Author: Optimal Times

One of the buildings at  Opadoyin compound belonging to former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala was, on Monday , razed down by inferno. Two lives were reportedly lost with some valuables reduced to a rumble.  inferno. A source told journalists that the inferno started around 7:50 a.m. and it was likely caused by a power surge. One of the victims died immediately  while the other one gave up the ghost at Bowen Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso where she was rushed to for proper  medical care. One of the survivors simply identified as Mr. Jumo, said he woke up at about 8.00…

The Chairman, Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), Hon. Abideen Adetokunbo Adeaga has called on benefiting communities in the State to give proper maintenance to the agency’s projects in their domains. Adeaga stated this on Monday while inspecting Construction of a block of three (3) classrooms with furniture, VIP toilets and Motorized Borehole at Ifelanlo community, Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government, Oloro-Olomo Community, Ido Local Government, healthcare centres at Ajinde 2 Community, Ibadan South-West Local Government and Olohunde-Ige Community, Oluyole Local Government in Ibadan, where OYCSDA intervened in the construction of health centres, provision of medical equipments…

…Says He Was Destined to be King The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG),  Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Sunday replied critics who queried him for not stopping Pastor Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye from vying for the position of his forebears in Ogbomoso Adeboye while speaking at Beulah Baptist Conference, Ogbomoso venue of the interdenominational thanksgiving services for  the new Soun in Ogbomoso said  he knew pastor Ghandi was born to be king According  to him,  when he came to him to informed him about the  development i told him to go and pray, he came back and…

…Vows to hold NAFDAC responsible if any student suffers  food poisoning, develop  diseases due to consumption of fake products By Odunayo Agboluaje, Ibadan The National Association of Nigerian Students {NANS}, on Sunday, expressed concerns over the increase in the rate of fake edible items in the country, calling on the Federal Government to probe the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The student body, which said such a development is appalling, claimed that many  adulterated edible items are being sold in markets. These were contained in a statement made available to journalists…

Gov Adeleke, Prof Olayinka, Oba Olayinka, others storm Ilesa for Odole Owa’s ‘iwuye’ ceremony Eminent Nigerians from far and wide, on Saturday, trooped out in thousands for the ‘iwuye’ ceremony of the Odole Iwa of Ijeshaland, RHC Adebola Orolugbagbe Oyegbulu 1. The programme commenced with a church service at the Cathedral Church of Holy Trinity, Omofe, Ilesa. Aa reception followed thereafter. The reception, which took place at Zenababs Half Moon Resort, Ilesa, Osun State, was graced by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, a former Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka; his younger brother and Olu-Odo…

By Bukayo Agboluaje  The founder and Chancellor  of  KolaDaisi University, Ibadan, (KUD), Chief Kola Daisi, has lauded the impact  of the late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi and his late wife, Sherifat Agbeke Daisi  whom, he said they   spurred and supported him to embark on the vision for the establishment of the university. Daisi stated this during the official foundation laying ceremony of the Senate building of the university in Ibadan. The chancellor therefore enjoined the management of the institution to earmark a befitting and strategic portion of the building to position the bust of his wife to immortalise her for…

By Wuraola Oyedokun  The Archbishop Ibadan Archdiocese, Archbishop Gabriel Abegunrin has  called on the Nigerian government both at the federal, state and local government level to prioritise the deliberate funding of the agricultural sector and human-centered policies that will make the sector thrive as it ought to be. Abegunrin  gave this charge  in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,  while speaking  at the 15th annual farmers’  forum organised by the Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC). The cleric noted that it’s time for the government to be proactive and deliberate about its action with regard…

The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) has started a two-day training for Anti-Corruption Officers and Investigators working with the agency. The training, which was held at Owu Crown Hotel, Ibadan was sponsored by the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) with collaboration of the MacArthur Foundation. The opening ceremony of the training was held on Wednesday, where the Executive Secretary of OYACA, I.O Tijani esq., represented the Chairman, Hon. Justice Eni Esan (rtd). Eni Esan said the training programme will enhance the capabilities and investigative activities of the officers to achieve the core mandate for which…

…Charges Tinubu, security agents to tackle menace urgently By Odunayo Agboluaje, Ibadan  The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organization, Afenifere, on Sunday, called on the Federal Government and security agencies to rise up to combat the rising cases of insecurity, particularly kidnapping, in recent times. According to Afenifere, this latest call became imperative in view of rising kidnap cases in Lagos, Ogun, Kwara and some other parts of the country. The armed robbery attacks at two commercial banks in Ikere, Ekiti State last Wednesday resulting in the death of three Amotekun security officers  in addition to serious…

If Nyesom Wike had read the character portrait of the Ijaw man as sketched by Dr. Percy Amoury Talbot, an early 20th century British historian and colonial administrator, he would most probably have thought twice before settling for Simnalaya Fubara as his third term placeholder. Wike was a two-term governor of Rivers State and today, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. In his highly authoritative 1926 book, Peoples of Southern Nigeria: a Sketch of their History, Ethnology, and Languages, with an Abstract of the 1921 Census, Talbot reserved an unflattering description for the no-nonsense Ijaw race. Hear him at…