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  • BREAKING: Notorious herdsman Iskilu Wakili arrested in Oyo

    BREAKING: Notorious herdsman Iskilu Wakili arrested in Oyo

    The notorious herdsman terrorising communities in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas of Oyo State, Iskilu Wakili, has been arrested.

    Our correspondents learnt he was arrested on Sunday morning in Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government.

    Wakili had been alleged to have masterminded the killings and abductions in the communities.

    He was arrested by men of the Odua Peoples Congress(OPC).

    Kehinde Aderemi, Special Assistant on Media to Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams Adams, confirmed his arrest.

    The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere commended OPC for the development.

    Its National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, in a statement on Sunday, said: “Afenifere gives tremendous commendation to OPC under Iba Gani Adams for the arrest of iskilu Wakili, a Fulani bandit who has been spreading terror on ou people in Igboho area and the Nigerian Police and other security agencies unable to do anything about him.

    “The early morning peaceful arrest confirms our position on how effective local initiative can do well in homeland security.

    “We were not shocked that but for the intervention by the leadership in Oyo State, the Police would have gone after the OPC boys instead of taking the criminal from them and do the needful.

    “Nigeria is going nowhere with a security network that shuns federalism.”

    OPC on February 27 arrested the second-in-command to the alleged dreaded kidnapper, one Isiaka Muhammadu.

    Details shortly…

  • Oyo Okays Appointment of NUT Member on SUBEB Board

    Oyo Okays Appointment of NUT Member on SUBEB Board

    The Oyo State Government has approved the appointment of a member of the Nigeria Union of Teachers who would serve on the board of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board.

    Adeniran, who was speaking while playing host to members of the state Executive Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) led by the Chairman of the union, Comrade Samson Adedoyin, also assured teachers that Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration is ensuring they receive their reward here on earth and not only in heaven.

    The new appointee, Comrade Oladimeji Raji who has served in the Oyo State teaching service for 30 years is the current Treasurer of the Nigeria Union of Teachers.

    Comrade Raji, according to the Executive Chairman, has been committed to the welfare of teachers and serves at Progressive Day School II, Aladorin, Ibadan.

    Dr. Nureni Adeniran disclosed that Oyo State Government intends to carry teachers in the state along in the scheme of things at the Board especially in the execution of educational policies and programmes of the state government, through the appointment of one of them.

    Adeniran said the appointment is borne out of the present administration’s commitment to the welfare of teachers, assuring teachers in the state that SUBEB, under his watch, would not stop being teachers’ friendly.

    He added that teachers’ interests would not be compromised at all, even as he said that they know the best way to address their problems since some of them were once teachers.

    The SUBEB Chair listed some of the ways Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration has motivated teachers for higher productivity to include prompt payment of salaries and allowance to primary school teachers in the state.

    Dr. Nureni however appealed to members of NUT to collaborate with the Board, urging the NUT leadership to do its utmost best to sensitize its members on the efforts of the State Government on their course.

    He said the board will not hesitate to discipline erring teachers who refuse to adhere to the rules of service, adding that, the present administration is working on modalities to recruit new teachers in the Basic Education sector.

    Dr. Adeniran however assured the leadership of NUT that the Board has listed some of the challenges facing teachers in the state, and would immediately swing into action.

    Earlier, NUT Chairman, Comrade Samson Adedoyin, had praised the State Government for its commitment to the welfare of teachers, even as he called on the State Government to look into other areas where teachers need its intervention.

  • BESDA: Oyo Partners World Bank, UBEC, Trains Non-Formal Education Centres

    BESDA: Oyo Partners World Bank, UBEC, Trains Non-Formal Education Centres

    Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has commenced training of language teachers and non-formal education centres facilitators across the State.

    This, the government revealed, is in partial fulfilment of the execution of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) in the State.

    The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran stated that the programme was facilitated in conjunction with the World Bank and the Universal Basic Education Commission, in order to ensure the facilitators are well trained for the task ahead.

    He said this at Lagelu Grammar school, Ibadan during the flag off of the training which is taking place at different centres with participants drawn from twenty-one Local Government areas targeted for the BESDA programme in Oyo State.

