NAIJA TODAY NEWS ..... Relaying the latest

Omo Sheu, Oriyomi Hamzat and women leaders with financial envelopes The Lawmaker representing Ibadan South East State Constituency One at Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Abdul-Rasaq fondly called 'OMO SHEU' has flagged off his empowerment programme, when 134 beneficiaries were engaged in seven(7) varieties of vocational jobs and seventy(70) others went homes with brown envelopes that contained undisclosed amounts of money. At Empowerment Flag off Programme held on Sunday, 23rd February, 2020 at Omo Sheu's Constituency Office at Baba Rogo's Compound, Elekuro Ibadan, Omo Sheu empowered and engaged 134 beneficiaries on 7 varieties of vocational jobs that are characterized as Tailoring, Hairdressing, Computer Literacy, Nylon Cuttings, Barbing, Shoe making and Eyes' decorations respectively. Wards Chairmen benefiting financial envelopes The ace and fearless Broadcaster, Alhaji Oriyomo Hamzat was on behalf of Omo Sheu presented 70 brown en...

SERAP, others sue Gbajabiamila, Reps over ‘plan to spend N5.04bn on 400 exotic cars’ Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 192 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to “restrain and stop Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives and all members of the House from spending an estimated N5.04 billion to buy 400 exotic cars for principal officers and members.” SERAP is also seeking a court order to “restrain and stop the National Assembly Service Commission from releasing any public funds to the House of Representatives to buy 400 Toyota Camry 2020 model cars estimated to cost $35,130 per car, until an impact assessment of the spending on access to public services and goods like education, security, health and clean water, is carried out.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/205/2020 filed last Friday, SERAP and the concerned Nigerians argue that: “Nigerians have a right to honest and faithful p...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, an umbrella body for herdsmen in the country has vowed to attend the the public hearing on the Amotekun bill slated for Monday across all the states in the South-West. This news medium gathered that the herdsmen said it would be an avenue to make their positions known on the issue. The association had expressed its reservations over the setting up of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, claiming that the initiative was aimed at flushing out the Fulani tribe from the South-West. But the South-West Governors’ Forum had in its reaction dismissed the claim as misplaced and unnecessary. In the South-West and some other regions, there had been clashes between herders and farmers, while some herders had also been accused of killing and kidnapping innocent villagers. In their response to the rising killings and kidnappings by criminals and some persons alleged to be herders, the governors ...

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Senator Abiola Ajimobi on Friday extolled the virtues of the late Dr Olalekan Are during a burial service held at the St. David Cathedral Church, Kudeti in Ibadan. The deceased, a renowned agronomist and a former Director with the Punch Newspapers, died on Jan. 18 at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Makinde described the late Are as a lover of peace and a great achiever who never hesitated to say his mind on any issue. Makinde said Are’s uprightness and goodwill legacy would be remembered by the people of Oyo State and Nigeria in general. Also, the immediate past Governor of the state, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, described the late Are as “a bridge builder and a straight forward man”, saying that the deceased lived a fulfilled life. Ajimobi urged children of the late Are to sustain the good legacy left behind by their father. In his sermon, the Diocesan Bishop, Rev. Akintunde Popoola, urged Christian to nurture ...

The Osun State Traditional Rulers’ Council has suspended the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, for six months. The monarchs reached the decision on Friday at an emergency meeting held at Osun State Government Secretariat, Abere. Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, presided over the meeting. Oluwo was suspended over a physical attack on the Agbowu of Ogbagba, Oba Dhikirulahi Olaniran. His action was referred to as despicable and uncharacterised as to be done by a monarch. Following his action by beating up his fellow monarchs, the residence of the nearby communities took to the streets to demonstrate their anger and frustration about his actions. They matched to the Osun government house, which the state government promised to look into, perhaps which preceded to this action of the traditional rulers to suspend him.

