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Oyo Assembly adopts motion to establish 4 more ministries

The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the establishment of four more Ministries to further enhance the activities of the Oyo Stare Government. The approval followed the passing of four bills establishing the ministries at the Wednesday plenary of the house presided over by the Speaker, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin. The four ministries are Ministry…

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Makinde empowers 50 youths with tricycles to alleviate poverty

As part of efforts to alleviate poverty in Oyo State, the state governor, Seyi Makinde on Wednesday distributed fifty tricycles to fifty youths from the state to empower the beneficiaries. The event which held at the premises of the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Ibadan witnessed a large turnout of beneficiaries of…

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Gov Makinde approves N60m bursary for Oyo Law School students

…Charges them to persevere Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has approved the sum of N500, 000 as bursary to each of the 120 Oyo State indigenes in the Nigerian Law School. Governor Makinde, who received a delegation of the Law School students in his office on Tuesday, charged the students to persevere in the…

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Court freezes Lagos bank accounts for alleged fraud

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the freezing of three bank accounts said to belong to the Lagos State Government over an alleged fraud of N9.9bn. The Punch reported that the three bank accounts, domiciled in First City Monument Bank, Access Bank, and Zenith Bank, are numbered 5617984012, 0060949275 and 1011691254, respectively….

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Makinde sets up task force to forestall possible epidemic outbreak in Gbagi market

Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Tuesday set up a task force to immediately look into the current environmental situation at the popular Gbagi market in Ibadan to forestall a possibility of outbreak of epidemic. Makinde’s decision is borne out of population size and multi-national nature of those that patronized sellers in the market…

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Oyo House of Assembly to screen commissioner nominees and SUBEB executive on Thursday

The speaker of the Oyo State house of assembly, honorable Adebo Ogundoyin has announced that screening of the announced commissioner nominees on Thursday the 8th of August by 10am. The speaker, Rt Honorable Ogundoyin disclosed this on Monday during plenary session while reading out a list a couple of information to the members of the…

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Makinde not increasing tax to boost IGR, says Oyo Govt

Oyo State government has assured the citizens of the State that the present administration led by Governor Seyi Makinde would not increase tax on small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) as part of effort to increase Internal Generated Revenue (IGR). The Chairman, Oyo State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), Aremo John Adeleke stated this recently…

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Oyo Assembly begins move to ban herdsmen’s open grazing, rearing with sanctions

Move to ban open rearing, herding and grazing of livestock outside permitted ranches in Oyo State has been regurgitated, as the Open rearing and grazing regulation bill, 2019, passed the second reading stage at Wednesday’s plenary of the state House of Assembly. According to Nigerian Tribune, the bill, sponsored by Speaker of the Assembly, Honourable…

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Oyo Speaker, Hon. Babajide, others visit UI reiterate need to repair Agbowo collapsing bridge (Photos)

The Oyo State House Assembly has called on concern State authorities to urgently repair the collapsing bridge along the University of Ibadan, UI and Agbowo express area of Ibadan to avoid complete collapse, and possible loss of lives. The lawmakers described the part of the bridge which has been collapsed due to frequent heavy rainfall,…

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Makinde vows to transform Ibadan Airport to suit economic expansion of Oyo (Photos)

Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde on Wednesday promised to ensure transformation of infrastructures at the Ibadan airport for it to complement economic expansion policy of the state government. The Governor stated this when he received top management staff of the Federal Airport Authority (FAAN) to his office on a courtesy visit. Governor Makinde explained that…

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