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A two-storey building under construction on Tuesday collapsed in Ibadan, injuring eight persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the building located on Eleyele road in Jericho area of Ibadan collapsed at about 4.pm. Speaking with NAN, one of the bricklayers at the site, Mr Kazeem Adebayo, said concrete casting on a portion of the building had started when it gave way. Adebayo said that a portion of the building began to give way at about 3.30 pm and the attention of the site engineer was drawn to the development. He alleged that the engineer ordered them to continue work only for the building to collapse shortly afterwards, injuring those working close to the collapsed portion. An official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dada Abimbola, told NAN that nobody died in the incident while the injured had been taken to Jericho Specialist Hospital for treatment. Mr Olatunji Bolu, a representative of the Architect Registrati...

The governor Elect Oyo state Engr. Seyi Makinde has the called on Senator Isiaka Ajimobi to advise the Chairman of the Muslim Pilgrims Board to only initiate programs within the life span of this administration. Makinde in a letter addressed to the governor a copy of which was made available to sunrisebulletin.com, also highlighted some of the infractions by the present government which included instructing LG chairmen to mop up funds from the stabilisation funds, rush to issue out fresh contracts amongst others. Read full text of the letter, below. Senator Isiaka Ajimobi Executive Governor Oyo State. Your Excellency Since March 11 this year and 48 hours after the Gubernatorial election,  I have observed serial infractions that connote efforts to thwart smooth transition come May 29, 2019 under the guise of spurious legitimacy. I have highlighted some of them to the public through my Campaign office including but not limited to deliberate haste to rush ou...

The Nigerian Senate has passed the 2019 Appropriation Bill, following the presentation of the bill by the Senate Committee on Appropriation. The chairman of the Committee, Danjuma Goje, announced an increase in the budget to 8.91 trillion - N10 billion be provided to assist victims of Zamfara State crises and should be added to the total figures. The Senate had, last week, shifted the passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill as a result of the absence of the Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee, Danjuma Goje and his deputy, Sonny Ogbuoji, to comment on the documents. Besides, the non-availability of copies on the details of the budget proposal to senators also contributed to the shift in date. Source  News Express

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel have effected the payment of 30,000 minimum wage to Civil Servants in the State. The 30,000 minimum wage implementation is confirmed by some Civil servants in the state who have received salary payment alerts ahead of Workers Day celebration tomorrow

Oyo state house of Assembly on Tuesday nullified the purported suspension of the Executive Chairman, Irepo Local Government Area, Mr Asifu Adediran-Sulaiman and his vice, Mrs Ojedele Victoria for breaching the law guiding the process. The Assembly which described the suspension process as inconclusive also noted that pending the time the House Committee on local government Affairs investigates and reports back to it, the suspended chairman and his vice remains the constitutionally recognized leaders of the council and must be allowed to perform their duties. The council bosses were last week suspended by the council lawmakers who accused him of gross misconduct, high-handedness and lack of respect for party supremacy. The suspension was conveyed in an April 25 letter detailing the allegations against the chairman for which he was allegedly found guilty. The letter was signed by seven out of the 10 lawmakers in the council. The disapproval by the House f...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is not happy as representatives of the Oyo state government, Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Monday, met over the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000 in the State, resolving to await the transmission of the new minimum wage scale from the Head of Service of the Federation for effective implementation. At the meeting held at state Secretariat, Ibadan, the government team led by the Secretary to the state government, Mr Olalekan Alli, expressed positivity about the implementation of the new wage in the state, but that it only awaited a formal, enabling directive from the Head of Service of the federation to proceed. Monday’s meeting was in yielding to an April 24, 2018 letter by the state council of the NLC/TUC/JNC requesting a meeting with the state government on the implementation of the new national minimum wage in Oyo State, while urging the state go...

The Oyo State African Democratic Congress ADC Leader and Governorship candidate in just concluded 2019 elections, Senator Solagbade Olufemi Lanlehin (SOLAN) has felicitates with their overall leader, Chief Michael Adeniyi Koleosho, on the occasion of his 81st birthday, TODAY. Sen Olufemi Lanlehin describing the Saki-born politician as a democrat par excellence, role model, and believer in truth, fairness and equity. Former Oyo South senatorial district representative and leader of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Oyo State, appreciated God in the life of Chief Koleoso (the Babalaje of Saki) for the giant strides he's been taking in his over four scores sojourn on earth, as well as his innumerable philanthropic gestures, which show him as a man with a large heart. Lanlehin who commended Chief Koleosho, former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, and National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), for being a worthy leader, dependable ally, and committed pa...