We are making progress, Govt counsel says We’ll make our position known—ALGON The Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, on Friday, adjourned till March 20, 2020, a suit filed by the Oyo State Government seeking to restrain the sacked chairmen of local governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from forcefully taking over the councils  in the state. The court, presided by Justice Mashood Abass, adjourned the matter to further allow the parties in the crisis to pursue the option of amicable settlement. The option of amicable settlement was kick-started following an application for out-of-court settlement filed on February 5, 2020. An earlier extension of time to pursue the out-of-Court settlement was given on February 12, 2020, following another adjournment. The Oyo State government had earlier secured an interim injunction restraining the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Inspector-General of Police, the Commissione...

A judge of the National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, Justice J. D. Peters has asked the counsel to Ademola Babalola, the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Toyese Owoade of Afe Babalola (Emmanuel Chamber) to write the president of the court for a transfer of the ongoing case before him. Owoade, counsel to Babalola the 8th defendant, had on Tuesday informed the court of four different applications which he filed on behalf of his client. The first application was an objection to the Forms 48 and 49 (committal proceedings) filed by the claimants; Oluwakayode Banjo and Mosope Kehinde of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), who are of the same chapel with Adewumi Faniran, a contestant who lost to Babalola during the December 18th, 2019 election. Owoade explained to journalists that the objection Babalola raised was predicated on the ground that the forms are incompetent having not met with the conditions stipulated by law in init...

The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has stated his administration is already creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. He equally declared that his administration has kickstarted the process of making the state investment-friendly. Governor Makinde, who stated this while on an inspection tour of a private farm, Agrited Nigeria Limited, Fiditi, Oyo, added that efforts to turn Oyo State to an industrial destination in order for businesses to thrive were already in top gear. According to him, the present administration in the state would continue to assist investors in order to expand the state's economy. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as saying that his government places a premium on the promotion of agribusiness and would always create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. He said: “What the government can do is to create enabling environment. They ...

The Oyo State Government has disclosed its readiness to introduce an identification system for commercial motorcyclists operating within the state in order to check crimes and the influx of bad elements into the state. This was as the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, ordered the immediate reduction of the daily levy to be paid by commercial cyclists from N200 to N100 per day. The State's Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Prof Raphael Afonja, who made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday, added that Governor Makinde does not want to add to the burden of the people of the state. The Commissioner stated that in order to control crimes being associated with motorcyclists and the influx of commercial motorcyclists into Oyo State, the government will, in due course, issue Riders’ Card to all registered commercial motorcyclists in the state. He noted that this will enable the government to differentiate registere...

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, directed the immediate payment of five months outstanding salaries of contract workers of the Oyo State Waste Management Authority (OYWMA) owed by the sacked contractor, West AfricaENRG, within 24 hours. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the Governor issued the directive while addressing the contract workers, who converged on the Governor’s Office. Governor Makinde, who noted that the delay in the payment of their five months salaries was because the sacked contractor, West AfricaENRG, failed to pay them as and when due. The Governor said the delay in the payment of the contract workers’ salaries was due to lack of straight forwardness and clarity in the records inherited by the administration, noting, however, that the case file had already been approved and that the State's Accountant General (AG) has been ordered to commence payment with immediate ...

Sequel to the directive of the Oyo State Government on the creation of New Park Management System, the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) has reeled out a strong warning to individuals or groups planning to run parallel and illegal parks in the State saying anyone found culpable would be prosecuted and made to face the full wrath of the law. This was contained in a statement issued today by the Executive Chairman, Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi at the Authority’s Administrative Headquarters in Ibadan.  In his words, Dr. fagbemi said, “our attention has been drawn to comments made by certain individuals threatening to run some self-created and illegal parks parallel to the ones approved by government and into which Park Managers has been duly appointed. According to section ….. subsection ….of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Act 2009, OYRTMA is the State Government agency statutorily backed by law to oversee, coordinate and manage all government app...

