The Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) has earlier today reiterated her zero-tolerance to one-way-traffic defaulters across the State. This was disclosed on Monday by the Executive Chairman, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi PhD, while addressing Governor’s Office correspondents at the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan. GOALPOACHER NEWS quoted the Executive Chairman expressing deep regrets over the exponential increase in the number of road traffic accidents attributed to one-way-driving particularly in Ibadan metropolis and has directed all Area and Zonal Commanders of the Authority across the Thirty-Three LGAs to impound any vehicle, tricycle or motorcycle found culpable of the act stating…
Author: Goalpoacher
Like in housing estates in Lagos and other urban centers, residents of Nigeria’s oldest housing estate are set to savour the joy of having a filling station within their locality. Located on the site of the old fuel dump of the Oyo State Housing Corporation, Ibadan’s fast rising oil marketing competing, Weeldrop Petroleum, is set to be opened for business Beautifully built in front of the Bodija Estate police station, it is equipped with modern facilities. The commissioning comes 20 days after its 7th station in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was launched at Orita Challenge. Before now, the brand…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, declared at the weekend that his government has, in its first two years, increased the state’s Internally Generated Revenue by close to N15 Billion without increasing taxes. The governor, who stated this on Saturday evening at the 41st Omo Aj’orosun Day Celebration, in Ibadan, also took time out to educate his main challenger in the 2019 election, Mr. Bayo Adelabu, and opposition elements on the essence of the Alternative Project Funding Approach(APFA) of his administration. He stated that the Approach has helped the state in bridging its infrastructure deficit, while also helping to expand the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, is trying hard to refurbish the terribly battered image of it’s administration under late Abiola Ajimobi, lest we forget the memories of what happened during their government” Across Oyo, large posters are being pasted bearing the portrait of the late politician and former governor of the State. The famous grin – revealing his signature gapped incisors – bearing down upon the people. May his soul rest in peace. Having fallen from power, the opposition Party has found a form of replenished fanaticism in refurbishing the past inglorious memory of late Ajimobi’s government. Millions of naira…
‘Sacking’ appointees and dissolving executive councils by Governors is not new but what surrounds the sacking/dissolution seems to be a mystery to many political observers. That of Oyo State under the leadership of His Excellency, Seyi Makinde will not be an exception owing to the fact that all his appointees can not point the direction he wishes to go. Since his assumption of office in May, 2019, only three of his aides have exited their positions unceremoniously. These include: Adigun Ibadan who was Special Assistant on Digital Media, Professor Raphael Afonja, he was the Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and…
Respite came on the way of traders at the popular Araromi Spare parts market, Agodi Gate area in Ibadan Northeast Local Government Area of Oyo State on Saturday, as a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Adeniyi Michael Akintola, commissioned ten newly reconstructed shops at the market. GOALPOACHER NEWS recalls that the market was razed by a midnight inferno on 21 April, 2021 after electric power was restored. Chief Akintola had visited the market to commiserate with the traders who lost millions of naira to the inferno and promised to build ten…
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on Saturday, described the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general election, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, as hypocritical and ignorant about governance in the state. He maintained that the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), failed to demonstrate any deep knowledge of governance, finance and basic statistics, throughout his much talked about radio interview. According to Adisa, the former banker displayed outright ignorance and told blatant lies on national radio when he reeled out half-baked figures and lies…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, stated that his government is making efforts to institute a special health insurance programme for orphans across the geopolitical zones of the state. The governor said this while hosting orphanage homes from across the state at the Government House, Agodi. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, stated that the Makinde administration will continue to give the needed support to orphans in the state. He maintained that the Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) will promptly facilitate the special programme, adding that orphans would soon begin to…
We are rolling out the drums and blowing the Trumpets to felicitate with a consumate Politician, a Grassroot mobiliser, the People’s Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, alias work in progress, of Lagos State, who has never wavered in his responsibility to bring the dividends of Democracy in all facets of Governance to the door steps of all the Residents of Lagos State, on the auspicious occasion of his 56th Birthday Anniversary, as well as the Defender of the masses, Okanlomo of Lagos State, Rt. (Hon) Femi Gbajabiamila, who clocked 59. We are in deed proud of both of you with your exemplary…
The Chairman, Oyo State Pacesetter Transport Company, Mr Dare Adeleke, has felicitated former Osun State deputy governor, Erelu (Dr.) Olusola Agbeja Obada on the occasion of her 70th birthday. Adeleke, in a brief congratulatory message on his social media timeline, described the celebrant as a rare gem, mother and mentor. He also said Obada is a shining star, who epitomises humility and has impacted a lot of lives. According to him: “I join Nigerians, to celebrate an iconic Nigerian, an epitome of humility, paragon of beauty. I celebrate my mother and my mentor, as she added a 70 feathers. No…