    Adeniran explained that the training was also meant to prepare the facilitators on necessary lessons, observation checklist, stimulate pupils’ interest in subjects, cultivate thinking skills, and mastery of content and lesson plans.

    According to Adeniran, the training will also bring sanity into the learning process through improvement of teaching methods, and eradication of out of school children from the streets in Oyo State.

    Dr. Adeniran further revealed that the programme is targeted towards children within school age, who either do not have access to schools or are drop-outs from public schools.

    He said the programme also targets children in Islamic schools, adding that the training intends to transform them, make them literate and fortify them with basic knowledge at their centres.

    He said, “This exercise is crucial to the basic education sector of Oyo State and is taking place across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state”.

    “We hope that this will certainly enable our non-formal facilitators to gain knowledge of new teaching methods as it is applicable to BESDA. This will also take the education system to greater heights in our dear State,” he said.

    He commended Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State for giving priority to the education sector, adding that his immense support has given the Board an edge in the fight against out of school children littering the streets. 

  • Oyo bids to host National Sports Festival

    Oyo bids to host National Sports Festival

    Oyo State may be the next host of the National Sports Commission, the State Sports Council has disclosed.

    The Council said it has signified its intention to host the next edition of the prestigious sporting event.

    Addressing leaders of the Oyo state chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria at his office, Chairman of the state sports council, Gbenga Adewusi, disclosed this on Friday.

    Mr Adewusi said the political leaders and sports administrators in the Pacesetter State have communicated their desire to the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, who is an indigene of the state.

    The last time Oyo State hosted the National Sports Festival was in 1976.

    His words: “The sports-loving Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, is interested in hosting the next edition of the National Sports Festival. And we have told the Minister for Sports that we want to host the next edition after the one in Edo State. We have begun preparations for this, with the ongoing upgrade of the Lekan Salami Stadium. In addition, we are also upgrading some mini stadia in six geo-political zones as well as sports arenas in the state capital.”

  • BREAKING: Akeredolu, other Govs, Miyetti Allah meet over vacation order

    BREAKING: Akeredolu, other Govs, Miyetti Allah meet over vacation order

    Governors of Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Kebbi, and Jigawa States on Monday held a meeting with the national leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) at the International Culture and Events Centre in Akure, Ondo State capital.

    The NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi in his welcome remarks highlighted some issues expected to be resolved at the meeting:

    These include addressing issues of crimes and criminality, the framework of engagement with MACBAN on security; and creating alternative security network like Amotekun.

    He added that the meeting is at the instance of the NGF and is not planned but necessitated by the exigencies of the present challenges of insecurity in the country.

    He also pointed out that no eviction order to Fulani herdsmen in Ondo or any other state in the southwest.

    According to Fayemi, the Ondo Governor only directed that all herdsmen should register for them to operate in the state forest reserves.

    The NGF Chairman said ethnic profiling has to stop and all tribes in Nigeria are faced by the insecurity challenge. Fulanis too are victims of crime such as cattle rustling.

    Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, and police authorities are also at the meeting.

    Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu last week ordered herdsmen to vacate all forest reserves in the state within the next seven days.

    The Governor, who made the proclamation via Twitter, said the order had become imperative due to the increasing incidents of kidnap cases in the state.

    “These unfortunate incidents are traceable to the activities of some bad elements masquerading as herdsmen. These felons have turned our forest reserves into hideouts for keeping victims of kidnapping, negotiating for ransom, and carrying out other criminal activities,” Akeredolu said.

    This order generated controversies with the Federal Government in a statement by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu saying Akeredolu being a senior lawyer would be the least expected to unilaterally expel thousands of herders who have lived all their lives in the state on account of the infiltration of the forests by criminals.

  • What I saw in Seriki Fulani’s compound – Sunday Igboho

    What I saw in Seriki Fulani’s compound – Sunday Igboho

    Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, has revealed what he saw at the compound of Serike Fulani, Saliu Kadri when he (Igboho) AND his supporters stormed the Fulani leader’s home last week.

    The grassroots mobilizer and hundreds of his followers had stormed Kadri’s home where they confronted the Seriki and issued a seven-day ultimatum to Fulanis in the area to quit.

