Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested 72 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The anti-graft agency carried out the raid on Monday morning. The early morning raid was on two major off-campus hostels in the town, and the students and their vehicles…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja urged members of his cabinet to work assiduously towards achieving the mandate of their ministries or be ready to leave the government. Tinubu stated this in his address at the three-day 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, Presidential Aides, Permanent Secretaries…
Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proposed to spend over N6.9 billion on procurement of vehicles for the State House, with the Office of the First Lady getting N1.5 billion for new cars. This is contained in the Supplementary Budget Tinubu sent to the National Assembly for approval. President Tinubu had on…
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF PDP GOVERNORS’ FORUM HELD IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 31ST OCTOBER, 2023. The PDP Governors’ Forum held a meeting under the leadership of H.E Governor Bala Mohammed, CON, at the Oyo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Tuesday, 31st October, 2023. 2. The Forum…
As the 2023 Supplementary budget forwarded to the Oyo State House of Assembly by Governor Seyi Makinde scales 2nd reading, the State lawmakers have harped on the need for the State Government to put new measures in place towards expanding and broadening the tax net of the State in order to fund the budget…
The Oyo State Government on Monday presented cheques, worth Five Hundred million Naira (N500m) to participating micro finance banks across the seven geopolitical zones in the state, as loan support to small and micro enterprises under the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER). The symbolic presentation of…
Governor Seyi Makinde’s comparative advantage is his brainpower. His ability to think through complex issues and come up with unconventional albeit unimpeachable results is mindboggling. He dissects issues with the contemplation of a philosopher, the equanimity of a neurosurgeon, the dexterity of a scientist, the…
The contractor handling the Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo road, Peculiar Ultimate Concerns Limited, has assured the people of Oyo State, especially users of the road, that all hands are on deck to finish the reconstruction of Olodo bridge on schedule. The company’s Executive Director, Engr Abel Adeleke, stated this at the…
– Orders Full Enforcement of Gunshot Victims Act 2017 In response to the ongoing concern over the tragic loss of lives due to the neglect of gunshot and accident victims, the Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has issued a resounding call to all medical…