Hon Barr Rita Odichimma Orji is a great achiever and award winner who has pursued an agenda of good governance that bring about rapid social economic development, employment opportunity, social amenities for the people of Ajeromi ifelodun of Lagos state. For those rancorous elements, noisemakers, who have not achieved one quarter of what Hon Barr Rita Orji has achieved, but are always querying and worrying themselves about her ancestry. She has fought many battles on behalf of the PDP Ajeromi ifelodun executives and won, God does not need anyone to put such in his hall of fame. How do you…
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Southwest Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP) will on Friday begin its two-Day workshop for members in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The workshop which will start today, Friday is expected to end on Saturday afternoon at Ilaji Hotel and Resort, Akaran. According to the Public Relations Officer, Mr Remi Oladoye, the workshop was organised to promote professionalism and uphold the ethics of journalism. He said that speakers from academia, legal, marketing and media world are expected to speak on different topics. “The two-day workshop was put together by the association to promote professionalism and uphold the ethics of journalism. “Having…
The Popular Gospel Singer,Yinka Ayefele ( MON ) , has called for better approach to governance at all arms of government for the benefit of the masses and generations yet unborn . Ayefele, who made the call, while playing host to the leadership of Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission ( OYSIEC) at the Music House , Fresh FM , Challenge , Ibadan , said it was high time for all and sundry to do things accordingly in order to get desired results . He expressed concern over irregularities in local government council elections , noting that it would be a…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed workers in 18 states where the national minimum wage of N 30, 000 had yet to be paid to immediately proceed on strike . The congress said about half the 36 states of the federation were yet to conclude negotiations on payment of the minimum wage . Findings indicate that states that have not paid the minimum wage include Imo , Rivers, Osun , Ekiti, Ebonyi, Kwara , Zamfara, Gombe, Rivers and Ogun States. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the National Executive Council of the NLC on Wednesday…
The Seriki Shasha Alhaji (Dr) Haruna Maiyasin Katsina has commended the Amotekun corps of Oyo state for their professional conduct in restoring and maintaining law and order in Sasha, Akinyele Local Government during a courtesy visit by the second in command of the corp Mr Akinro Kazeem Babalola and the Media Unit of Amotekun, Oyo state on Wednesday, the 16th of February, 2021. The Seriki Shasha thanked the Amotekun corps for their efforts at protecting the lives and properties of innocent citizens during the last crisis that engulfed the community. He prayed against the reoccurrence of such calamity. Alhaji Haruna…
The crisis rocking the Southwest zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is far from being over, as a former Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola, yesterday, descended on former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, describing him as more of a liability than an asset to the umbrella party. Speaking while welcoming to the PDP, some loyalists of a former Governor of the state and leader of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Senator Rashidi Ladoja at the government House, Agboola popularly called Alleluyah said it was uncharitable for Fayose to call Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde a baby…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the conduct of its zonal congresses in the six geo-political zones on Saturday, March 6, 2021. By this, the party has slated the submission of nomination forms, including aspirants for National Ex-Officio for on or before February 25, 2021. Forms are to be submitted to the Directorate of Mobilization and Organizing. The party charges our leaders, members and teeming supporters to continue to work hard in the collective effort to rescue our nation from the current misrule.
The Wife of the Oyo State Governor, Engr. (Mrs.) Tamunominini Makinde has called on all stakeholders across the State to take a stand to say no to the vicious act of Female Genital Mutilation and support the well-being of women. Mrs. Makinde made this call today in commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation with the theme tagged “No Time for Global Inaction: Unite, Fund, and Act to End Female Genital Mutilation held at the Presidential Lodge, Government House, Agodi, Ibadan. According to the First Lady, “I hope there are communities that can assist a…
Niger State government has identified the students and teachers of Government Science College, Kagara who were abducted on Wednesday. It had been earlier reported that a number of students and pupils of GSS Kagara were abducted by bandits in the wee hours of Wednesday whose identities were not ascertained on the day of the incident. However, reports now have it that the abducted students were 27, along with three teachers, two non-teaching staff and nine family members of the staff staying in the quarters. The students are: Jamilu Isah, Shem Joshua, Abbas Abdullahi, Isah Abdullahi, Ezekeil Danladi, Haliru Shuibu, Mamuda…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the Chairman, Governor’s Advisory Council, Senator Hosea Agboola a.k.a. Alleluyah on Wednesday received some loyalists of a former Governor of the State and Leader of the coalition political parties that midwifed the electoral victory of the governor in the 2019 election, Senator Rashidi Ladoja at the government House. Led by the State Chairman of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Comrade Wole Abisoye, the defecting members pledged allegiance to Governor Makinde and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They sang praises of the governor and commended his welfarist policy to Oyo Workers and the pensioners…