President Muhammadu Buhari has said the African continent would miss the leadership qualities of the former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings, who died on Thursday. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari hailed the passion, discipline and moral strength the late leader employed to reposition his country, saying his leadership style would be remembered for a long time. He extended condolences to the family of the deceased, the government of Ghana and the entire Ghanaian population, praying for the repose of his soul. The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari sends heartfelt condolences…
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Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West geopolitical zone have harped on the need for unity and cohesion in the party, stating that the zone remains strategic to the PDP if it must win election at the national level. The leaders, including the Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, former Governors of Osun and Ekiti states, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Engr. Segun Oni as well as members of the Board of Trustees of the party, and party chairmen from the states, among others, called on the national leadership of the party to bring all aggrieved factions in…
A Frontline Politician and a foremost Ibadan Man, Engr. Sunday Babatunde has joined forces with the ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party in Oyo state. Engr. Sunday who is popularly and politically called “Number 1” is an accomplished engineer, a believer and promoter of the youth, a God-fearing man and philanthropist of repute. In the reports gathered by journalists who witnessed the official decamping ceremony, Engr. Sunday Babatunde was quoted to have said that his decision to join PDP in Oyo State was borne out of his desire to contribute his quota to overall holistic societal development and to also…
A call has gone to Oyo State government and media practitioners in the State to scale up sensitization on the need to stop open defecation. The call was made by the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) consultant with UNICEF Akure Field Office, Dr. Emmanuel Orebiyi at Oyo township on Thursday, during a One Day Review Meeting on Facts For Life Radio Programme, saying 51% of residents in Oyo State practiced open defecation. Orebiyi said the time has come for the State government to put more efforts into campaigning against open defecation because of the cost of providing medical attention to…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in conjunction with the Southwest Universities Students Union Presidents, on Thursday, gave the federal government a 7-day ultimatum to resolve and end the ASUU strike or risk students aggressive nationwide agitation and protests. The Southwest Universities Students Union Presidents of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ( LAUTECH), The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, (FUNAAB), University of Ibadan (UI), Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin), and Olabisi Onabanjo University (O.O.U), made their positions and demands known on…
Leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Southwest have converged on Agodi, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Zonal meeting will be presided over by the leader of the party in the zone, His Excellency Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. One of the leaders of the party in the zone who spoke with GOALPOACHER NEWS at the venue noted that the meeting became necessary with the view to affirming Governor Makinde as the leader of the party in the zone and to chart a way forward ahead of subsequent election governorship elections in the zone…
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday reinstated the suspended thirteen Local Government and Local Council Development Areas Caretaker Chairmen. The decision was taken after the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters read by its Chairman Hon Olusegun Popoola. Recall that the Oyo State Forum of Caretaker Chairmen had in a letter begged the House to forgive the suspended Caretaker Chairmen and return them back to their various councils. The affected Caretaker Chairmen in the Committee report said the #Endsars protest which rocked the country prevented them from gaining access into…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commenced strategic plans aimed at unseating the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The party made unsuccessful attempt in 2015 to return to power through its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. It has now gone back to the drawing board and this time, the youths are being projected to lead the battle. A youth summit is scheduled to hold in the six geo-political zones of the country. Inaugurating the South-East planning committee for the event in Enugu, on Wednesday, the National Chairman of the Party, Prince Uche Secondus said it…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the extension of the tenures of respective Zonal Caretaker Committees of our great party. The NWC has also approved the extension of the tenure of the Cross River state Caretaker Committee. The decision of the NWC is pursuant to Section 29 (2)(b) of the PDP Constitution (2017 as amended). By this, the tenures of the respective Zonal Caretaker Committees have been extended by a period not exceeding one month (30 days). In the same vein, the tenure of the Cross Rivers state caretaker committee has been extended…
Oyo State government has renewed its pledge to always provide a good living standard for citizens living with disability in the State. The State’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun stated this on Wednesday at the 11th Edition of Music, Dance and Play Festival for People With Disability, held at the National Museum of Unity, Alesinloye, Ibadan. Olatubosun who was represented at the event by the Director of Culture, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mrs Adejoke Agboola said all the policies, programmes and actions of the present administration were in sinc with the needs of the…