Following the step-aside order to the ousted Vice-Chancellor of Ladoke Akinola University of Technology – Ogbomoso by the Oyo State Government, the newly constituted governing council of the institution has appointed Prof. Mojeed O. Liasu as the acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. This is contained in a decision extract of the 138th and Inaugural meeting of the 10th governing council held on Wednesday in the Council Chamber of the institution’s Senate Building. The decision extract was signed by the institution’s registrar, Dr. K.A. Ogunleye. Prof. Liasu, until his appointment was the deputy vice Chancellor of the institution. His appointment…
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Governors and traditional rulers in the South-Western States of Nigeria have been called upon to make sacrifices to ward off invaders that have the intention of disrupting the peace and harmony in Yorubaland. The President, Isese Foundation of Yorubaland, Chief Omikunmi Abiola Egbelade, stated this on Thursday while featuring on an Aloore Radio, an online radio, owned and transmitted by the Oyo State Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, in Ibadan. Egbelade said the time has come for the government and kings in the region to engage the traditionalists, who would make special sacrifices against marauders that have been wrecking…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has attributed insecurity and other tension bedevilling the country to lack of opportunities for the people. Makinde stated this on Thursday while hosting members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oyo State chapter at the Government House, Ibadan , the state capital. The governor lamented that the country is churning out graduates who are no hope of placement or engagements. He therefore called on lawyers to help in tackling some of the challenges besetting the nation. Makinde said :“All the tension we are having all around; the insecurity and others can be traced to…
Suspected daredevil yet-to-identified gumen on Thursday have kidnapped about 18 passengers along Igboora-Eruwa Road in Ibarapa area of Oyo State. According to an impeccable source, the victims were traveling on an 18-passenger bus along the road. It is the same area where some students were abducted a couple of days ago. Efforts to get confirmation from the Oyo State Police Command proved abortive.
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday, told residents of the state not to accord his government for what it has been able to achieve so far any accolade, just as he said, it was not his personal money that is being spent on those projects, but that of the people of the state. The governor made this known, during the 7th annual Ramadan Lecture, held at the Government House Arcade, Agodi, Ibadan. Makinde opined that it is only God that gives power and there is no one that can clinch power by him or herself, adding that being…
Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) on Wednesday announced May 22,2021 as the new date for the much anticipated Local government Council elections due to the fact the earlier date announced which is 15th May 2021 may fall into Eid El Fitri holiday. The Commission’s Chairman, Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju SAN disclosed this at the flag – off of State Wide Campaign on Voter Education and Mobilization towards free,fair, peaceful and credible election, organized by National Orientation Agency (NOA) in conjunction with Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission ( OYSIEC ) , held at Ibadan North East Local Government Secretariat, Iwo…
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday, put smiles on the faces of 230 athletes, 55 coaches in the just concluded 2020 National Sport Festival, which took place in Edo State, with a whooping sum of N66million. The governor, who announced the donation, while receiving the state’s contingents of the just concluded National Sports Festival (NSF), EDO 2021, at the Executive Council Chambers of the Governor’s Office, said his government has been committing a lot of resources towards sports development in the state, apart from the Adamasingba and Lekan Salami stadia that are currently undergoing serious upgrades. While commending…
Oyo State Gaming and Lottery Board has called on those engaging in gamings, sport bettings, lottery etc to be responsible in their activities, saying it has successfully reduced the menace of underage gaming in the state. The Director General, Oyo State Gaming and Lottery Board, Mr Olajide Boladuro made the call on Wednesday while featuring on a programme, ‘The Discourse’ on an Ibadan-based radio station, Noble FM. Boladuro who is also the Vice Chairman of the Association of Gaming Regulators of Nigeria used the opportunity of the programme to caution illegal operators of gaming centres especially casinos to ensure they…
The Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), has arrested no fewer than than five impostors who have been parading themselves as traffic officials. Parading the impostors at the agency’s administrative headquarters on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Agency, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi noted that the suspects were arrested around Aleshinloye, Molete and Dugbe axis, in Ibadan Southwest. Fagbemi said the victims alleged that the arrested officers always accompany them to ATM points to obtain some specific amounts from them. His words: “We have been informed by the public that there are some agents that call themselves OYRTMA officers in some…
A former Secretary to the Oyo state government, Akogun Sharafadeen Alli on Wednesday urged Muslims in the state to build on the lessons inherent in Ramadan to support the less privileged in the state. He said part of the lesson teaches by Ramadan is to share things with the less privileged and ensure Muslims do good at all time. Alli urged Islamic faithful to pray relentlessly for the peace and prosperity during this fasting period and beyond. Alli in a statement he personally signed said there is need to always remember the poor in the affairs of Oyo state, saying;…