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Adeoyo Hospital to become medical tourist destination in Nigeria, says Gov. Makinde

…Says he’ll commission radiology unit before 100 days in office Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has pledged to upgrade facilities at the Adeoyo General Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan and make the hospital a medical tourist destination in Nigeria. The Governor also promised to ensure that the Radiology Unit of the Hospital is completed and…

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Oyo LG dissolution: Court granted stay of execution in favour of Makinde pending final judgment

The high court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday granted stay of execution on the motion of the sacked local council bosses who prayed the court to restraint Gov. Seyi Makinde’s order. Newspeak reported that the court ordered a stay of execution on a motion seeking to enforce the May 6 judgement obtained by the removed…

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NSCDC reads riot acts to Oyo NURTW, explains roles it plays during weekend clash

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in Oyo state, has warned the warring factions of the National Union of Road Transports Workers, NURTW and explained the role it plays during clash between the factions over the weekend in Ibadan. In a press statement by the Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun, which was made…

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Hajj: Popular actress, Kemi Afolabi slumps, hospitalized in Saudi

Popular Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi has been reportedly slumped and rushed to a hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The actress, who came to perform hajj, fell ill due to the stress associated with the hajj exercise. The Nation reporter in Saudi Arabia had observed that Afolabi has been showing symptoms of illness while…

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Insecurity: state policing, best strategy to arrest challenge, Ogunsakin, ex-AIG tells FG

…as he celebrates traditional festival with Ogoga of Ikere, in his hometown From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti Former Assistant Inspector General of Police, (AIG, rtd), and security intelligence specialist, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin has urged the Federal Government to urgently consider state policing alongside community policing to combat the security challenge the nation is facing, saying…

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Iseyin people express disappointment for exclusion from Makinde’s commissioners’ list

The people of Iseyin community have expressed their anger to the recent announcement of a list of fourteen Commissioners’ nominees sent to the State House of Assembly for screening, describing the exclusion of indigenes from the community on the list as disappointing to them. Governor Seyi Makinde had sent the list of fourteen Commissioners to…

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Senator Abbo to Aregbesola: 7 years ago you donated your salary to me

At the ongoing ministerial screening at the senate on Monday, Elisha Abbo, Senator representing Adamawa north, on Monday narrated how Rauf Aregbesola, the ministerial nominee from Osun state, gave him his one-month salary to contest the chairmanship election in his hometown in 2012. Speaking during the screening at the senate, Abbo said Aregbesola showed him…

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Crowned Ibadan High Chiefs return to Olubadan to settle rift over Ibadan Obaship

Some council members in the Olubadan-in-Council on Monday settled rift over Ibadan obaship during visit to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1 at his Popoyemoja , Ibadan palace. The reconciliation team consisting of Otun Olubadan, Lekan Balogun, Osi Olubadan, Rasidi Ladoja and Ekarun Olubadan, Amidu Ajibade who arrived the palace…

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Gov. Makinde unveils 10-man committee to review contracts awarded by Ajimobi

10- man committee has been set up to by the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde to review contracts awarded in the state by the former government of under the leadership of Fmr. Governor Abiola Ajimobi, The committee is headed by Engineer Damola Falade-Fatila. The committee is expected to review all projects awarded from 2017 –…

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Updated: Appeals court sets aside lower court judgement against Kola Balogun

Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday dismissed earlier judgment in a suit filed by Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi and pronounced by Federal High Court against selection of Sen. Kola Balogun as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Recalled that Gbolarumi had challenged the selection of Balogun as the party’s…

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