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LG dissolution: Oyo sacked LG chairmen react to High Court ruling in favour of Gov. Makinde

Following Tuesday’s order of the Oyo State High Court freezing the execution of the May 6, 2019 judgement that barred the Oyo State government from dissolving local governments(LG) and local council development areas(LCDA) in the state, the chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria(ALGON) in the state, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye has said the sacked LG…

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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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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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Group condemns Makinde’s proposed N10b loan says is an attempt to plunge Oyo into more debts

A group identifies as Oyo state Egalitarian Group has condemned Governor Seyi Makinde’s proposed N10billion loan which was approved by the state’s House of Assembly on Tuesday. In a press statement made available to LiveTimesng.com titled: ‘Oyo Govt: Seyi Makinde makes U-Turn borrowed 10b Naira for Projects’, the group maintained that since the governor has…

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Oyo ministerial nominee, Sunday Dare to senate: Nigeria don’t have technology to prevent kidnapping using SIM tracking

The Executive Commissioner (Stakeholder Management) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Sunday Dare, has said the technology available cannot allow for the phone lines of kidnappers to be tracked until after the fact, Punch reports. Dare, who was screened by the Senate as a ministerial nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari, stated that the spate of kidnapping…

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Oyo Assembly Speaker announces a female, 13 other male commissioner nominees (See full list)

The Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin on Thursday announced a female and thirteen other male commissioner nominees, LiveTimesng.com reports. The Speaker made the announcement while reading message from the executive on floor of the house on Thursday. According to Ogundoyin, the commissioner nominees are to submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV)…

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Makinde submits 14 names of commissioners’ nominees to Oyo Assembly (See details)

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, forwarded his much-awaited list of commissioners to the State House of Assembly. The list directly handed over to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin comprises the names of 14 commissioner nominees. The list comprises a female and 13 males among which is the…

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Makindes N10billion Naira Infrastructural Loan is a Looting in Anticipation, Says Oyo APC

…Oyo APC is a Shameless Party, We are not Like Them, Makindes Aids Replies Following the approval of the Oyo State House of Assembly for the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde to obtained N10billion naira infrastructural loan, the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has decribed the loan as a…

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Oyo Assembly okays Makinde to borrow N10 Billion for infrastructural development

The Oyo State House of Assembly has given the Governor Seyi Makinde’s executive arm of government an approval collect 10 billion naira loan to improve infrastructures in the State. The infrastructural loan which will be obtained from First Bank plc, United Bank Africa and Unity Bank plc, was approved by the State lawmakers during their…

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Makinde to his critics: you can’t distract me from my open governance

…Says Oyo open to investors Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Sunday declared that critics of his style of open governance cannot distract his government from recording giant strides in the State. The governor, who made the declaration while speaking at the inauguration of the South West Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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