Following last Sunday’s report by GOALPOACHER NEWS.COM that uncertainty and confusion gripped Governor Seyi Makinde’s Commissioners that their dissolution either partial or total overhaul was imminent, the State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has on Tuesday dissolved all the commissioners in the cabinet of Oyo State. As at the time of filing this report, details of their dissolution hasn’t been revealed by the State Government. GOALPOACHER NEWS can authoritatively report that Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants Chairmen and Director-general are not likely affected. Details later…….
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The General Secretary of the Oyo Park Management System(PMS), Comrade Oluwatomiwa Omolewa on Tuesday gave details of how his men foiled what he called a kidnap attempt on the Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the body, Alhaji Isiaka Lamidi also known as Auxilliary. Omolewa, who addressed newsmen in company of the Deputy chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the PMS, Alhaji Jimoh Tajudeen, said that the PMS members suspected those who invaded its headquarters at Podo on Monday because they carried nowe police insignia. According to him, when the team came and requested for Auxilliary, we asked them to produce documents…
Pandemonium broke out in Ajaawa, Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Area of Oyo State in the early hours of Tuesday, as men of the Nigeria police in three Sienna space buses, allegedly stormed the area and started shooting sporadically, which resulted in the death of two persons, while nine other sustained various degrees of injuries in a shootout that lasted over an hour. While briefing newsmen in Ibadan, the Chairman of Ogo Oluwa Local Government, Ajaawa, Mr. Seun Ojo, disclosed that those that carried out the dastardly act supposedly came from the office of the Inspector General of Police in Abuja. Be…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has expressed the plans of his administration to replicate the construction of the Federal Government’s SMART School initiative in each of the three senatorial districts of the State. The governor, who stated this while receiving a delegation of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in his office, said that his government was set to enhance the quality of teaching, learning and the use use of Information Communication Technology (ICT). The team was led to his office to the Governor’s Office by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arch, Sonny Echono. Governor Makinde commended the…
The Chairman , Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission ( OYSIEC ) , Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju , SAN , has disclosed that the commission is on the verge of paying the allowances of the remaining ad-hoc staff engaged by the commission for the just concluded local government elections in the state. Aare Olagunju , while speaking on the issue in his office, Agodi Quarters , Ibadan , attributed delay in the payment to inaccurate data supplied by majority of the beneficiaries, which according to him demands verifications to prevent unforseen circumstances .. He hinted further that the commission had emergency…
In Nigeria’s First Republic, the ruling Party at the Federal Level knew South West was a no go area for them, Chief Awolowo was confidently in charge of the zone, Western Region was ahead of every other regions in Nigeria in term of development, to take over the region, Federal Government ignited crisis that led to State of Emergency, the “Operation Wetie” Crisis of 1960s remained a horrible experience for those that witnessed it. The replicate of what happened in the 1960s is about to repeat itself. Just like Awolowo was in charge of Western Region leading other Zones in…
There was drama at the New Garage, Podo, Ibadan on Monday as members of the Oyo State Park Management System (PMS) foiled the attempt by some unidentified policemen, to arrest the Chairman of PMS Disciplinary Committee, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, a.k.a, Auxilliary. The drama had started early in the afternoon when the unknown policemen arrived the Podo Garage and attempted to whisk Auxiliary away. Sources close to the PMS said that the large number of PMS members at the garage prevented the said policemen from easily gaining entry into the office and taking Auxilliary away. A source at the scene said…
Members of the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Oyo State, on Monday, passed a vote of confidence in Governor ‘Seyi Makinde, praising him for the unprecedented achievements of the government in the last two years. They equally commended the efforts of the government in tackling the wave of insecurity in the state. The senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Senator Kola Balogun, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues during a courtesy call to the governor in his office, said that the visit was meant to congratulate the governor on his tremendous achievements…
The executive chairman of Ibadan North Local Government, Hon. Yusuff Shaib Oladayo, popularly known as Agba Egbe was on Monday elected as the Publicity Secretary of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo state chapter. The chairmen also elected Mr Sikiru Sanda as state’s ALGON chairman. The composition of the new ALGON leadership are: CHAIRMAN – Hon. Sikiru Sanda ( Egbeda LG ) VICE CHAIRMAN – Engr. Sharafadeen Ahmed Ominrinde ( Saki West ) SECRETARY – Timothy Oyedokun Oyeniyi ( Ogbomosho South LG ) PRO – Yusuff Shaib Oladayo ( Ibadan North LG ) TREASURER – Abilawon…
No fewer than 18 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are expected to receive Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Tuesday. The Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of the organising ceremony and Zamfara Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Monday. Dosara said, “the Progressive governors will be led by the APC Chairman Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Gov. Mai Mala-Buni. “We are also expecting all our national assembly members as well as state legislators to declare their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC during…