Deputy Speaker Reacts…. ..As Residents laud, condemn 9th Oyo Assembly. The legislature occupies the epicenter of modern democratic system for two major reasons, namely it houses the largest number of elected representatives and secondly, it is the engine room of modern governance as it performs the traditional four-fold tasks of representation, lawmaking, oversight function and constituency services. The demands of modern governance entail that legislative assemblies must sift through several competing expectations and act in the overall public interest. At the Oyo State House of Assembly, haven inaugurated its leadership by Governor Seyi Makinde over a year ago, the House…
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As the year 2020 close-out, Oyo state Governor, His Excellency, Engineer Oluseyi Makinde started the year with lots of program geared towards making life meaningful for the residents and the people of the state. No doubt the purported beautiful plans were interrupted by an outbreak of Coronavirus which ravaged countries in the entire world. The economic interruption occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic negatively affected thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, in Nigeria. The ravaging global pandemic, was driven by science, logic and data. Governor Makinde remained the only dogged one who did not lockdown the state but set up…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Tuesday, expressed worry that bandits from Mali are making efforts to get into Nigeria through the Saki international border. Makinde said this during a visit to the palace of the Okere of Saki, Oba Khalid Olabisi, where he met with traditional rulers from Oke Ogun Zone. He noted that various parts of the state and the country will be at risk of attacks if such foreign bandits are allowed entry, Makinde called for vigilance from Saki residents to debar such entry via the Saki border. He, however, commended the people of Oke-Ogun in quelling…
Oyo state, one of the six states in the Southwest region has recorded a new variant of the novel Coronavirus which is more infectious than other variants and could be more transmissible in children. A professor of virology, David Olaleye, who works with the Oyo state emergency operation Center, made this known to newsmen in Ibadan, noting that the laboratory analysis carried out revealed that infections from the newly discovered variant could be more virulent than the first outbreak of the virus in March 2020. According to professor Olaleye, the new variant of the novel coronavirus is rapidly emerging while…
Former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Former BOT Member, Dr Saka Balogun met with former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose and other stakeholders of the party from Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun and Ondo States today. The meeting was held at Fayose’s residence in Ibadan. In the meeting were Engr Femi Babalola, Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeniyan, Dr Eddy Olafeso, Rev Bunmi Jenyo, Ogun, Ekiti, Lagos and Ogun States PDP chairmen, Dr Sikirulai Ogundele, Otunba Bisi Kolawole, Engr Adedeji Doherty and Hon Sunday Bisi respectively. The meeting affirmed that it is Dr Eddy Olafeso as the next National Vice…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, approved the suspension of the 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew earlier imposed on states by the Federal Government, saying that officials of the State’s Task Force on Covid-19 will ensure strict compliance to the guidelines and advisories during the Yuletide and after. The governor, has therefore, directed that religious centres be allowed to hold crossover worship services only in strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols. The Technical Team of the Task Force on COVID-19 had earlier stated that it was ruling out the crossover services in view of the 12 a.m. to…
A budding gospel artist, Stephen Temitope Oluwatobi Opeisa, has said that his vision for 2021 and beyond is to win more souls for Christ through gospel music. He made this known in a chat with journalists on the way forward for gospel music in Nigeria. Opeisa, who acknowledged that modernity is the order of the day in every aspect of life including music, noted that spiritual content in gospel songs should not be desecrated. He added that gone are the days when gospel music was more like the pathway to come closer to God and amassing blessings as a result.…
A Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, says although the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is a leader, he cannot be called the “leader” of the Yoruba race. The group also said it had not given its support for any Yoruba indigene eyeing the 2023 presidency. A spokesperson for the group, Yinka Odumakin, said this during a live interview with Punch monitored by SaharaReporters on Wednesday. When asked if Tinubu can be regarded as the Yoruba race leader, Odumakin said, “He is a leader, but not the leader Of the Yoruba race. That is debatable.” Odumakin said…
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oorelope Local Government have been urged to keep supporting the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, to deliver good governance to the people of the state. The party loyalists in the local government were equally charged not to succumb to distractions and discouragements from elements who do not have the interest of the party at heart. The Special Assistant (Print Media) to the governor, Moses Alao, gave this charge while addressing teeming PDP members, who converged on the Baptist Central School, Igboho, headquarters of the local government, for the party’s last meeting…
All over the world , cross – over services are significant events that usher in a New Year . Cross – over services hold majorly in churches on the night of December 31 every year and Christians usually gather to pray and worship their Maker for the gift of a brand New Year . As a custom , the services start a few hours before 12 am and end some minutes after 12 am . But with the reality of the COVID- 19 pandemic which has disrupted livelihood and ways of doing things , the cross – over services into…