Author: Goalpoacher
Oyo state Governor Seyi Makinde has affirmed that his administration would not spare any effort in keeping the people safe and secured despite the current tensed atmosphere across the nation The Governor made this known on Tuesday, when he received the new Assistant Inspector General of police (AIG) zone 11 Olasupo Babatunde to his office on a courtesy visit Governor Makinde noted that with the harsh economic realities across the nation, many Nigerians have become agitated and prone to violence and crime, but his government remained committed to work through the challenging period for the benefit of the people The…
South-West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP) has described the ordering of the immediate stoppage of one of Channels Television’s programmes, ‘Politics Today’ and the fine of five million naira on the station by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) purportedly for breaching the broadcast code as unconstitutional and arbitrary. The Acting Director-General of the Commission (NBC), Professor Armstrong Idachaba, in a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television referred to Channels’ 7 pm live programme of Sunday, 25th April 2021, that saw the TV station interviewing a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) allegedly without “caution or reprimand.”…
As part of efforts by the Oyo State Government to ensure that incessant kidnapping incidences in the state is completely eradicated or reduced to the barest minimum. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Monday embarked on the inspection tour of the Oyo State Joint Security Base, located at Mamu, Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road, a border point between Oyo and Ogun States. Makinde describes the project as a pilot scheme which is aimed at securing entry and exit points in the state. The Governor noted that the joint state security taskforce comprises men and officers of the Army, Nigeria Police, DSS and…
Oyo State government has donated an automatic-geared car to a physically-challenged local government worker, who is an Acting Director, Education and Social Services to ease his movement and encourage others in his condition of government’s readiness to support people with special needs. The beneficiary, Mr Dauda Adeagbo is crippled and works with Ifeloju Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Ogbooro, in Oke-Ogun area of the State. While presenting the vehicle, which is specially made for Adeagbo’s physical challenge on behalf of the State Governor on Monday at the Car Park of the Ministry, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters,…
The Oyo State Government has released the cut-off marks for successful applicants who wrote the Computer Based Test (CBT) for the recruitment of Education Officers, between Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 8th April 2021 at the Bayo Akande Hall, University of Ibadan, Ajibode, Ibadan. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Aderibigbe Kamorudeen Abiodun, confirmed this, during a chat with journalists on Monday. The Chairman affirmed that all necessary steps and due considerations have been taken before concluding on the cut-off marks for each of the twenty six subject areas on which the applicants were tested. Alhaji Aderibigbe commended the…
Better to be unborn than to be untaught or unlettered; for ignorance is the root of all misfortunes. That position is time-tested and explains clearly the position expressed in the article with the above headline written by one Maroof Asundemade. The article, which was a response to a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, which clarified the needless controversy over the planned conversion of a parcel of land of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) and the Staff Quarters to a Government Reservation Area(GRA) was deemed by the…
Few days after successfully distributing food items and financial assistance to party chieftains, religious leaders as well as community and traditional rulers, a senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Yunus Akintunde yesterday commenced distribution of food items to residents across the 118 wards in Oyo Central. The exercise which was flagged up at his ‘U & US’, along Abiodun Atiba road, Owode Oyo, saw close to 5,000 individuals going home with food items. It would be recalled that Akintunde, a former works commissioner under the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi, had revealed…
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr Ismail Ashipa, has condemned the disposition of Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan, who is also a chieftain of the party, towards the Ramadan gifts sent to him by the Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde. Recall that the relationship between Makinde and Olopoeyan turned sour following alleged neglect in political patronage. According to Isaac Brown during Crossfire programme on Fresh 105.9 FM, Olopoeyan was said to have rejected a truckload of gifts. However, in a brief reaction posted on his official Facebook timeline on Sunday afternoon, Ashipa urged Olopoeyan to rescind his decision and…
The special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Liaison Office, Abuja, Hon Adetola Adedibu has distributed food items to muslim faithful in Ibadan. Speaking with GOALPOACHER NEWS, Hon Adetola said the items were distributed to enable muslim faithful to perform the Ramadan fast which is one of the pillars of Islam at ease. Hon Adetola however said she distributed the items not because she comes from a background where ‘giving’ is their culture but a call to public service which is a selfless call and a call to meet the needs of the People, especially the downtrodden.…