Instruments worth millions of naira were destroyed as second floor of Kollington Plaza belonging to popular Ibadan-based entrepreneur, Mr. Kola Adeleke popularly known as Kola Eleja, located at Oke-Ado, Market was razed by fire. According to PMPARROT, The fire incident, which reportedly started around 5:30pm on Saturday, was allegedly triggered by electricity restored by Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). According to an eye witness, Olaitan Ige, reports that the fire started at the fire alarm point at the complex before spreading to the studio, belonging to a popular radio presenter, Babatunde Olaniyi (Ti O Common) and eventually to the Redeemed…
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The Chairman Technical Committee on Boundary and Communal Disputes across the Local Government Areas in Oyo State, Surveyor. Alaba Abiodun has said that the present Administration in the State has put all machineries in motion to tackle boundary disputes in the State such as inter State, Intra -Local Government and Communal Boundary disputes. Surveyor Alaba made this known during a fact-finding visit to Akinyele, Ido, Bansa in Ibarapa Central Local Government, Igboora and Kajola Local Government Areas of the State over boundary disputes. He hinted that boundary Resolution Committee had informed the affected communities and representatives of the Local Governments…
The Peoples Democratic Party, Oyo state chapter, has declared that the Oyo state governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has attained another milestone by finally laying to rest, the age long avoidable crisis that rocked Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso under the joint administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Oyo and Osun states. The ruling party in Oyo state made this known in a press statement signed by its state publicity secretary, Engr Akeem Olatunji, and made available to newsmen in the state. According to the statement, Makinde has continued to fix up the rot in the Oyo…
…..commissions multi-million nairaprojects in Oluyole LG The Special Adviser to the executive governor of Oyo state on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Honourable Yemi Aderibigbe, has declared that the magnitude of execute projects in Oluyole local government by the caretaker chairman, Olaide Settle Popoola, within a short period of seven month surpassed his expectations. Aderibigbe who made the statement on Thursday 19th November, while speaking with journalists at the official commissioning of 300KVA power transformer for rural electrification of Oba Ode area of Soka, in Ibadan, declared that his expectations were surpassed with what he saw. The project among others…
A former Secretary to the Oyo state government, Akogun Sharafadeen Alli has felicitated the Senator representing Oyo North senatorial district, Senator Abdulfatai Omotayo Buhari who clocked 55 on Saturday. Alli described the Senator as exemplar and worthy model for the younger generations. The governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in 2019 elections in Oyo state in a statement he personally signed on Saturday lauded Senator Buhari for his service to the state, federal republic of Nigeria and humanity. He prayed God to give the Senator sound health and continuous grace as he continues to deliver dividend of democracy…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has assured students, staff, management and residents of Oyo State that adequate fund had been earmarked for the smooth running of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in the 2021 budget which is expected to be presented to the State House of Assembly next week. Makinde stated this on Fresh FM ‘Political Circuit’ anchored by Mayor Isaac Brown. The Governor expressed delight at the manner with which the protracted and running battle between Osun and Oyo on the issue of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology was resolved amicably. Makinde thanked his Osun State counterpart,…
The Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Friday in Ibadan described the settlement of decade-long ownership tussle of the jointly owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso as a landmark achievement of the Seyi Makinde-led administration in the Pacesetter State. The Union admonished Osun State to take this development with magnanimity and see it as ‘no victor, no vanquished’ in order for the two States; Oyo and Osun to safeguard the future of the institution, more importantly its current and potential students. The NUJ in a statement specially released by its Chairman, Ademola Babalola and…
Former Oyo State governor and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala has congratulated the state governor, Mr Seyi Makinde on the verdict of National University Commission (NUC) ceding ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) to Oyo State. Alao-Akala, who described the NUC decision as a welcome development, said he had been vindicated by the NUC as he started the process of getting the university solely for Oyo State. The former governor in a statement said the final resolution of the ownership tussle between the former two owner states, though long over due, had finally put…
The federal government, on Friday, during a meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) shifted grounds when it offered a total sum of N65 billion to Nigerian universities to address some of its demands. It also said the lecturers will now be paid their salary arrears on an older platform, different from the controversial IPPIS. The money seeks to address the issue of earned allowances and ”revitalisation of universities”. Giving a breakdown of the cash, the minister of labour, Chris Ngige, said the Accountant General of the Federation has offered to release N40 billion ”or in the alternative,…
The National Universities Commission has transferred ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology LAUTECH Ogbomoso to the Oyo State Government while the Osun state Government is to take over the College of Health Sciences in Osogbo. The resolution followed the lingering ownership of LAUTECH over the years. The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission Professor Abubakar Rasheed stated this at a media briefing in Abuja. Professor Rasheed said both Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Adegboyega Oyetola signed a memorandum of Agreement to the development. Professor Rasheed expressed optimism that the new arrangement would restore peace to…