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After decades of efforts in getting Yoruba Youths unified and coordinated under one umbrella, several stakeholders meeting were held for more than a year and by January, 2020, the Yoruba Youth Movement finally got it right at an assembly that took place in Ibadan with the emergence of Alliance of Yoruba Youths Council Worldwide (AYYCW). Among Yoruba Youth Movement in active participation of the Alliance that form ‘AYYCW’ according to a statement issued and signed by the body’ Convener Secretary Ogbeni Kolawole James are: Yoruba Youths Frontiers, Yoruba Youths Alliance, Yoruba Progressive Youths, and Yoruba Youth Remodel among others, with their leadership from Osun, Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti and Kwara fully represented in good numbers. The gain of this Alliance is a great and huge sacrifice the leaders of the previous groups had sacrificed with their positions for the sake of the success of the Mother of Yoruba Youths Council –AYYCW. Functional constitution was equally

The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Alliance of Yoruba Youths Council Worldwide (AYYCW) has commended the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria in curtailing the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus while as well condemning the sharing method of government’s palliative packages. According to a release made available to newsmen by the President, Dr. Akande Kazeem Babatunde and  Secretary of the Council, Comrade Adegunju Tayo, urged the government to ensure provision of more Test Kits and Personal Protective Equipments especially to people of the South/West. “The Federal Government  has started disbursing the N20,000 Conditional Cash Transfer to poor households across the country. The disbursement is said to have started for the past few weeks in some Council areas in Abuja and mostly Northern part of the Country. “According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, the Federal Government would be giving out the s

The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Alliance of Yoruba Youths Council Worldwide (AYYCW) has commended the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria in curtailing the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus while as well condemning the sharing method of government’s palliative packages. According to a release made available to newsmen by the President, Dr. Akande Kazeem Babatunde and  Secretary of the Council, Comrade Adegunju Tayo, urged the government to ensure provision of more Test Kits and Personal Protective Equipments especially to people of the South/West. “The Federal Government  has started disbursing the N20,000 Conditional Cash Transfer to poor households across the country. The disbursement is said to have started for the past few weeks in some Council areas in Abuja and mostly Northern part of the Country. “According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, the Federal Government would be giving out the s

A group under the auspices of Progressive Oyo Connect (POC) has appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde and ALGON members to sue for peace and tranquility.  The group, in a statement made available to Mouthpiece NGR on Sunday by its publicity secretary, Comrade Inaolaji Akinloye advised Governor Makinde to see himself as Oyo state Governor and shun any act of partisan politics.  The statement reads: “The progressive oyo connect wish to use this medium to appeal to our state governor and democratically elected local government chairmen and councillors in oyo state to consider oyo state interest first by adopting a dialogue in resolving the local government brouhaha instead of WAR-WAR approach because when two elephants fight the grass suffers. “We want to advise our darling governor seyi makinde to always see himself as oyo state governor not as a partisan PDP governor. “The tenure of the constitutionally elected local government chairmen and councillors will lapse in less than 18

The Supreme Court on Tuesday voided the election of Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo State. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, unanimously declared Hope Uzodinma as the winner of the March 9, 2019, governorship election and the validly elected governor of the state. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who read the lead judgment, ordered that the certificate of return issued to Ihedioha be immediately withdrawn. She directed that a fresh certificate of return should be issued to Uzodinma. She also directed that Uzodinma must be immediately sworn in as the Governor of Imo State.

An Association of Tipper Drivers , Toll Gate Branch, Ibadan, Oyo State capital under the leadership of SAHEED MAKINDE, has raised the alarm over alleged threats from the so called cabals closer to the government. The threat, according to the Drivers, was being perpetrated by one Otunba Seye Fagbojuro and his co-travellers after resisting their illegal tickets order. The Drivers,however, say Mr. Seye Fagbojuro and his team have been so untouchable since the inception of the present adminstration under Governor Makinde, alleging that, they used to moving round the state for collecting illegal tolls or unauthorized revenue from Market Traders and Motor Parks, and, also issue fake receipts to justify their illegalities. The Union wonders how Otunba Seye Fagbojuro who is neither an Official of government nor political functionary would be moving around the town with Siren escorted by about 15 Mopol when government appointees could not find living quarters. The Drivers, who frown

Oyo APC commiserates with fire victims, asks Makinde to be proactive Gbolarumi to Oyo ALGON: stop criticising Makinde People won’t forget Ajimobi’s eight-year misrule in a hurry, Oyo govt replies APC   The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria(ALGON), Oyo State Chapter, on Sunday criticised the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, over what it called “spreading to brainwash the discerning minds.” In a statement signed by the its chairman in the state, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, ALGON said, “it is disappointing and surprising when sometimes, people you believe and expect should know better and guide the general public, using touch of professionalism and ethics are the ones misleading them because of the benefits of office that are transient in nature.” Abass-Aleshinloye stated that Adisa should learn to apply brakes where necessary, he should see caution and apply it accordingly, adding that four years is very much around the co

The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has explained why his administration did not sack the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government chairmen elected during his predecessor, Ayo Fayose’s tenure. He said it was because of his administration’s strict adherence to the rule of law. According to Fayemi, his administration had to allow the PDP council chairmen to complete their tenure, in spite of the allegations against some of them after their probe by the House of Assembly. .Fayemi stated this while inaugurating newly elected chairmen and vice-chairmen of the 16 local government councils. According to him, he took the decision because he is “resolutely committed to upholding and respecting rule of law at all times,” hence the decision not to scuttle local government administration or interfere with their funds. “The inauguration of these chairmen and vice-chairmen, today, follows the tenure expiration of the council elected officials we inherited from the last adm

The governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in the 2019 election in Oyo State, Sharafadeen Alli, on Wednesday accused Governor Seyi Makinde of abandoning his party after it helped him to win the election. Mr Alli spoke through a statement he personally signed, a copy of which was made available to Premium Times in Ibadan, the state capital. ZLP was one of the political parties that formed an  alliance  with Mr Makinde’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defeat the candidate of the then ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adebayo Adelabu, in the March 9, 2019 election. Other parties in the  coalition  were the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The  coalition  was coordinat ed by a former governor of the state, Rashidi Ladoja. But, nine months after the agreement, Mr Alli accused the governor of failure to fulfil his promises to the ZLP. He said the governor has denied the ZLP political patronage, in alleged repudiati