As Christians celebrate Easter across the world, the Chairman of Oyo State Housing Corporation, Barrister Bayo Lawal has felicitated with Christians over the celebration of this year’s Easter. Bayo Lawal also urged residents of the state to continue supporting the Oyo state government-led by Engineer Seyi Makinde. He made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday. The Bamofin of Kisi also thanked God for guiding the Governor in piloting the affairs of the state despite numerous challenges facing the state and the country at large. He called on Christians to use this Easter festival to pray…
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The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin says Easter is the time to remember the sacrifice made by Jesus Christ and his unconditional love for humanity. The Speaker therefore calls on Nigerians and indeed the Christians to renew their faith in God through Jesus Christ so that his death and resurrection will not be in vain. Hon Ogundoyin gave the charge in his 2021 Easter message to Nigerians. According to him, it is the season of rebirth hence people must renew their faith and imbibe the teachings of the risen Savior. ” Easter Is one of the…
Christians have been urged to imbibe the lessons of love, sacrifice and other values exemplified by Jesus Christ as they celebrate Easter. The chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oorelope Local Government, Hon. Akeem Raheem, gave this charge on Saturday, while felicitating Christians in the local government. Raheem, according to a statement signed by the media coordinator of his campaign, Musediq Ayandiji, equally charged Christian faithful across Oyo State to also continue to pray for and support the government of Governor Seyi Makinde. He maintained that the Easter season is renowned for being a solemn and sober…
Numbers can give you exponential, growth happens when you extend your reach, the roadmap for sound accelerated development in Oyo State is being observed. Oyo State now stands on a new horizon which is an indication of better growth. Evidently, the nation has been paused for years as a result of inimical policies coming from the ruling party at the centre of the government. Superlative application of E- government in the daily activities of his administration is being imitated by other governors in the country. The governor had told members of his cabinet and ICT experts at the commissioning of…
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has described the death of the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, as a personal loss of a good brother and a great loss to the Yoruba race. Makinde, who stated that the news of Odumakin’s passage came as a rude shock and leaves him in a sad mood, commiserated with Dr. Joe-Okei Odumakin, wife of the late Afenifere chieftain, members of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group and the entire Yoruba nation. He described the late Afenifere spokesman as a true Yoruba son, who embodied the ethos of Omoluabi, a dogged and…
The news of death of my dear Brother, Comrade Yinka Odumakin, came to me as a rude shock. As a family’s friend, I did call his Wife and my dear Sister in the Nigerian democratic struggles, Dr Joe Okei – Odumakin, his Sister – In – Law, Vera Okei, and his Personal Driver to confirm the authenticity of this strange story because I still found it difficult to believe regardless of being inundated with calls, posts and sms from various People including the gentlemen of the Press. My Political Odyssey brought us together in 1998/1999 under the Leadership of Asiwaju…
The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi has congratulated Christian faithfuls across the State on the occasion of Easter celebrations. He described the occasion as a commemoration of the ultimate sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind and thus implored all to imbibe the spirit of love and sacrifice whilst embracing the exemplary leadership exhibited by Jesus Christ. In his words, “Easter reminds us that hope must never be lost for as dark as the road may seem, there always would be light at the end of it. I rejoice…
It is disheartenning that some by mistake and incompetent State Chairmen of People’s Democratic Party from the South West Zone that are identified with a big MOLE in the the Zone have taken the assignment of their pay master from Lagos to a height in the South West Zone , and it is important that all genuine party members should begin to respond to this people that are under oath to destabilize the party before leaving to join their pay master. First, this unscrupulous elements said our leader in the South West- Govenor Seyi Makinde decamped back to PDP but…
Oyo PDP Chieftain and Chairman, Oyo Pacesetters Transport Company Chairman, Dare Adeleke has expressed disgust over a press statement issued by Dr Sikirulai Ogundele. In the statement, Ogundele had warned Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to stop threatening the PDP NWC, saying that he was not the Governor General of the PDP in the zone. Reacting, Adeleke said it is preposterous for a man to brandish a position that is non existent and place a shadow title upon himself. Adeleke lambasted the Chairman of Chairmen saying he is one of those determined to derail the PDP in the South…