]
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