    Igboho had last week given the Fulani residing and doing business in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government of Oyo State a 7-day ultimatum to leave the area.

    In a tweet on Sunday, Igboho said he saw all manners of expensive cars at the Seriki’s compound and questioned him about them.

    “I saw different expensive vehicles, such as Range Rover Sport, Toyota Venza, Camry and more in the compound of the Seriki.

    “I asked him if it was with the proceeds from the cattle that he sold that he was able to buy the expensive vehicles, some of which costs as much as N38m.”

    The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered for the arrest of Igboho according to Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Spokesman.

    This was after he made good his threat to evict Fulani from Igangan at the weekend.

    He listed the assassination of Oyo businessman, Fatai Aborode, Alhaja Serifat Adisa and her children, an Igangan prince, among others.

  • OYO: Culprits Behind Violence In Igangan Will Be Brought To Justice – Police

    OYO: Culprits Behind Violence In Igangan Will Be Brought To Justice – Police

    The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, has called for calm in the state, promising that action will be taken against those behind the recent violence and ethnic tension in the state.

    “Investigation into the arson and the breach of the peace, which occurred at Igangan will be investigated to logical conclusion and culprits shall be brought to justice,” read part of a statement issued on behalf of the commissioner by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Fadeyi Olugbenga, on Saturday.

    The police boss, who blamed the situation in the state on “the inciting pronouncement of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, A.K.A Sunday Igboho”, warned that security agencies will not watch while some criminal elements take laws into their hands.

    The statement, however, did not confirm or deny a report that the Inspector-General of Police had ordered Adeyemo’s arrest.

    Adeyemo had issued a quit notice to herders in the state and on Friday held a rally in Igangan to buttress his position.

    According to the police the rally is responsible for the violence which resulted in houses and cars being burnt in the town.

    “Following the fear of threats to public peace, occasioned by the inciting pronouncement of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, A.K.A Sunday Igboho, the Oyo State Police Command jointly with the Operation Burst had embarked on visibility/confidence building patrol of the areas concerned,” the police said.

    “Sadly, the relative peace and calmness, being enjoyed, due to the visibility patrols of the Security Agencies were truncated by the visit of Sunday Igboho to Igangan, at about 16:30hrs [4:30 pm] on 22nd January 2021.

    “The visit had culminated in a mob action by some youths in the town, who, armed with different types of weapons, embarked on arson and a breach of peace. In the process, grievous hurt was committed against one of the police officers, while discharging his statutory duties.”

    READ ALSO: Houses, Vehicles Burnt, Policeman Injured In Igangan

    While investigating the situation and trying to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the state, the police appealed for calm.

    The CP called on well-meaning and peace-loving elders in the community to caution and advise restive youths to sheath their swords and shun violence in addressing the complex situation at hand.

    She also urged the youths to avoid being used as pawns to ignite an ethnic war.

    Warning people against taking laws into their hands, the police said that a “substantial number of suspects (of different ethnic backgrounds)” were arrested in connection with virtually all the cases of kidnapping or assassination, which had occurred in the State.

    Some have been arraigned in court and are being remanded in correctional facilities, while investigations are still ongoing in some of the cases.

  • Police arrest three for kidnapping Oyo council boss

    Police arrest three for kidnapping Oyo council boss

    Oyo State Police Command on Monday arrested three of the suspects behind the recent kidnap of a council boss in Oyo State.

    Governor Seyi Makinde made the revelation while addressing top police officers at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan on Monday.

    Although the Police Command has not made the details of the arrest public, Governor Makinde commended them for the good job done.

    Recall that the news of the kidnap of the Chairman, Iganna Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Oyo State, Mr. Jacob Adeleke, was made public on Monday October 26th.

    He was kidnapped along with his driver Sunday evening along Iseyin-Ado Awaye Road, on his way to Ibadan for a scheduled meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday morning.

    The sum of N200million was placed on the kidnapped council boss as ransom.

    The duo were however reportedly released on Friday. It could not be confirmed if any ransom was paid to facilitate the release.