The Oyo State Government, on Sunday, warned some leaders of the suspended National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state to desist from carrying out the threats of violence issued in a video, which has gone viral in the last 24 hours. A statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Public Works and Infrastructure, Professor Raphael Afonja, noted that the government of Governor Seyi Makinde would bring the full weight of the law to bear on anyone caught disturbing peace and order in the state. The government further called on the residents of the state to ignore the empty threats by leaders of the suspended union and go about their lawful businesses, noting that the state government and all the security agencies in the state remained alert and on top of the security situation. The government maintained that though the leaders of the NURTW might have misinterpreted the Park Management System, which is aimed at rebranding the management of motor parks in...

The members of the Ninth Oyo State House of Assembly have heartily congratulated Speaker, Rt. Hon.Adebo Edward Ogundoyin on the auspicious occasion of his 33rd birthdate, slated for Monday, 17th February,2020. In a congratulatory message issued by Hon. Olayanju, the Chairman, House Committee on Media, Information & Publicity, and signed by all members of Oyo House of Assembly. In their congratulatory message, they heartily felicitated with the speaker on the auspicious occasion of his 33rd birthdate and leadership roles he had exhibited since his assumption of office as the speaker of the ninth assembly. In their words, " you have certainly earned yourself a place in the political history of Nigeria as one of the youngest speakers ever" said the members. They congratulated him and described him a true leader, remarkable person and inspirational figure whose short days in office have brought unprecedented achievements to the hallow chamber and Oyo ...

The management of Naija Today News felicitate with the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Adebo Edward Ogundoyin over the auspicious occasion of 33rd birthdate that is slated for Monday, 17th February, 2020. In a communique issued at the end of its editorial meeting held on Saturday, resolved to felicitate with the speaker and wish many prosperous years ahead. In its communique, " the management congratulated him on occasion of 33rd birthdate that is celebrated in sound health, peace and love for the humanity". They also resolved to felicitate with him that his birthdate comes when the hallow chamber and Oyo state at large are witnessing and enjoying peaceful co-existence and avoidance of lawlessness. Also, they felt the impact of the speaker as his current tenure has brought unprecedented achievements to Oyo House of Assembly and Oyo State at large. They urged him to see to the bills that would no doubt fast track the unprecedented devel...

Following the threatening viral video released by banned National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW in Oyo State on a decision of  Oyo State Government to inaugurate the park managers and members of the disciplinary committee this week, The Nigeria Police as on Sunday 16th of February, 2020 warned the  former chairman of the union in the state, Alh. Abideen Olajide fondly called 'Ejiogbe'  and his colleagues  to maintain peace and sheath their swords and abstain from any action that is capable of threatening the peace and security being enjoyed by the peace loving good people of Oyo State. In a statement released by Police Public Relation Officer  SP. Fadeyi Olugbenga with the headline " POTENTIAL THREATS TO PEACE AND SECURITY IN OYO STATE BY ERSTWHILE LEADERS OF THE PROSCRIBED NURTW IN OYO STATE: A CALL FOR CAUTION" stated that  "t he attention of the Commissioner of Police, CP Shina T. Olukolu psc(+) have been drawn to an inciting trending...

Sequel to determination and resolve of Oyo State Government to inaugurate the park managers and members of the disciplinary committee this week, the banned members of National Union of Road Transport Workers(NURTW) in the state have been threatening and boasting to foment troubles, provides Governor Seyi Makinde goes ahead with his plan. In a NURTW's stakeholders' meeting  viral video trending across all social media and championed by former chairman of the union in the state, Alh. Abideen Olajide fondly called 'Ejiogbe' appealed to the governor to jettison the idea and resolved plan of inaugurating the park managers across the local governments in the state. In his appeal, Ejiogbe appealed to all Traditional Rulers, The Political Icons, Religious Leaders and all that matter in the state to appeal to the governor to jettison the planned inauguration of the proposed park managers so as to forestall troubles and avoidance of lawlessness. Ejiogbe lamente...

