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Oyo state government has charged Nigeria police to be more  committed to the unity and  oneness of the country through effective policing. Governor Seyi Makinde stated this while receiving the Squadron officers of the Nigeria Police who paid a courtesy call at the Executive Chamber Agodi Secretariat Ibadan The 68 Squadron officers of the Nigeria police led by the team leader ACP Livingston Orutugu, was received by the Deputy Governor of Oyo state Engr Rauf Olaniyan at the executive chamber Secretariat Ibadan The Squadron commanders of the Nigeria police was at the Oyo state seat of power to identify and appreciate the state government for their support. The Deputy Governor Engr Rauf Olaniyan who delivered the message of Governor Seyi Makinde said the government have great trust in the Nigeria police to provide adequate security in the state. The Number two man in Oyo state also charged the senior officers of the Nigeria police to see unity and oneness of

Oyo State Government has revealed that it would construct five new Model schools across the three senatorial districts, saying this is in line with the 2018 intervention project in conjunction with Federal Government-Universal Basic Education Board.   This was stated today by the Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OyoSUBEB), Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran during a prequalification exercise for the 2018 FGN-UBEC/OYOSUBEB intervention projects held in Ibadan.   He added that the projects would be awarded to qualified contractors among the 76 applicants who applied for the pre-qualification exercise.   The Chairman, further said the beneficiary schools would be Methodist Primary School, Bodija, in Ibadan North Local Government Area; St. Paul's Primary school, Yanbule, in Ibadan North East Local Government Area.   Others are Methodist Primary School, Arowomole, Ogbomosho South; Community Primary School, Airport, Ona-Ara LGA and Muslim Grammar (Jnr)

One of the opposition parties in Oyo State, the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has asked the State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde to declare the security vote he receives so far instead of deceiving the masses of remitting his salaries to pensioner’s account. It could be recalled that Makinde declared N48 billion assets three months ago. The SPN said knowing what the governor earns as security vote would further show his seriousness to engender transparency and accountability in government. Speaking at a press briefing to evaluate Governor Makinde’s 100 days in office, the State secretary of the SPN, Ayodeji Adigun, said the governor should remove the veil covering security votes in Nigeria and submit it for proper democratic management and control. While evaluating the reported achievements of the governor within his first 100 days, the SPN expressed dissatisfaction over contracting the purchase of free books rather than empowering state printing press to guarantee sustaina

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of a seasoned Economist from the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Dr. Musibau Adetunji Babatunde, as his Chief Economic Adviser. The Governor, in a statement endorsed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed that Babatunde’s appointment takes immediate effect. Governor Makinde, who had announced a four-point developmental agenda for Oyo State, had named the expansion of the state’s economy as one the key pillars. He wished the newly-appointed Economic Adviser success in the endeavour to join him make a good turnaround in the economic situation of Oyo State. The statement indicated that Dr. Babatunde, who was a recipient of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doctoral Internship Visiting Scholar Support Award, Geneva, Switzerland, in September 2005, was educated at the Nigerian Premier University, the University of Ibadan, where he graduated with a B.Sc Economics degree.

Governor on Tuesday has terminated the appointment of his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Uzor. The Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, in a WhatsApp message to our reporter, said he took the decision because the CPS misrepresented him and South East Governors in a statement he issued on the Controversial National Livestock Transformation Programme. The Governor described the statement by Uzor as highly embarrassing and regrettable. He further noted that the position of the CPS was contrary to his on the issue. The statement reads: “I just directed the termination of the appointment of my CPS for misrepresenting me and south east governors on National livestock transformation plan programme of which I had issued press statement on behalf of NEC after our last NEC meeting”. “My former Cps was never authorised to talk to the press on the matter. His position is different from mine and that of the south east governors” . “His statement is so embarrassing and regrettable,” th

The Oyo state government on Sunday declared that places of worship located in the state are exempted from paying levies and taxes. Rev. Idowu Ogedengbe, the Executive Assistant to the state governor, Seyi Makinde, disclosed this at the thanksgiving mass to celebrate the 70th year birthday of the Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan Diocese, Most Rev. Gabriel Abegunrin held at the Church of Ascension, Bodija, Ibadan at the weekend. He stated that any places of worship that do businesses such as establishing of schools, universities, hospitals, bakeries, and so on must pay tax to the government since it was a profit-making venture. While delivering Governor Makinde’s message at the service, Rev. Ogedengbe said the government seeks the support of the church in ensuring that everybody pays tax. He, however, noted that as members of the church, they should ensure they pay their taxes regularly, stressing that members of the body of Christ should pay their tax and not the church it

Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour, has revealed that the Junior workers in the employment of the Federal Government have started receiving the N30,000 new minimum wage YaahooJournalist reports that the Minister of Labour said this on Sunday in Enugu, where he revealed that the payment to levels 1 to 6 commenced last month. The Minister’s claim was corroborated by the National President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) and a member of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, Lawrence Amaechi. It was learned that the National President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union said the junior workers received the new wage as their August salary. The Minister dismissed the claim by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) that the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari was reluctant to pay the new minimum wage, which was signed into law in April by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Ngige, the only issue at stake was the executive cadre of Grade

The state assembly election petition tribunal has sacked the lawmaker representing Irepo/Olorunsogo state constituency. It declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in March 9, 2019 election winner. Details later.

