I, Johnson Samuel Olubode, a businessman in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, wish to notify my friends and other members of the general public that the publication on some online platforms suggesting that there was an alleged threats to my life by Messrs Adron Homes & properties Ltd is hereby renounced and retracted. I, as a matter of urgency, want to apologize for any damage caused to the reputation of the company by reason of the said publications, which was quoted out of context. Equally, I wish to put it on record that my interview with members of the press…
Author: Goalpoacher
Anyone who knows the Lekan Salami Sports Complex and hasn’t been there in the last 18 months would need to be convinced when he gets there now that it is the same old facility. Sports journalists in Oyo State were at the world-class edifice on Thursday to Inspect what has been tagged as ‘audio project’. Below were the facilities the Seyi Makinde led administration has put in place for the Sports loving fans of the Pacesetter state. GOALPOACHER NEWS reports. “Now, the popular stand is an all covered arena, the pitch is no longer artificial but natural and lush green…
Five persons at the weekend feared killed and others injured after hoodlums invaded Igbokuta/Gberigbe community, Ikorodu, Lagos, and Obada Oko in Ogun states. Those feared killed, including Lateef Ade, Mutiu Balogun, Hameed Idris, were said to have been attacked on Saturday afternoon by scores of land grabbers who wielded guns, machetes and other dangerous weapons. The hoodlums, it was gathered, unleashed terror on their perceived enemies as well as helpless residents who they believed were responsible for the arrest of some of their members especially two fake policemen who had laid siege on the community since May. In Ogun State,…
A Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an order of interim injunction stopping Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The order was made following a suit filed against Secondus and the PDP by some members of the party identified as Ibeawuchi Ernest Alex, Dennis Nna Amadi, Emmanuel Stephen and Umezirike Onucha. The order, which was granted on Monday by Justice O. Gbasah, directed Secondus to stop parading himself as a member of the PDP (the second defendant). Justice Gbasah further restrained Secondus from attending or presiding over…
The Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State, Hon Rasaq Salinsile; ex-APC chair Elder Adelowo Adebiyi, two ex-commissioners and two ex-cabinet members under the administration of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola were arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate Court on Monday. Ex-commissioner for Works and Transports Engr. Kazeem Salami; ex-Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Biyi Odunlade; former Special Adviser to the Governor on Taxation Barr. Gbenga Akano as well as Alaba Popoola and Azeez Adekunle were arraigned on three-count of conspiracy and assault. The police prosecutor, Mr John Idoko, told the court that the defendants and others…
Oyo State government, on Monday, has commenced the distribution of five Million insecticide-treated nets to people across the 33 local governments of the state. While monitoring the distribution exercise within Ibadan metropolis, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Mufutau Ayoola, said that the management of the Ministry of Health, was out to monitor the distribution exercise so as to ensure that insecticide mosquito nets are distributed to all the nooks and crannies of the state. He maintained that the management team of the Ministry has given proper guidelines to those shadowed with the responsibility of distribution to distribute the…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has, again, aligned with Goals 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12 of Global Agenda of 2030 as a result of the induction and training programme for 5,000 newly-recruited teachers and 700 converted staff from Non- teaching to teaching cadres in the service of Oyo State Post Primary Schools Teaching Services Commission. The governor, through the induction of 5,000 trainees, which has now been increased to 10,000, in the ongoing Youth Empowerment Agri-business Programme YEAP, has scored SDGs Global 2030 Agenda. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Sustainable Development Goals, Hon. Kunle Yusuff, stated…
The leadership of Oyo State PDP in conjunction with the State Coordinator of the Technical Committee of the PDP E-Registration, Ms. Abidemi Oresanwo organized a one (1) day training for the Local Government Party Chairmen and Selected Volunteers across the State. The State Publicity Secretary, Engr. Akeem Olatunji while declaring the event opened on behalf of the State Working Committee explained that the good works of Engineer Seyi Makinde has made the populace loves PDP and they want to participate and register to be PDP members across the state, Hence, the need for orientation and training for the volunteers and…
As the 2022 Fiscal year approaches, Oyo state Government has embarked on Three-Day Workshop for Ministries, Department and Agencies, (M.D.As’), on alignment of National Chart of Account, (N.C.o.A), which encompasses budgetary and Accounting processes. The workshop, which commenced on Monday, 23rd August, 2021, was organized by the Oyo state’s Ministry of Budget and Economic planning, comes weeks after town-hall meeting held in Seven geo-political zones of the state, which recorded the attendance of critical stakeholders in the state, for optimum productivity of Government’s activities. While declaring the training-session open at the Ibadan Business School, the Secretary to the state Government,…