The people of Ibarapa zone of Oyo State came out en masse on Sunday 31, January 2021 to welcome the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde to the community. Recall GOALPOACHER NEWS had reported earlier that the was on his way to the tension soaked community. On Makinde’s arrival, people came out in their hundreds to receive the Governor. As Makinde alighted from his vehicle at about 6:25 p.m, the crowd went into a frenzy, chanting slogans of the Governor, “oluwa lo Seyi” among others. GOALPOACHER NEWS further learnt that Makinde will be having a closed door meeting…
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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has embarked on a visit to Ibarapa zone. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa had said the Governor will tour the zone when all the security reports and situations would have been concluded and assessed. GOALPOACHER NEWS correspondent can confidently report that Governor Makinde will arrive Ibarapa any moment from now. Further investigation revealed that the Governor will be meeting different stakeholders from the zone while lasting solutions will be proffered to restore peace and tranquility to the zone. Recall, tension has been heightened in Igangan and the entire Ibarapa zone…
Lawmaker representing Ibadan North East constituency 1 in Oyo state House of Assembly, Hon. Olamide Akinajo has assured residents of his constituency, particularly Iyana Aderogba, Bayerunka, Ogboriefon, Obasanjo Street, Odo-Osun, Itaa-Bale communities that peace will soon be totally restored in the area. Akinajo said, Oyo State government has intervened, as it had deployed security personnel to various junctions of the affected areas. Hon Akinajo who disclosed this while speaking on telephone with our reporter, on the unrest in his constituency, said effort had been made from his office to ensure peace return to the crime prone areas. ” Thou, am…
I am on cloud nine about these new public transit buses recently purchased for the use of public in Oyo State. I really do hope that they will be efficiently and judiciously managed. Read below the benefits of an efficient Public Transportation System according to Christopher C Berggren. 1. Economic Benefits to the Community.. For every ten million dollars of public transit investment made, business sales increased by thirty million dollars. Furthermore, transit agencies and organizations employ many people and create many times more private-sector jobs. 2. Transit Reduces Road Congestion.. Currently in America, public transit use results in a…
Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Otunba Bisi Kolawole has expressed his disappointment over the decision of the group led by Senator Biodun Olujimi to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the last Wednesday judgement of the Appeal Court, on the dispute over the Ward Congress of the party, saying the decision was against the peace process embarked upon by former Governor of the State, Ayodele Fayose. The Appeal Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti had on Wednesday, dismissed an appeal filed by the Olujimi group against the judgment of a Federal High Court over the party’s…
The Director General, Oyo State Investments and Public-Private Partnership Agency, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi visited Kersey motherless home and Ogbomoso Baptist blind centre to mark his birthday anniversary. Ogunwuyi who was accompanied by PDP stakeholders in Ogbomoso zone donated cash and staple foods for his birthday celebration. He stated that although this is not the first visit to places like this but promised to be more consistent in his visit and to partner with the homes to ensure that both kids and students fulfilled their God given potentials. The DG OYSIPA extended appreciation to the staff, citizens, and corporate organizations who…
A veteran politician and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Oyo State, Alhaji (Dr) Ambali Moronkola Thomas, has said the growing popularity of Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, among residents and workers in the state will make it impossible for him to be defeated in the 2023 gubernatorial election. The former Commissioner for education stated this on Saturday in Ibadan while fielding questions on Fresh FM ‘Political Circuit’ anchored by Mayor Isaac Brown, which was monitored by GOALPOACHER NEWS correspondent. When he was asked to assess the performance of the Governor, he said, ” from my…
The Oyo State Police Command said the efforts of its men in collaboration with Amotekun corps doused the tension created by the invasion of scores of hoodlums who unleashed terror on residents of Aderogba and other communities off Bere area of Ibadan . The hoodlums , who had invaded the Aderogba community late on Thursday night looted shops , set a building on fire , and also burnt a shop . The insecurity forced some shop owners and residents to flee the area. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi while reacting to the attack said…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has donated two pick-up vans each to the Nigerian Army and the Vehicle Inspection Unit of the state government, declaring that the vehicles would aid service delivery. The governor, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Security, CP Fatai Owoseni (rtd), said that the decision to make the donations was in line with his belief that the government must constantly do whatever it could to enhance service delivery by agencies operating within its domain. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted Governor Makinde as saying: “We…
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor of Oyo State, Engineer ‘Seyi Makinde, Mr Taiwo Adisa, has raised the alarm that members of opposition in the state are striving hard to place the state under a siege. Adisa stated this on Saturday while featuring on Impact Business Radio programme, Bottom line, anchored by popular broadcast journalist, Anuoluwapo Omorinde. According to the Governor’s media aide, “the essence of all these distractions is to bring the state down to one thing- insecurity, so that at the end of the day, whatever progress is being made in the state will boil to insignificant.…