AHURAKA YUSUF ISAH writes on the ongoing jostle for National Assembly leadership. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, while hosting state governors and lawmakers-elect of the APC to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday March 25, 2019, told the gathering that Senator Ahmed Lawan has been endorsed as the 9th senate president. ​ The ruling APC followed this by saying that the elected members of National Assembly on the party’s platform do not need the support of their colleagues from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to elect the 9th National Assembly leaders. After endorsing Femi Gbajabiamila as Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, he stated that the party is determined not to entrust the leadership of critical committees in the National Assembly to the opposition PDP in the next parliament. Oshiomhole insisted that the elected APC lawmakers should not share what belongs to the party with any other party...

Following the lost suffered at the last general election, a factional group within the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Oyo state, known as Reformers has called for the immediate dissolution of the party executives from the ward to state level to pave way for a more popular and proactive executives to run the party affairs. The group also disagreed with the party chairmen at the local government level that the party lost the last election in the state as a result of overconfidence and electoral fraud. In a statement issued by the group’s secretary, Mr Sulaimon Ramon, the Reformers noted that the party lost the election due to imposition of candidates, lack of internal democracy, internal wrangling and high handed of the governor. The group further condemns the call by the party chairmen at the LG level to make the party’s governorship candidate in the just concluded election, Mr Adebayo Adelabu the state party leader as well as nominated state candidate for ministe...

  Sheikh Muyideen Salman,  Chief imam of offa has described the success of Engr. Seyi Makinde and Engr Raufu Olaniyan, governor elect and deputy governor elect Oyo state at the polls as a victory ordained by Allah. The highly revered Islamic cleric stated this in Ibadan over the weekend when he paid a congratulatory visit to Engr. Raufu Olaniyan. From left Hon.Najeem Omirinde, Sheikh Muyideen Salman, Chief imam offa and Engr. Raufu Aderemi Olaniyan Deputy Governor Oyo state Speaking further, sheikh Muyideen Salman also commended the people of Oyo  state” I commend the people of Oyo state for making a right choice in voting Engr. Seyi Makinde and Raufu Olaniyan, both men will take the state to greater heights”. Further more he noted that ” I have known Olaniyan for sometime and I would say he is a man who is sold out to philanthropy and the welfare of people, same with Engr. Makinde from what I have heard of him,  their combination is what pleas...

                      Governor Seyi Makinde  The Nigeria’s Governors Forum (NGF) Secretariat is organising a three-day Induction Programme for newly-elected and returning governors. The programme, according to a statement issued by the NGF Secretariat, will commence from Monday 29th April to 1st May, 2019. Also, a day summit has been scheduled for the wives of the governors as well so as to develop and utilize their platforms to address critical issues affecting their states. The induction for the incoming and returning governors, according to a statement from the NGF Secretariat, “is aimed at supporting incoming governors to develop key governance and management skills that will enable them transit from campaigning to managing of the processes of governance.” Other objectives of the induction include preparing governors to make the most of their transition from campaigning to governing and bu...

Oyo Deputy Gov Elect with NURTW Boss The President of the  National Union Of  Road Transport Workers NURTW Alhaji Haruna Yasin today paid a congratulatory visit to the Governor Elect of Oyo state, Engr. Seyi Makinde. He was however received by Engr. Raufu Aderemi Olaniyan Deputy Governor Elect Oyo state. Alhaji Yasin who was accompanied by Abideen  Ejiogbe, chairman Oyo state chapter, and his colleagues from Ogun, Ekiti, Ondo and Osun noted that he was in Ibadan to congratulate Engr. Seyi Makinde on his electoral victory and also to assure him of the Union’s support for the success of his administration. Welcoming the Union boss, Engr. Olaniyan thanked him for the visit and appreciated his effort at ensuring that peace reigns in the union. The highlight of the visit was a presentation of some copies of the Holy Quran to Alhaji Yasin, by the Deputy Governor Elect. Chief Bayo Lawal Director General Seyi Makinde Campaign Organisation, Rt. Honour...

Share Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says being a medical doctor since 1979 puts him in a position to know the situation of things in the health sector. In a statement issued by Nwachukwu Obidiwe, his spokesman, Ngige said the truth hurts but it must be told. He also denied making the statement on medical doctors which sparked off reactions on Wednesday. When he appeared on a Channels TV programme on Wednesday, the minister said he was “not worried” that doctors were leaving the country in droves because the country has more than enough. “No, I am not worried (about doctors leaving the country). We have surplus. If you have surplus, you export,” he had said in the programme monitored by TheCable. “There are surplus in their country and we also have surplus in the medical profession in our country. I can tell you this. In my area, we have excess. Who said we don’t have enough doctors? We have more than enough. You can quote me. There is nothing wrong in them t...