Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, visited the Inspector General of Police, IGP Adamu Mohammed in Abuja on Wednesday, declaring that his administration would not condone violence in Oyo. The Governor, who spoke to newsmen at the premises of the Force Headquarters, stated that he had briefed the IGP on the security situation in the…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde was Mrs Biodun Adegboye’s student at Bishop Phillips Academy. In a chat with this writer, the teacher, now a Pastor spoke on Governor Makinde’s leadership capabilities . She also believes the Governor has ideas that can help transform the state. You taught the Governor at a point in time, what…
Chief Emiola Adesina, a senior Ibadan man and proprietor of Subuola Memorial Nursery and Primary School, is dead. Subuola Memorial Nursery and Primary School is the school the Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi attended. The renowned educationist was said to have died Monday at the age of 90. The ex-old boy of the popular Government…
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the State capital, on Tuesday restrained the 68 sacked council chairmen and chairmen of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from the forceful and illegal takeover of the council offices across the state. The Court, presided over by Honourable Justice Moshud A.A. Abass, granted the four reliefs sought…
The Lagos State Government has banned the activities of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, and tricycles, known as Keke Napep, in some Local Government Areas, bridges, and highways in the state, The PUNCH reports. The ban also includes Opay and Gokada operators. The government said the full enforcement of the ban would commence on February…
Twin suicide bombers linked to the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, on Sunday, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured. A security source, who disclosed this to The Cable, said the suicide bombers forced their way into the mosque while prayer was ongoing. The source said before some…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) is canvassing the establishment of Operation Shege ka Fasa in the North in response to the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. ‘Shege ka Fasa’ means I dare you. The coalition, which was the brain behind the 2018 quit notice to the Igbo living in the North,said yesterday…
There was mild drama on Friday as investors storm the office of late Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun, to demand for the money they invested in his Ponzi scheme. Oko Oloyun, a popular Lagos-based trado-medical expert, was murdered on Thursday around 4:30pm on the road while travelling to Iseyin, Oyo State. He…
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has expressed the commission’s devotion to protecting the image of Nigeria within and outside its shores. Magu, who stated this in Ibadan on Thursday, January 23, 2020, during a courtesy visit to the management of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, said the passion drives…
Less than 20 days after the inferno that ravaged Akesan market in Oyo Town, Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, is currently in Turkey, putting finishing touches to the purchase of fire-fighting equipment for the state. After the inspection, it was learnt that it would take the Turkish auto company close to 6 months before…
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