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Month: June 2023

Oyo Rep lawmaker empowers constituents, facilitates medical equipment to PHCs

Member, House of Representatives, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, on Sunday, distributed cash grants aimed at economically empowering about 40 members of her constituency. The grants were given after the constituents completed a 3-day training with the support of the National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Speaking in Ibadan, Akande-Sadipe said the…

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Invite Asari-Dokubo for questioning over oil theft allegation against military – Group

The Maja-Maja Group (MMG), a Yoruba socio-cultural organization, has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the Directorate of State Services (DSS) to invite a former Niger-Delta warlord, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, for questioning over his allegations against the military on oil theft. Asari-Dokubo had while speaking with newsmen after a meeting with Tinubu in Abuja on…

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SAPZ : Ogun, AIIP To Build Parking Facility For Container, Trailers

The Ogun State Government and Arise Integrated Industrial Platform (AIIP), are currently discussing modalities for the establishment of a parking facility for containers and trailers within the premises of the Special Agro Processing Zone (SAPZ). The Vice President and Country Head, AIIP Nigeria, Suren Abeywickrema, made this known at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, during…

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Iseyin Group Urges Makinde, Stakeholders To Wade Into Aseyin Selection Process

……Says Vacant Stool Responsible For Insecurity, Economic Stagnancy A socio-economic body, Iseyin Youths Development Group (IYDG) has appealed to the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde to wade into the lingering crisis bedeviling the selection of a new Aseyin of Iseyin. The group in a Press Release on Friday, signed by its National President,…

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NACJ felicitates Oyo Speaker, Ogundoyin, deputy, Fadeyi

…Calls for mutual executive-legislative relations The Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists, NACJ, Oyo State Chapter, has felicitated Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin as the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and his deputy, Hon. Muhammed Fadeyi. The association, in a statements issued on behalf of the acting chairman in the state, Comrade ‘Lekan Sobowale, by…

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Ex-Oyo LG boss, Akinlabi applauds Tinubu over Zacchaeus Adedeji’s appointment

Mr Akinyemi Akinlabi, a former Chairman of Ibarapa Central Local Government in Oyo State has applauded the appointment of Mr Zaccheus Adedeji by President Bola Tinubu as Special Adviser on Revenue. This is contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan. The president had on Thursday announced…

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Poly female student hacked to death, eyes plucked out in Oyo (PHOTOS)

Tragedy struck on Wednesday, 14th June, at Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa where the lifeless body of a National Diploma (ND) 2 Mass Communication student was found in her room with matchet cuts and her eyes plucked. The student, simply identified as Dasola was among those writing the ongoing first semester examination in the school. It…

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How Tinubu can turn Nigeria around|
by Adeolu Arisekola

NIGERIA is the most populous country on the African continent. With a population of over 200 million people, Nigeria is one of the largest economies in Africa, with an estimated GDP of $514.05 billion as of 2021. The country has a diverse cultural and religious population, with over 250 ethnic groups and a significant divide…

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Oyo NUJ lauds Tinubu’s appointment of Zacch

The Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing “a great ambassador for young, forward-looking” people and ex-Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr Zacch Adedeji, as Special Adviser on Revenue. A statement by Comrade Demola Babalola, chairman of the union, on Thursday described the…

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Man electrocuted in Kogi while stealing from electric transformer (PHOTOS)

In a shocking incident that unfolded in Lokoja, Kogi State, a young man met a tragic end when he was electrocuted while attempting to vandalize a transformer/feeder pillar. The unidentified individual, believed to be in his early twenties, made a fatal decision to tamper with the electrical infrastructure, unaware of the lethal consequences. However, his…

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