The Oyo State Deputy Governor, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly and FRSC Corp Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi will lead other important personalities, captains of industry and relevant stakeholders to the venue of the National Rescue Summit scheduled to hold in Ibadan on September 26 th , 2019. The summit, put together by the Road Accident Information & Rescue Organization, RAIRO, focuses on addressing carnage on the roads and safety consciousness among road users in the country. The problems of harassment and intimidation facing voluntary rescue officers in Nigeria are also expected to be addressed at the summit. The organization’s Commandant General, Bamigboye Okanlawon, disclosed that the programme, which has been given the theme “Save A Life, Rescue Where You Are”, will hold at the Large Lecture Theatre (LLT), Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan by 10am. Commandant Okanlawon stated that the summit will feature important personalities

House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ibadan has upheld the elections of two legislators of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the Oyo State Assembly.  According to reports, the three-man panel of justices Tribunal led by D. M. Igyuse upheld the elections of Honorable Olasunkanmi Babalola (Egbeda State Constituency) and Akeem Adeshina (Iwajowa State Constituency). The legislators were dragged before the Tribunal by the opposition part- All Progressives Congress (APC) opponents in the last general election to challenge their victory. Babalola, who is the Deputy Majority leader of the Oyo Assembly, was challenged by Mr Olalekan Usman, while Adeshina was also dragged before Tribunal by Mr Johnson Eroyalesun.  The Tribunal on Monday dismissed the separate petitions on account that the petitioners could neither prove nor establish their claims of irregularities in the election.

As part of his sincere and avowed resolve to stay connected with the people of Ibarapa East State Constituency and also appreciate them for trusting him with their mandate, the Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has embarked on a tour of all the ten wards in his constituency.  The three day visit which took Hon Ogundoyin to villages, communities and areas in Ibarapa East State Constituency afforded him the opportunity of interacting with the people on what they desire and expect from him as their representative and above all as the Speaker of the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly. The Speaker who was accompanied on the tour by leaders and prominent members of the PDP in the constituency said he owed his political attainment so far and his emergence as the Speaker to God and the people for the confidence reposed in him and thanked them for their prayers, support and demonstration of love at all times.  "We decided to come and say thank you f

...Says Govt will be bullish about development  Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said at the weekend that his government plans a 20- year Development Agenda to save the state from underwhelming performance. The Governor, who was making his closing remarks at the end of a two- day Executive Retreat for his Executive Council members and senior aides, at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), IBADAN, said that the administration was setting a high bar for its development objectives. "We have been underachieving for many years. Administrations have come and gone. Yes, they did their best, but we have to set a high bar for ourselves. "Within the shortest possible time, we have to put in place a strategic development plan for Oyo state. Administrations have come and gone but operated on adhoc basis, we will put in place a 15 to 20 year Development plan for Oyo state. We will be bullish about our development plans." The G

Africans marching in the streets in a peaceful demonstration and asking for forgiveness from Nigerians and the world The South Africans are seen with banners and placards which have inscriptions like, ‘Say No To Xenophobia’, ‘Time for Peace’. See the video below. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2bxhpBgt8c/?igshid=5jqb2hm0n71e

Government of the State of Osun has approved the outright dismissal of 422 civil servants involved in acts that breach the service’s rules and regulations, notably, certificate forgery. A statement signed by the state Head of Service, Festus O. Oyebade on Friday, September 13th disclosed that the state governor, Gboyega Oyetola has approved that civil servants who violate the rules of engagement should be sacked from the service. The government had between 2013 and 2015 engaged a private organisation to conduct a staff audit during which different levels of infractions were discovered. The statement partly reads,  “Due to paucity of fund in the state and the attendant huge wage bill of public servant between 2013 and 2015, the immediate past administration in the state engaged the leadership of the labour movement in the state on the way forward. “Thereafter a staff audit committee was inaugurated to carry out staff audit with a view to ensuring that the public service w

By Gbenga Ajani The National Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Tuesday 10th September dismissed the petition by former House leader, Hon Mulikat Akande Adeola of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the re-election of Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, Ph.D at the last election in Oyo North Senatorial district. Senator Buhari is the first Federal lawmaker to break the jinx of second term in the Senatorial district Hon Mulikat who is also from Ogbomoso, the same community with Senator Fatai Buhari did not err by challenging the people’s mandate and overwhelming support for Senator Fatai Buhari during the last election but she ought to have carried out a proper evaluation of her chances before election and the chances of tribunal granting her request before initiating a war she knew she cannot win. Her quest to overturn the electoral victory of the people’s Senator base on her alleged “Corrupt Practices” during t

