Pensioners turn to begging in Oyo – The Nation
January 6, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Irregular payment of monthly stipends, which has worsened the poverty situation among pensioners, has forced many of them to take to begging in Oyo town, Oyo State.
Neither the state government nor any of the four local governments in Oyo Federal Constituency has put in place a social security system for their retirees, let alone the aged. Most of the poverty reduction programmes of these tiers of government have nothing for the aged, except for women and young adults who are often found to be mainly loyalists of the political party in power.
Pensioners turn to begging in Oyo – The Nation
January 6, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Irregular payment of monthly stipends, which has worsened the poverty situation among pensioners, has forced many of them to take to begging in Oyo town, Oyo State.
Neither the state government nor any of the four local governments in Oyo Federal Constituency has put in place a social security system for their retirees, let alone the aged. Most of the poverty reduction programmes of these tiers of government have nothing for the aged, except for women and young adults who are often found to be mainly loyalists of the political party in power.
Ladoja’s supporters buried amidst wailing – Tribune
December 14, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The charred bodies of the 18 loyalists of a former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, were on Sunday buried amidst wailing, just as two women fainted at the graveside.
At exactly 11:55 a.m, the bodies of the deceased arrived in a Toyota truck marked KF 795 KJA amidst wailing and gnashing of teeth, as all people present at the graveside, lost control when they sighted the fire-mutilated bodies of their loved ones.
Military ruined Nigeria – Retired military officer – Tribune
November 10, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A retired military officer, Major-General Rafiu Adesina, has accused the military of being responsible for the level of decadence in government institutions in the country.
The retired general made the accusation at the re-union ceremony of the old students of Oke ’Badan High School, Agugu, Ibadan, Oyo State, at the weekend.
UCH doctors suspend strike – The Nation
October 22, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday suspended their three-day old strike.
The strike was called off following a negotiation with the hospital’s management.
ASUU embarks on street rally in Ibadan – The Nation
September 15, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
The strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) assumed a dramatic dimension yesterday.
In what observers see as a move to get public sympathy, the lecturers went on a street-to-street rally in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Violence, Irregularities Mar Poll In Ekiti, Oyo – The Guardian
August 16, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
As in previous occasions, violence and irregularities marred elections in parts of Ekiti and Oyo States yesterday.
The rerun elections into the Ekiti North Senatorial District and the two vacant seats of Oorelope and Lagelu constituencies in the Oyo State House of Assembly were ordered by the Courts of Appeal in Benin City and Ibadan respectively.
Armed Robbers Invade Ogbomoso – Thisday
August 6, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
Armed robbers invaded Ogbomosho, the hometown of Oyo State Governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, yesterday, and carted away an undisclosed amount of money from banks.
The robbers, who attacked about six first and second generation banks along the Ogbomosho-Ilorin highway, were able to overpower the security men manning the banks in an operation that lasted about an hour.
Journalists Escape Police Bullet In Oyo – Sunday Independent
July 26, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
But for providence, calamity would have visited the Oyo State chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), as four correspondents would have been shot dead on Saturday by men of the Iyaganku Division of the state police command right at the Simeon Adebo Secretariat of the union.
Police arraign ‘Tokyo’ over murder – Daily Champion
June 24, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The erstwhile chairman of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Oyo State Chapter, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola Oluwatoki a.k.a.Tokyo, who has been in police custody since the past two weeks in connection with the murder of two guards of his second in command, and attempted murder of another two persons, was yesterday in Ibadan arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court.
