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Angela Folarin Funeral Service ••V.P Osinbajo, Lawan, others grace Senator Folarin wife's funeral in Ibadan The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in the company of other top dignitaries, on Tuesday, attended the funeral mass conducted for late Barrister Angela Folarin, wife of Senator Teslim Folarin, representing Oyo Central Senatorial District. INSTANTnews  gathered that the funeral mass held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ilupeju, in Ibadan also had in attendance the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Barrister Angela Nwaka Folarin died last month and was buried in Ibadan on Tuesday, shortly after the funeral mass. The Senate President’s entourage to Ibadan included the Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Senator Robert Ajayi Boroffice; Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi; Senate Spokesman, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru; Senator Ayo Akinyelure, representing Ondo Central Senatorial District; and Senator Yakubu Oseni, representing Kogi Central Sena...

Tinubu, Aregbesola May Reconcile As Alaafin Reportedly Invites Duo  The National leader and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is scheduled to pay a visit to the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III today, Sunday, February 20th . Tinubu’s scheduled visit to Oyo town is part of continuation of his engagement with traditional rulers across the country’s six geo-political zones in respect of his 2023 presidential ambition. Meanwhile, an unconfirmed report had it that the monarch had also invited the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to his palace to broker peace between him and his erstwhile political ally, Bola Tinubu. Aregbesola had, last week, at Ijebubesha, during a campaign, slammed Tinubu and the Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola over the current raging political misunderstanding between the Minister and his successor. “We exalted him beyond his status and he turned himself to a god over us and we had sworn to...

Oyetola Defeats Aregbesola In His Ward Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has defeated Rauf Aregbesola in his ward at the ongoing APC primary election for Osun 2022 governorship election. Oyetola polled 309 votes in Ward 008, Ilesa East local government area to defeat Aregbesola’s preferred aspirant, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti who garnered 146 votes. Prof. Isaac Adewole’s Ward, Ward 7, Ilesa East LG Oyetola 808 Adeoti 46 Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola ward, Ward 8, Ilesa East LG Oyetola 309 Adeoti 146 Hon. Timothy Owoeye, Speaker House of Assembly, Ward 10, Ilesa East LG Oyetola 741 Adeoti 30 Hon. Ajibola Famurewa, Ward 10, Atakumosa East LG Oyetola 483 Adeoti 15 Engr. Remi Omowaiye, Commissioner for works and Transport, Ward 6, Ilesa West LG Oyetola 892 Adeoti 53. @INSTANTnews

OYO ROAD PROJECTS•• We Are Commitment To Infrastructure Development In Oyo - FG  The Federal Controller of Works in Oyo State, Mr Kayode Ibrahim, yesterday, stated that the Federal Government is committed to road infrastructure development in the state. Ibrahim stated this while speaking with newsmen in Igboho, during an inspection tour of the Federal Government road projects in the Oke-Ogun zone of the state. The controller who said the Federal Government was doing a lot of works in the state, specifically referred to the Iseyin-Agunrege-Saki Road axis where contractors were carrying out emergency repairs of the failed sections of the road. He said the Igboho-Igbeti Road project, which had been neglected for years, “is now receiving the attention of the present administration. The controller said: “We have brought an intervention project here to remove the bad portions and replace them with asphalt.” “We are doing intervention works on the 38 kilometres Igboho-Igbeti Road, one is ...

Angela Folarin To Be Buried On Tuesday,  Family Releases Burial Arrangements The Senator Teslim Folarin family has released the details of Barrister (Chief) Angela Nwaka Folarin’s burial programme. The wife of the Ibadan chief and federal lawmaker died in London on Friday, 28th January 2022 at the age of 47. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Oyo Central lawmaker, Com. YSO Olaniyi released the details to journalists in Ibadan on Saturday. The full details read: @INSTANTnews @

ASUP Set For Indefinite Strike The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has asked its members to be ready to stop work at any time when the need arises. National President of ASUP, Mr Anderson Umezurike Ezeibe, who gave the hint while addressing members of the union at Hussain Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, Jigawa state, accused the federal government of reneging on some parts of the agreements it reached with the union in June last year. This is coming a few days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on a four-week warning strike. He said the ASUP had suspended its industrial action on June 10, 2021, based on agreements it reached with the Federal Government. Anderson explained that part of the agreement include the release of N15 billion for the revitalisation of polytechnics and monotechnics, among others. He said since when the agreement was reached, the Federal Government has fulfilled some while others have not been achieved. “Despite the susp...

