Oyo Empire

The Council of Authentic Ibadan   Mogajis   on Sunday visited the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, in his palace, where they implored him to put the crisis surrounding the installation of 21 new Ibadan kings by the state government behind him and perform his traditional duty of installation of new   Mogajis   (family heads). The Mogaji Akinsola Compound in Oopo Labiran area of Ibadan, Chief Wale Oladoja, who is the spokesman for the group, said after the meeting with the Olubadan, the Ibadan family heads also met to review the current situation of things as regards the government step. Oladoja said, “We have told our revered Kabiyesi that full activities must commence in the palace without further delay. The installation of new  Mogajis, Baales  and honorary chieftaincy titles should begin now because the place of Olubadan as the paramount ruler of the city cannot be made redundant by anyone. “Prior to the problem that trailed recent elevation or enthronement of some

The Oyo State Government, through its Housing Corporation, on Wednesday insisted that the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi gave a plot of land to Senator Rashidi Ladoja free of charge, saying that Senator Ladoja acknowledged receipt of the land with appreciation in a letter dated May 14, 2017 and titled Re: Application for the Allocation of Plot 26, Ondo Street Bodija Estate, Ibadan. The government’s position was stated in a statement issued in Ibadan by the Acting General Manager of the Oyo State Housing Corporation, Tpl S. O. Adekunle, saying that the corporation is not in receipt of any letter requesting for the backing of the Governor’s statutory payment waiver authority and cost of allocation. It also wondered why a former Governor would ask such an elementary question having been in the saddles. The Government said that the media aide to Senator Ladoja might be uninformed about the true state of developments, hence, his earlier misguided and untrue statement, explainin

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The Osun state police command arrests two men on a motorcycle with human parts - In a similar case, one Adeniyi Adeyeye is arrested with a human skull in his possession - The Osun state commissioner of police, Fimihan Adeoye, says all the suspects will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation The Osun state police command has arrested three male suspects, with two human heads and hands in the state.  The commissioner of police, Fimihan Adeoye, told newsmen in Osogbo on Tuesday, September 5, that the suspects were arrested on August 29 during a police stop and search operation. “On Aug. 29 at about 1;02 p.m, a police patrol team on a stop and search operation on Ogbomosho/Oyo Road, at Agboro Area, stopped a motorcycle with two persons on it. “The persons on the motorcycle were searched and two severed human hands with gloves and a human head were found with them, and they were promptly arrested,” he said. Mr Adeoye said in a similar case, on the same date at about 1

Olufemi Atoyebi,  Ibadan A former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has faulted the state Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, over his claim that the coronation of the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, cost the state N100m. Ladoja was reacting to the statement the governor made on the state broadcasting outfit during an interview on Saturday. In a statement signed on behalf of Ladoja by one of his media aides, Lanre Latinwo, the former governor stated that Ibadan people did not beg the governor for money for the coronation of the monarch a year ago. The statement said, “Was the money he claimed to have spent budgeted for? Was it personal money? Did Ibadan people go to him cap in hand for him to foot the bill? Oyo State money should be spent judiciously for the use of all the people of the state and not a section of it. How much did the governor spend on the coronation ceremonies in other towns and cities?” Ladoja also chided the state governor over the suggestion tha

National Assembly transmits proposals for consideration •Buhari to get clean copy in December The 36 State Houses of Assembly will begin work on the proposed amendment  to the 1999 Constitution any moment from now,  The Nation gathered yesterday. They are to consider the bills already adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in respect of the amendment. National Assembly sources said the adopted proposals have been transmitted to houses of assembly for consideration and concurrence. The National Assembly Constitution Review Committee led by Senate Deputy President Ike Ekweremadu formulated 33 bills for the purpose of the constitution amendment of which   29 were adopted while four were rejected. The source said that with the transmission of the adopted proposals to the state houses of assembly “the battle to amend the 1999 Constitution has shifted to the states.” He said: “Any proposal that meets the approval of at least 24 state houses of assembly will be pr

The Oyo State government has promised to review tuition fees at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, in a bid to make it self-sustaining. Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, announced this yesterday in Ibadan, while featuring on a programme tagged “Saturday Special’ aired on the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), LAUTECH which is co-owned by both Oyo and Osun state governments, had in recent times been enmeshed in crisis over the default of the owners to pay subvention and staff salaries. Ajimobi said his administration had since assumption of office in 2011, paid N22 billion to the institution. He described the amount being paid as tuition fees in LAUTECH as `abysmal,’ adding that it would be reviewed for the institution to be self-sustaining. “The default in the payment of subvention and salaries was as a result of economic downturn. When we came on board, we reduced the tuition fees to N65, 00

Olufem Atoyebi,  Ibadan Oyo State Governor, AbiolaAjimobi, on Friday said he had no power to stop the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, from becoming the Olubadan. The governor said this after the Eid prayers at the Agodi Muslim praying ground in Ibadan, Oyo State. Noticeably, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, was not at the ground after some  Mogajis  under the aegis of the Authentic Ibadan  Mogajis  told him on Thursday to avoid coming to the ground for security reasons. The monarch and some Mogajis  observed the prayers at his palace in Popoyemoja. The Olubadan and Ladoja are opposed to the Ibadan chieftaincy system review initiated by Ajimobi and the installation of 21 new kings in the city. Ajimobi said the controversy that had followed the review would soon be over with more enlightenment campaigns. He also said that the Olubadan would remain his father despite his [Olubadan’s] opposition to the reform. He said, “In the spirit of the celebrati