Lifestyle

Late Funmilola Ogundiji for Burial Saturday

By Web News 246

By Amos Ogunrinde

The remains of the late Head of Programmes Department of Ogo Ilu 89.3 FM, Mrs. Funmilola Ogundiji, will be laid to rest on Saturday at her residence in Agbedo, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo State.


Her body will depart the Bowen University Teaching Hospital for Ibadan, where a funeral service will be held before interment.


Mrs. Ogundiji, popularly known as Iyalode, died on February 18, 2026, after a brief illness. She was 49 years old.


She is survived by her aged mother, husband, and children.

Politics

APC Wins Saki West State Constituency Rerun Election

By Web News 420

By Bashir Sulaiman/Nafiu Busari

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Shittu Ibrahim, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Saki West State Constituency rerun election for Oyo State House of Assembly.

The rerun was conducted in Odo-osun unit 007 in Ogidigbo area and Ogbalanja polling unit 019 in Sepeteri/Bapon registration area.

The results of the rerun at the two polling units indicated that Mr. Shittu polled 290 votes while Okedoyin had 330 votes.

Announcing the results, the INEC Returning officer, Professor Olusola Oyewo said Mr. Shittu Ibrahim polled 13, 850 votes to defeat Mr. Julius Okedoyin of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who had 13, 670 votes.

Mr. Shittu was declared winner of the March 18, 2023 election by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), but Mr Okedoyin and PDP approached the election petition tribunal, to challenge the results, claiming irregularities, overvoting, and non-compliance.

In a unanimous judgement delivered in September 2023, a three-member tribunal led by Justice Jubril Anaja, nullified Mr. Shittu’s election.

The tribunal held that over 1,000 voters were disenfranchised, while the margin of victory between the winner and petitioner was 270 votes.

In an attempt to overturn the tribunal’s decision, Mr. Shittu appealed the judgement and in November 2023, the Court of Appeal upheld the tribunal’s judgement and ordered a rerun in the two polling units.

Lifestyle

Veteran Actor, Sikiru Adeshina is Dead

By Web News 1239

Veteran Yoruba actor, Mukaila Adedigba “Sikiru Adeshina” is dead.

Famous Nollywood actor and movie director, Kunle Iyiola Afod, announced the sad news via his Instagram page on Saturday.

He said the veteran thespian died in the early hours of Saturday, May 13, 2023.

He described the deceased as a library with “so much Yoruba knowledge and a lover of God.”

Afod prayed God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest.

Fans and colleagues thronged to the comment section with tributes to the late veteran actor.


Daily post/Taiwo Akinola

Politics

All Is Set Ahead Of Saturday’s APC Gubernatorial Primary Election In Osun

By Web News 621

Major gladiators in tomorrow’s APC gubernatorial election in Osun state have expressed readiness to participate in the contest.

The three contenders are the incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, a former Secretary to the state government Alhaji Moshood Adeoti and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Lasun Yusuf.

Special Adviser to the Governor on political matters, Oluomo Sunday Akere told Radio Nigeria that Governor Oyetola had done well to deserve the ticket of the party for a second term.

However, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, the consensus aspirant of “The Osun Progressives, TOP, a group loyal to the Minister of Interior had addressed a news conference where he stated his readiness to participate in the primary but expressed doubt on the capacity of the APC national electoral panel to be fair to his team.

Alhaji Adeoti alleged that members of the panel were selected by Governor Oyetola, while he also claimed that the party’s members register that would be used for the election was not made available to members.

Before now, the incumbent Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola and his predecessor and Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola had been embroiled in a conflict that divided the party causing the Aregbesola loyalists to hold a parallel state congress.

The effort of the reconciliation committee set up by the national leadership of the party failed as the former Governor, Mr Aregbesola openly pronounced that division still existed in the party just a week after the committee visited the state.

Meanwhile, ahead of tomorrow’s primary, incumbent Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola who is seeking a second term in office had in the last three weeks visited all the thirty local governments areas of the state, where he asked members of the party to consider him for a second term in office.

Similarly, the former Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti with the support of his sponsor, the Minister of Interior and former Governor of the State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola also held rallies in three local governments of the state.

However, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Lasun Yusuf who was the first to obtain the APC governorship nomination form did not engage in any open campaign ahead of the primary.

Adenitan Akinola

Sport

FRCN Kids Football Challenge Hits Climax on Saturday

By Web News 729

The grand finale of the maiden edition of Radio Nigeria Ibadan Kids Football Challenge comes up on Saturday at the University of Ibadan Sports Complex.

In the third-place match, the runners-up of Oyo Zone, Olivet Baptist High School will slug it out with runners-up of Ibadan Zone, Loyola College at 10 o’clock in the morning.

The final game will be between Brightville College, who are Winners of Ibadan Zone and Winners of Oyo Zone, Ilora Community High School.

Awards to be presented at the grand finale are the highest goal scorer award, Goalkeeper of the Tournament award and Team Fair Play award.

Chairman, the local organizing committee of the Competition, Mr Wale Afinjumo said the competition which began last month was able to discover talents that needed to be nurtured to the limelight. 

Dignitaries expected at the ceremony are football administrators and football scouts who will be on the ground for talents, while the Zonal Director, FRCN Ibadan, Mrs Bolatito Joseph will be the chief host. 

Olaolu Fawole