…as Oyo Minstry of Health goes Digital Oyo State Government, on Monday, collaborated with Sustaining Program and Partnership on Reproductive Health Transformation (SuPPoRT) to validate the mappings of health facilities in the State and equally give the state an opportunity to identify the situation of its health institutions. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashir Bello, while flagging off the Oyo Health Facility Map validation at the Secretariat, said that the government is interested in collaborating with partners like ‘SuPPoRT initiative’ to help improve on what the state is doing in the aspect of Health in the state. The commissioner who…
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Ibadan North Local Executive Chairman, Yusuff Sahib Oladayo, (Front); Hon. Olatunji Kazeem , Hon. Abiodun Sunday, Hon. Lateef Muideen Agunbiade, Hon. Isaiq Mudashiru Olaolu, Hon. Hamisu Dodo, Hon. Adeagbo Oluyemisi and the head of local government affairs, Mr Olaoye Olumuyiwa among host of others present at the prayer and interative section held today at the local government council in ibadan north. The Executive chairman, Hon. Yusuff Sahib Oladayo (Agba Egbe) has said he is ready to work and give his absolute support to workers in the council, giving the narrative that public funds should be spent for public benefits Agba…
Chairman of Water Corporation of Oyo State, Dr. Anthony Adebayo Adepoju, “Ibarapa Kan” visited the families of those who were killed by the bandits and consoled them. Dr. Adepoju who went to the family house of each of the deceased appealed for calm and allow the law enforcement agencies to do their investigation. The Speaker of the house of Assembly, Honourable Debo Ogundoyin and CP of Police Ngozi Onadeko also led her team of investigators to the area. Dr. Adepoju who received the shocking news of the attack on residents of Igangan, Ibarapaland, in the early hours of Sunday also…
An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has knocked the National Broadcasting Commission for ordering broadcast stations to deactivate their Twitter accounts when the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, still have active accounts on Twitter. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Commission directed broadcast stations to “de-install Twitter handles and desist from using Twitter as a source of information gathering for News and programmes presentation, especially phone-in.” According to the NBC, the decision followed the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over the persistent use of…
“Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.” Mencius May 29th, 2019, was just like yesterday when the present Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde was sworn into office. I was amongst the few who were at his Ikolaba Ibadan residence as the results of the governorship elections were announced. As we rejoiced at his electoral victory, little did I know that we were about to witness the assumption of a true servant-leader with transformational ideas to set the hitherto derailed train of Oyo State back on track. Oluseyi Makinde…
Those Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) arrested for coming to the defense of their people are still in detention of Federal Government, they need and must be released unconditionally. Considering the sophisticated weapons used by bandits, kidnappers, and other criminal elements to carry out their heinous crimes, President Buhari should permit Amotekun corps to carry Ak 47 and other sophisticated weapons in other to confront the menace of the rampaging Fulani herdsmen. Arrest of Amotekun members by the Nigerian Police should stop and the kid gloves being used by the Nigerian government to handle banditry, herdsmen crisis, kidnappers and other criminal…
A former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Also Akala has cautioned a national newspaper over a purported report that he has anointed one of the governorship hopefuls in the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 election. Pacesetter news understands that one of the respected national newspapers alleged the Ogbomoso-born politician of aiding one of the Oyo APC aspirants. In a statement to this newspaper on Monday morning by his media aide, Tolu Mustapha, Alao-Akala, who is the chairman of the Elders Advisory Council of the APC, asked party members to discountenance the publication in its entirety, urging…
A former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Akogun Sharafadeen Alli on Sunday described the attack on the palace of the Asigangan of Igangan land, Oba Adewuyi Olaoye and other parts of the community which claimed about 15 lives as a slap in the face of Oyo state. Unknown gunmen had on Saturday evening reportedly killed about 15 residents of Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government area of Oyo state, but the police in a statement issued by its public relations officer, Adewale Osifeso on Sunday said the casualties was 11. Alli said the incessant attacks on the residents of…
The Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Students Affairs, Hon Victor Olojede has empowered 10 petty traders in his ward 8, constituency 2 of Akinyele local government. He said this was done to commemorate the second anniversary of the administration of His Excellency, Engineer Seyi Makinde. Hon Olojede noted that the gesture was aimed at boosting their economic power saying that the beneficiaries were empowered with the sum of N10 000 each, to support their businesses and cushion the effect of the current economic meltdown which has affected small scale businesses. He encouraged them to continually…
Following late Saturday’s attack on Igangan Community by suspected Fulani herders and bandits which led to the death of not less than twenty people and properties including a palace burnt, the Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has held an urgent security meeting with elders , heads of security agencies and other stakeholders in Ibarapaland. The meeting held at Ayete in Ibarapa North Local Government had in attendance the Police Area Commander, Ibarapa CSP Ojo Emmanuel, Political functionaries from the zone, Local Government Chairmen in the area, Community leaders and other stakeholders. The Speaker said the meeting…