Malam Muhammad Adamu, the leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria in Gombe State has decried the continuous killing of its members which according to him has gotten the attention of the international community. Condemning the recent killing of its members during the Ashura procession which the police denied, Adamu told Punch that the continous killing of its members may signal the end of President Buhari’s government. He also described it as a violation of their rights. Adamu said, “Those who kill us don’t know we have a creator, they think they are the creator but they will receive their rewards from this time to hereafter. It is now clear that the government does not respect the law. The international community is interested in what is happening in Nigeria and the incessant killing of our members. “Many have not stopped wondering what our offence is to the Federal Government. The continuous violation of our rights may be a sign that the end of the gove

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has been asked to probe the various allegations of corrupt practices leveled against the immediate past Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, by his successor, Seyi Makinde. Debo Adeniran, Executive Chairman, CACOL, made the call in a letter addressed to the ICPC chairman, dated Saturday September 14, 2019. CACOL recalled that Makinde had revealed how Ajimobi carted away most of the Government-owned vehicles. “These vehicles were illegally taken away and were not paid for by those involved. Also, many of the vehicles were never bought by officials of the past administration. There is nowhere in the public service that a governor is allowed to gift public property to cronies like a Santa Claus”, it read. “The Governor also made a claim about his predecessor on the money meant for project which was diverted, what he met on ground was a situation where a project for which money was alloca

Former Minister of Women Affairs, Jummai Alhassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba, has decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from United Democratic party (UDP). Alhassan, who contested the governorship election on the platform of UDP during the 2019 general elections in Taraba State, made the decision during a stakeholders meeting of UDP in Jalingo, Daily Trust reports. Giving her reason, Alhassan said her defection to PDP was based on the outcome of the opinion poll during stakeholders meeting. According to her, she had no option than to go by the decision of the majority members of UDP and decamp to PDP. The stakeholders meeting, held at the former Minister’s Jalingo residence. It was attended by representatives of UDP members from 168 wards across the 16 local government areas of the state. Recall that Alhassan in a letter sent to the President dated Saturday, 29 September, 2018, the former Minister quit Buhari’s government. She thanked President Buhar

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Friday raised the alarm over alleged delay by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to release the record of its judgment to enable the party and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to file an appeal at the Supreme Court. It also believed that the alleged delay was a calculated attempt to frustrate its plan to appeal at the Supreme Court. PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan made this allegation against the tribunal in a statement on Friday. Further, the spokesman said, “It is instructive to state that the Court of Appeal is aware that our party and candidate have mandatory 14 days to appeal to the Supreme Court, yet it is delaying in releasing a judgment that was read for nine hours and which it wants the public to believe it actually wrote. “Our party fears that this development is lending credence to suspicion in the public space that the judgment is being tampered with and altered, in the name of correcting errors, k

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Friday that the vision of his administration is to make Oyo state the fastest growing economy in Nigeria within a short while. The Governor, who stated this while addressing a two-day retreat  for members of his executive council and senior aides , said  that to achieve this end, his administration would leverage on agriculture value chain among others. A statement by the Chief Press Secrwtary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa quoted   the Governor as telling members of his cabinet at the retreat with the theme: "Taking Oyo State from Poverty to Prosperity (P2P)," held at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, that his government was looking towards resounding successes in the four key pillars of the administration. The statement named the four pillars of the government as including Health, Education, Security and Economic expansion through Agricultural value chain. The statement

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of a former member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Kamil Akinlabi as the chairman of the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA). A statement endorsed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed that Akinlabi's appointment takes immediate effect. The statement further indicated that the Governor wished the newly-appointed OYSROMA chairman the best in his assignment. Hon. Akinlabi, who served as member of the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2015, was until his appointment a member of the State's Advisory Council and has also served as Special Adviser (Legislative Matters) in the Office of Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, between 2015 and 2019. Born on November 7, 1965, Akinlabi was educated at the University of Philippine, where he bagged a Certificate in Public Procurement in 2009 and the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State,

Singer Davido and his heartthrob, Chioma are officially engaged! Davido who seems over the moon took to social media to share the good news of their official engagement. He shared the photo of Chioma flaunting her engagement ring with the caption: “SHE SAID YES!!! BIG ROCK. #ASSURANCE2020” The 27 year old singer and Chef Chioma had their marriage introduction on Monday September 2nd and set to wed in year 2020. Congratulations to them!

    Gov Seyi Makinde & His Demi Olaniyan By Prince Adetunji Fabode September 13, 2019 Destiny is believed to be at work whenever one is seen progressing or perhaps making a head way in a chosen career but while this assertion is true, the word commitment too cannot be disregarded as far as being what one at creation is designed for is concerned. Work is a principal wheel by which man is driven towards success, it is a tool for attracting values especially where effectiveness is not only considered the key but the focus also is on the set goal without wavering, that is why even God put work before prayer, so that in the order of priorities man can be reminded to take but with utmost seriousness whatever his work is. While it is important to note that most of those who make unusual success in life have a long list of resilient efforts and an archive of ups and downs, one should equally not forget that no one ever breaks forth without being determined to never