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You’ve Abandon Us, We’re Suffering – Residents Call Out Makinde, Folarin, Akin Alabi, Fadeyi Others Over Oremeji-Idi Obi, Idi Osan-Paara Roads By Peter Felix Today’s heavy downpour gives a terrible experience in many parts of Ona-Ara local government area of Oyo State as rain complement Ona-Ara constituent’s agitation of good roads and bridges all across. Few days ago, I enumerated some personalities from Ona-Ara that holds political offices. Of which I revealed here the crying of the common man especially those living around Gbaremu-Olosun, Ifewumi-idiobi and Ogbere-Tioya area in Ona-Ara local government area. The suffering encounters every day and night when passing through Gbaremu-Olosun road, Paara-inuewe road, Ogbere-Tioya to Ariyo Road can not be explain as the suffering is becoming unbearable for all routing the area. WHY ALWAYS US IN ONA-ARA? The paara-inuewe bridge collapsed due to the recent heavy downpours. This road linked Ibadan airport, Oritamerin tioya, old ife-road and

OYO-2023: Former Oyo Council Chairmen Reunite, Agree On Folarin’s Mandate Ahead of the 2023 election, 40 former council  in Oyo State met today in Ibadan, the state capital. Apart from reconciliation and working for the All Progressives Congress, APC, the ex-council bosses promised to work to ensure the emergence of Teslim Folarin as the next governor of Oyo State. Prominent among the ex-LG bosses who attended the meeting which took place at their office in Iyaganku area of Ibadan were Kunle Oladeji, Gbade Lana, Olumide Alli, Bisi Oladeji, Lanre Olaosegba, Akinpade Ayobami, Egunjobi Samuel, Raji Adeleke, Yomi Adefusi and others. A communique signed by Bosun Ajuwon and Olumide Alli, urged everybody to sheath their swords and work in the interest of the party in all elections. “We met today at our office in Ibadan and we resolved to unite ourselves and work in the interest of the party. ”We also resolved to support the governorship aspiration of Senator Teslim Folarin, our party standard

On Alleged Misconduct, Olaniyan Drags Oyo Assembly To Court Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, has dragged the state House of Assembly to court over the impeachment move against him by the lawmakers. The deputy governor was represented in court by his counsel, Chief Afolabi Fashanu, (SAN) in the case which came up before Justice Ladiran Akintola at Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan on Tuesday. The judge ordered that the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, and the Clerk of the House be put on notice before he adjourned the matter till Wednesday ( today). The lawmakers had, two weeks ago, initiated impeachment move against Olaniyan. The House, in a letter read by the Clerk, accused the deputy governor of financial recklessness, gross misconduct and insubordination among other allegations, shortly after his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Olaniyan had also filed his response to the allegations against him and the la

Ex CJ Must Be Probed in Judiciary’s Interest -Senate  Justice Muhammad I’m embarrassed as a lawyer; there’s no reason judiciary should lack financially — Omo-Agege *His resignation akin to vote of no confidence —Fashanu Despite his resignation, the Senate, yesterday insisted it would go ahead with the probe of  former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. excellence. This was sequel to a motion on a matter of urgent public importance moved by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central). The legislators took the decision as more reactions trailed the resignation of Justice Muhammad. Those who spoke yesterday include the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, BOSAN; a lawyer, Mr. Babatunde Fashanu, SAN; and Chairman of Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran. Senate probe The Senate had on June 22, mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Leg