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Day: October 18, 2019

Makinde promises to reconstruct Iwo Road interchange with N8 billion

..as he worships with Muslim faithful at Jumah service …promises to build a more befitting mosque at Adogba, Iwo Road The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that not less than N8 billion would be spent to reconstruct the popular Iwo Road interchange, in Ibadan, the state capital. He said that his administration…

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Photos: Oyo NUJ election: Babalola tasks committee on fairness

A chairmanship aspirant and former ex-officio member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Oyo State, Ademola Babalola on Friday tasked the Electoral Committee set up by the outgoing executive of the union to be transparent, and ensure strict adherence to the constitution of the union. Babalola who addressed the committee shortly after picking…

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#WhereIsAketi trends in Ondo as nobody knows whereabouts of Gov. Akeredolu

There is uneasy calm in Ondo State as people are currently apprehensive of whereabouts of the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The Editor reports that Akeredolu, who was billed to be back from his annual vacation on October 4, 2019, has not been sighted in the state or at any other function within and outside the…

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Just in: another petrol tanker spills content, catches fire in Onitsha

Another petrol tanker has exploded after spilling content and caught fire along Enugu-Onitsha expressway by Bessoy filling station, Onitsha, Anambra state. The incident which occurred around Omaba Phase 2 at the wee hours of Friday came barely 48hours after lives were lost following fuel tanker explosion in Upper Iweka and Ochanja market. The tanker carrying…

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Makinde’s effort to have sole ownership of LAUTECH, an effort in futility, says Osun speaker

•As speaker advised Makinde on what to do The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Hon Timothy Owoeye on Thursday said that the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, LAUTECH, remains the joint property of Osun and Oyo States. The Speaker at plenary held that any view or actions contrary to the law establishing the University…

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Adelabu begins reconciliation tour across state to unite aggrieved Oyo APC members (See photos)

Seven months after the conduct of the March 9 Governorship Election in Oyo state, the Candidate of All Progressives Congress Oloye Adebayo Adelabu has pledged to champion and support the state executive of the party in reuniting aggrieved members back to the progressive fold Oloye Adelabu stated this during the thank you visit to the…

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