The Governor-elect of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, has promised to punish any member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), or any other group or association in the state who are planning to disrupt the peace of the state before, during or after the Swearing-In ceremony. In a statement credited by his…
Governor Abiola Ajimobi during the final Oyo State executive council meeting held on Monday, said that he had delivered on his promises to restore, transform and reposition the state when he assumed office as governor in 2011. Describing his eight years as governor as eventful, Ajimobi said his strides in peace and security, road infrastructure,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night said that those calling him Baba go slow will know if he is actually slow or fast during his second term. He stated this while speaking in an interview with NTA, saying that he would make the police and other security agencies move fast. On his message to Nigerians,…
Oyo State governor-elect, Engr Seyi Makinde, has described the suspension of the strike by the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to honour him as humbling. In a statement by his spokesman on Monday, Prince Dotun Oyelade, he said that this gesture is a recognition of his sincerity in dealing with all issues…
Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said that it has so far withdrawn 64 Certificates of Return and re-issued them to persons declared winners by courts of law, after the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the presentation of Certificates of Return to Zamfara State Governor-elect, Deputy governor-elect and members-elect…
From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti A humanitarian organisation, BrigdeWaters Foundation, has appealed to the newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), and Ekiti State Governor, John Kayode Fayemi to use his position as number one governor in Nigeria to better the lots of Nigerian masses and work towards a proper restructuring of the…
President Muhammadu Buhari Security has been beefed up in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, as President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to visit the state today. Buhari would be commissioning some of the projects of the outgoing Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, christened “Legacy Projects.” Our correspondent, who went around the state capital this morning, observed that security…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the election victory of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgment by a five man panel of Justices, dismissed an appeal the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate in the state, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, filed to challenge Fayemi’s victory. In the…
A socio-political group under the aegis of Oyo Kajola Group (OKG), has warned the outgoing governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to stop creating policy bottlenecks for the incoming governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde. The group, in a statement issued by its media coordinator, Taiwo Ogunlade, said it had observed that the outgoing government has…
The Oyo state governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by Mr Adebayo Adelabu, governorship candidate of the APC to recount all the ballot papers used in the March 9 election. It was gathered that Adelabu and his party are challenging the declaration of Seyi Makinde, governorship candidate of PDP, by INEC has…
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