Judiciary

Oyo Assembly Rebuts Claims of Secret Loan Approval

By Web News 222

By Mosope Kehinde

The Oyo State House of Assembly has described as baseless the claims made by member representing Saki West State Constituency, Mr. Ibrahim Shittu over the recent emergency plenary session which he alleged was used to secretly approve a N300 billion loan request from the Executive without proper notification to members.

In a statement jointly signed by the Majority Leader, Mr. Sanjo Adedoyin and the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Media, Public Affairs and ICT, Mr. Waheed Akintayo, the Assembly described Mr. Shittu’s claims as not only misleading but a reflection of his complete disconnect from legislative responsibilities.

The statement clarified that the emergency plenary held on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, was duly and officially notified on the Assembly’s general WhatsApp platform. 

“It is not only unfortunate but shameful that a serving member of the Assembly would resort to falsehood for cheap political relevance. Emergency plenaries are not illegal; they are constitutional and practiced in all serious legislatures across Nigeria, including the National Assembly,”.

In refuting Mr. Shittu’s claims, the  statement disclosed that the so-called N300 billion loan includes N149 billion meant to refinance an existing loan facility with United Bank for Africa (UBA), while only N151 billion constitutes a new request to support infrastructure and contractors’ financing.

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Politics

Heavy Presence of EFCC, ICPC, Security Operatives as Re-run Holds in Oyo

By Web News 496

By Bashir Sulaiman

There was heavy presence of security operatives during the re-run election held on Saturday, in two polling units of Saki West State Constituency of Oyo State House of Assembly.

The affected polling units are Odo-osun 007 in Ogidigbo area and Ogbalanja polling unit 019 in Sepeteri/Bapon registration area.

It was also observed that officials of  Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, were on ground at the two polling units to prevent vote buying.

The atmosphere at the two polling units was peaceful as voters performed their civic rights without hindrance or intimidation.

The rerun election in Saki West state constituency was as a result of the ruling of an Appeal court on the judgement of the 2023 Election petition tribunal.

According to the court, the election recorded electoral malpractices ranging from over-voting in the affected polling units and by-passing of BVAS during accreditation of voters.

Edited by Olaolu Fawole

Health

Governor Makinde to kick-off Free Medical Mission

By Web News 862

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state will on Monday, March 16th, 2020, kick off the free medical mission in Oyo North Senatorial District.

The medical mission will include free surgical operations and other medical examinations.

A statement by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashir Bello says the free health mission was introduced to improve the quality of healthcare among the residents of Oyo State.

Local Government Areas that will benefit from the first phase of the free medical mission include Irepo, Olorunsogo, Orelope, Saki West, Saki East, Atisbo and Iwajowa.

Others are Kajola, Itesiwaju, Iseyin, Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South and Oriire.

Iyabo Adebisi