The Government of Oyo State, on Friday, launched a new Park Management System, PMS, declaring that the initiative would boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The state’s Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Raphael Afonja, who stated this while addressing newsmen in the conference Hall of the Ministry, said that the management committees would be inaugurated on Monday. According to him, the new PMS would include a team of Park Managers who will coordinate activities at the parks located in each of the 33 local governments as well as two disciplinary Committees to coordinate Motor Parks and Tippers/Lorries Parks. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the commissioner as saying that the development was borne out of the pressing need to ensure sanity in the management of the parks. The commissioner said: “I am here to basically inform you of the recent development concerning the m...

The attention of the South West leaders of APC was drawn to a communique of the meeting of a group, named Unity Group, in Ondo State Where the convener and leader of the group, Alhaji Ali Olanusi was credited with a statement that passed a vote of no Confidence on the APC National Reconciliation Committee with a direct attack on the Chairman of the Committee, Chief Bisi Akande alleging that he was on the payroll of Ondo State Governor, Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu. The allegations were frivolous and uncharitable. The APC leadership was shocked and hugely embarrassed that a supposed member of APC can publicly cast aspersions and throw muds at Chief Bisi Akande whose greatest asset is his unblemished name and untainted integrity. This can only come from a member who joined APC midway and had not been indoctrinated to the ethos and tradition of the Progressives, especially in the South West, where we hold our leaders in high esteem. In a Statement released by the APC Zonal Publicity ...

The news now at is that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has received the supreme Court judgment  on Bayelsa States Election Governorship Election Delivered yesterday. As it stand now , all eyes are on INEC to give the final verdict, on whether to go on with the swearing in ceremony of Douye Diri, the Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Recall Supreme Court sacked David Lyon, over his deputy different Certificates Meanwhile Ejes Gist have obtained the original Copy of the Judgement Source: Ejes Gist

The Caretaker Chairman, Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State, Hon.(Alh.) Afolabi Adebayo Saliman Borikansunwon has in his determination and pledge to bring succour to people of his council area commissioned projects of infrastructural development. While commissioning the borehole at Olopoeniyan's house, Bode, Okeho on Wednesday, February 12th, said that the borehole was fixed up and commissioned in remembrance of late political Icon, Chief Shittu Akanbi Gbenusola Olopoeniyan, stressing that the borehole was dug by  former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abass Olopoeniyan in 2011 but became dysfunctional since since 2013. One of the boreholes commissioned On same date, The Council Boss also commissioned the fixed borehole at Owo-Iya and the one at Adekideru, Bode, Okeho which he claimed had been dysfunctional for the past 10 years, adding that it was done with no political sentiment nor discrimination but for the benefit of all residents residing i...

Following the unprecedented achievements that the current government in Oyo State has recorded over the last 8 months  of assumption of office, The Caretaker Chairman, Iseyin South Local Council Development Area(LCDA), Hon.Raheem Ajibola FM has described Governor Seyi Makinde as a super star among his  peers and a messiah whom God ordained to bring succour to the people of the state. In a phone interaction with Naija Today News, described Makinde as a super star among his governorship peers in the country and someone whom God sent to bring succour to the people of Oyo State and beyond. FM said during the last governorship electioneering campaigns, Makinde promised and pledged that having won the election and assumed office as a governor of Oyo State, he would ensure that perfect actions are expedited on turn-around of state's education, improvement of health, provision of adequate security and promotion of agricultural business among others. On fulfilment of pro...

The Oyo state government has declared it readiness to tackle the menace constituted by out of school children in the state. This was stated this Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Better Education Service Delivery for All, Honourable Adeyanju Sunday Moses while addressing newsmen in his office at Agodi, Secretariat. He commended Governor Makinde for having the political will to eradicate the barriers impeding the access to better education in the state through his education policy. Hon Adeyanju opined that the  present administration in the state is ready to take formal education to the vulnerables and  destitutes in the state Hon. Adeyanju acknowledged that if there is anyone that does not have interest in formal education, the present government is ready to take education to them. He used the opportunity to enlighten the public on what BESDA stands for. He noted that the program would also target those in the quranic schools to ensure that t...