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Gov. Makinde’s wife promises to find solution to HIV/AIDS endemic in Oyo

Wife of the Oyo State Governor, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde, has promised to find solution to HIV/AIDS endemic in the state to put an end to the epidemic rate in the nearest future. Makinde, the Chairperson, Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OYSACA), gave the assurance at the stakeholders’ monthly meeting of the agency…

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Borno govt donates Sambisa forest for RUGA scheme

Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has reportedly donated some parts of the enclave of the Boko Haram insurgents, Sambisa forest, for the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme. This Day reported that, the allocated area (forest) covers six council areas of Konduga, Bama, Gwoza, Chibok, Damboa and Askira/Uba. The governor made the decision known…

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Diversification: FG urges Fayemi to encourage yam, banana growing for exports

…as BOI promises more loans for SMEs From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti The Federal Government on Tuesday urged Governor Kayode Fayemi encourage mass production and proper packaging of some of its non- oil products for export to enhance foreign revenue earnings that can boost the economy of the state. The FG made gave the advice…

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STAND gives delivery kits to expectant mothers in Ibadan

No fewer than 5000 expectant mothers will benefit from the free delivery Kits to be given out by the Support Toward Advancement Networking and Development for Women And Children Foundation (STAND). STAND Executive Director, Ms. Olusayo Adeleye, said this during kick-off of the exercise on Wednesday in Ibadan. Adeleye said that the gesture was part…

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Makinde to partner Agribusiness investors to make agric bedrock of Oyo’s economy

…expresses worry over abandoned silo project Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said his government will partner with and encourage investors in the agricultural sector in order to expand the economy of the state as well as surmount challenges facing their operations in the state. According to the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo…

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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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Hepatitis deadlier than HIV, says expert as association screens 1000 people in Ibadan

An Assistant Director of Public Health Nursing, UCH, Mrs Grace Adekoya has said that Hepatitis B was more infectious than HIV and spreading more easily than HIV. Mrs. Adekoya stated this on Sunday during screening of 1000 people for Hepatitis as part of activities to mark the 2019 World Hepatitis Day organized by the Society…

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NIHORT trains unemployed youths on Citrus, plantain, banana value-chain production

Citrus and plantain and banana have been described as important economic and food security crop capable of improving livelihood and employment generation. Major General Garba Mohammed, the chairman of National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) Governing Board stated this recently during training and empowerment of unemployed youths on citrus nursery practices, plantain and banana rapid multiplication…

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Oyo Govt. seals 6 shops, canteens, butchers’ stands in Ibadan over violation of environmental sanitation laws

Six shops including a food canteen and a butcher’s shop were sealed on Thursday along Old Ife road and Gbagi area in Ibadan for flouting the State’s environmental Sanitation and Waste Management Law. The act was in accordance with the recent agreement made by Stakeholders during an advocacy programme on environmental laws organised by Oyo…

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‘Activate Waste To Wealth Project’ – CCII, Stakeholders Charge Makinde

….. As Oyo Kicks off Environmental Mobile Courts Oyo State government has been urged to start work on the Waste To Wealth project which was part of cardinal programs of the Seyi Makinde-led administration to bring to a bearest minimum, the problem of indiscriminate refuse dumping in the State. The call was made by the…

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