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Why I am setting up anti-corruption agency in Oyo, says Makinde

…Says corruption knows no political party Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Wednesday forwarded the Oyo State Anti-Corruption bill, 2019 to the State House of Assembly for legislative action, declaring that his decision to set up an anti-graft body is in fulfillment of his campaign promise. Governor Makinde, who formally presented a copy of…

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Ajimobi’s SSG, Alli reveals missing Oyo Govt. Vehicles in a document as legitimate parting gifts (See the documents)

The Secretary to the immediate former Governor of Oyo State, Olalekan Alli has revealed in a document made available to LiveTimes that the reported missing vehicles are legitimate parting gifts for former Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s principal officers and political appointees. It would be recalled that Chief Bisi Ilaka, the Chief of Staff to Oyo State…

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Makinde Ready to Inject Counterpart Funding into UBEC/SUBEB Projects

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has expressed its readiness of his Government to commit huge finances into the 2018 intervention projects to be embarked by the Federal Government/ Universal Basic Education Commission and the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board. This was disclosed recently by the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board,…

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Makinde Visits Ibadan Central Abattoir, Promises To Settle 8-year Stakeholders’ Dispute

Governor Seyi Makinde, has said that he will summon all stakeholders that were involved in the establishment of The Central Abattoir, Amosun Village, Ibadan to a roundtable meeting where a lasting solution to the age-long misunderstanding that has divided the Oyo State Butchers Association into two-faction would be solved. Makinde spoke when he paid an…

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Son kills 72 year-old dad, dumps him in mine shaft for opposing his marriage

A 25-year-old man from Mberengwa has fatally struck his 72-year-old father with an axe and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft because the father was opposed to his marriage. Midlands police provincial spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said the allegations were that Luke Robert Jojo did not like his daughter -in-law Brenda Dube (18)…

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Senator Abbo in loggerhead with Tinubu’s wife over threat of suspension (Video)

Embattled Sen. Ishiaku Abbo (PDP-Adamawa) on Tuesday told members of the Senate investigative panel hearing his alleged case of assault of a nursing mother not to threaten him with suspension. The senator spoke when he appeared before the six-man panel set up by the Senate to investigate him. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…

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Environmental hazards: Perish the thought of cleaning up N’Delta waters, Professor of chemistry tells FG

…as FUOYE faculty of sciences signs mou with Vaal university, S. A From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado-Ekiti A professor of Chemistry of the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) , South Africa, Prof. Eliazer Bobby Niadoo has, on Tuesday, dropped a bombsehll on the proposed clean up exercise of the massively polluted Nigerian Niger Deltan waters, submitting…

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Vanguard Editor, Ajani, appointed as Media Adviser to Gov. Makinde

The immediate past Sunday Editor of Vanguard newspaper, Mr. Jide Ajani has been appointed as Special Adviser, Media to the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed Ajani’s appointment, which he said takes immediate effect. Ajani read Mass Communication at the Ogun…

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Police arrests kidnappers of OAU lecturer, Prof. Adegbehingbe

Police has arrested a suspect among the abductors of the senior lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe. It would be recalled that Adegbehingbe, an orthopaedic surgeon, was kidnapped at Apomu junction along Ife/Ibadan express way, and the lecturer spent two days with his abductors after he had paid N5.045 million as…

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Man kills his prostitute friend for denying him sex

A 26 year old man, Bidemi Mojupa has been arrested for allegedly murdered his lover inside Corporation Estate, Amuwo Odofin last Tuesday, showed no sign of remorse. The Nation reported that his expression while recounting the incident that led to his killing the woman he described as “my prostitute friend,” showed no sobriety for a…

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