  • Oyo East LG Begins Community Projects Across All Wards

    Oyo East LG Begins Community Projects Across All Wards

    Oyo East Local Government Caretaker Chairman, Saheed Arowosaye, yesterday, said his administration has embarked on development of projects specific to each Ward.

    The Caretaker Chairman, said the projects include rehabilitation of boreholes, purchase of generators and temporary repairs of bad roads, adding that some of them have been commissioned.

    Arowosaye said this was in fulfilment of one of the key promises of Governor Seyi Makinde, to touch every part of the State with developmental projects.

    He said over 12 motorised and hand pump boreholes have been rehabilitated in the first phase of the projects, to address the perennial water crisis in Oyo East Local Government.

    According to him, the projects were arrived at using a bottom-top approach, as the intervention was initiated in response to the series of requests by the various communities in the Local Government to address specific challenges.

    He said the execution of the projects would change the narrative about grassroots development and the responsibilities of Caretaker Chairmen in Oyo State.


    He said: “Following in the footsteps of our dear Governor and leader, His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde and part of our efforts to address the perennial water crisis in the local government, today, I flagged off the “1st Phase” of Rehabilitation of the following Motorised and Hand pumps Boreholes; Motorised Borehole at Ile Okun, Agboye. Ward 1; Hand pumps borehole at Bara, beside cemetery, ward 1; Motorised borehole at beside ile Baba Oba Effon House, Ogese, ward 2; Hand pump borehole at Kanga junction, ward 3; Motorised borehole at Alaodi, ward 3.

    Others are Motorised borehole at ile kanga mosque, ward 3; Motorised borehole at ilaka , ward 5; Motorised borehole at alelerin ward 8; Motorised borehole at ile lakanla, jabata, ward 7; Motorised borehole at Central mosque Oke Apo, ward 8; Motorised borehole at Central mosque jabata, ward 7 and Motorised borehole at Adebumi Araromi, back of maternity, ward 10.

    Arowosaye added that the Local Government also purchased brand new electricity generating sets for communities where some of the boreholes are located, to ensure availability of water even when there is blackout.

    The Oyo East Local Government boss added that the projects are conceived in response to requests by the various communities to address specific challenges and are tailored to meet the needs of each.

    He added that by this, the present administration had taken “dividends of democracy” to the grassroots in a way never seen before in the Oyo State.

  • Oyo SUBEB trains Quality Assurance Officers on new ICT procedures

    Oyo SUBEB trains Quality Assurance Officers on new ICT procedures

    The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board said that it is preparing its Quality Assurance Officers on ways to improve learning and to meet up with global best practices.

    The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran said this in Ibadan today at the opening of a two-day training on E-Quality Assurance.

    The training was organized in conjunction with the Universal Basic Education Commission for all Quality Assurance Officers in the 33 Local Government Universal Basic Education Authorities in the State.

    Facilitated by the National Space Research and Development Agency, Dr. Adeniran said the training seeks to develop new quality assurance strategies and procedures to improve the quality of learning in Basic schools across Oyo State.

    The Executive Chairman noted that though effective, Quality Assurance exercise in the State have always been carried out using paper instrument.

    He disclosed that the Board is ready to follow the trend by introducing e-quality assurance facilities to replace the archaic method of monitoring, evaluation and data collection.

    While the SUBEB boss thanked Universal Basic Education Commission for its unflinching support, he also

    expressed optimism that after the 2-day training, officers will be acquainted with the use of E-Quality assurance facilities.

    Dr. Adeniran revealed that the commission had procured Computers for the quality assurance officers, adding that National Space Research and Development Agency would upload the systems with the needed software.

    “This training is meant to train Quality Assurance Officers, as vanguards of the new approach to quality assurance practices in basic education in Oyo State”, he said.

    “We will adequately equip them with the required knowledge and skills needed on the new strategies at all the local government levels in the State”.

    Adeniran continued, saying “It is expected that through this intervention, quality learning outcomes in schools will be achieved”.

    “The training was in response to the need to strengthen the capacity of quality assurance officers, especially at zonal and state level”, he added.

    Adeniran said the Board will ensure quality learning outcomes in basic schools through effective quality assurance activities.