N1.17tn Approved For Railway Maintenance, NECO Printing Contracts  The Federal Government has approved N1,173,630,820,594.89 for the procurement of maintenance materials for the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge and the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge rail lines . The amount also includes printing contracts by the National Examination Council for the 2022 senior school certificate examination. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Education, Adamu Adamu, revealed this to State House sorrespondents on Wednesday, shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Amaechi said, “I have an approval of the cabinet to procure rolling stocks for the operation and maintenance and rolling stocks operational maintenance equipment for the new railway projects corridors in Ibadan to Kano standard gauge and Port Harcourt to Maiduguri narr...

FUEL SCARCITY: Don’t Force Us To Go On Strike, TUC Warns FG The Trade Union Congress said it was monitoring and engaging with stakeholders over the prolonged fuel scarcity in many parts of the country. The situation, apart from resulting in high transport fares in many states also caused untold hardship to many Nigerians. But addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the National President, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Quadri Olaleye, vowed that the union might be forced to take an “emergency decision” if the situation persists after the union’s consultation. According to him, the union might proceed on industrial action or lead a protest over the matter. He said, “At the moment, we are watching, we are monitoring and doing some engagements for us to be able to make emergency decisions. When labour takes an emergency decision, you know what it means? It is either strike or protest. “You can see that even what they are using to investigate the man-made problem is part of the fun...

Few Days After Disgracing Tinubu Publicly, Reps Revisit Aregbesola's ‘Misappropriated’ N165b Prison Funds The House of Representatives has commenced a probe of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known on Wednesday. Gbajabiamila is a staunch loyalist of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who has declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023. INSTANTnews recalls that this development is coming few days after Aregbesola publicly blasted Tinubu for turning himself into a god. Gbajabiamila presided over the plenary on Wednesday, where members resolved that the interior minister and prisons chief, Haliru Nababa be probed. They are being accused of misappropriating about N165billion funds earmarked for prisons development across the country. The House resolution came as a result of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Ndudi Elumelu, who is the Minority Leader of the House. “The House...

S enate President Congratulates Senator Lekan Balogun On Appointment As Olubadan Of Ibadan land Oyo State The Senate president Ahmed Lawan has congratulated Senator Lekan Balogun on his appointment as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan land, saying it is well deserved SEE CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE BELOW I write to extend to Your Royal Majesty my sincere congratulations and best wishes on your appointment as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland to the throne of your fore fathers. @INSTANTnews

ASANIKE SALUTES IBADAN CHIEFTAINCY INSTITUTION FOR PROMOTING LOVE, PEACE AND UNITY IN IBADAN LAND AS the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engnr. Seyi Makinde has, in conjunction with the Ibadan traditional chieftaincy institution, announced the name of the next Olubadan of Ibadanland, a scion of former Olubadan and Oyo South Senatorial aspirant, Prince Kola Asanike has lauded the Governor and members of the Olubadan traditional council on the peaceful final resolution of challenges which had engaged the whole of Ibadanland for some years. When given an answers to different questions by journalists in Ibadan today Wednesday, 16th February, 2022 especially on the matter of the new Olubadan designate, Asanike expressed his commendation for the way elders and leaders of Ibadanland have come together to resolve on the side of peace and solution. "I'm impressed by the efforts of both the governor and the elders and leaders who were involved in the pre-disposition to peace efforts to...