Imo state government does not plan to rename the Imo State University after late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, whose death was announced on Friday. Chief Press Secretary to Imo State governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, in a statement on Monday described the news as fake. The statement reads in part, “Since Kyari passed on, the same persons have been issuing press statements, forging the logo of government and the name of Mr Nwachuku with the intent to deceive Imolites in particular and the public in general into believing their propaganda and fake news to be real. “In…
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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has apologised for the violation of guidelines during the burial of Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, in Abuja on Saturday. Kyari tested positive for Coronavirus in March and his death was announced on Friday. Speaking during a media briefing on Monday, Chairman of the Task Force, Boss Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said, “The PTF recognises, regrettably, the unintentional violation of the principles and protocols that form the core of our message to Nigerians at the funeral of the late Chief of Staff.…
As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the sit at home order over the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Youth and Sports, Hon Kazeem Bolarinwa, on Monday, distributed relief materials to the elderly and youths in his Local Government, Egbeda, Oyo State. Distributing the food items to about 250 households and underprivileged in the Local Government, Bolarinwa, said the gesture was to ameliorate the difficulties forced on the people by the COVID-19, saying the development has affected the people without social advantage. The Governor aide, said he decided to…
…as govt insists palliatives’ ll end in right hands The government of Oyo State has taken delivery of three truckloads of rice donated by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The Controller of Customs for Oyo/Osun Area Command, Comptroller Helen Ngozi, who made the symbolic presentation to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Ibadan on Monday, said that Customs was donating three truckloads of rice each to Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states as parts of measures to cushion the hardship of Nigerians at this period. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde,…
Livingspring Chapel International has joined the lists of donors to the Oyo state government in support of the fight against the novel coronavirus in the state. The Church, presided over by Pastor Femi Emmanuel whose multi-million donation was presented at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan on Monday said it is her own way of supporting the great work been done by Governor Seyi Makinde. The items donated includes, wheel chairs, cartoons of drugs, industrial washing machines, All in one computer systems, cartons of handsanitisers, medical equipments, cartons of green and white cannula and cartons of intravenous injections. Making…
The Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) is set to launch a Joint Rapid Response Team in the State, with the Oyo State Fire Service. This would enhance Oyo State Fire Service’s timely intervention to fire incidents at market places. Speaking today in Ibadan, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Dr. Akin Fagbemi asserted that the Rapid Response Team would put an end to the complete blockade of access roads to the markets by the haphazard and indiscriminate parking of vehicles, noting that this remains a major factor standing athwart the path of fire fighters…
I recently read with some amazement the piece from an obviously ill-informed commentator. My amazement stemmed from the fact that anyone could still be so blissfully ignorant of the levels of aesthetics, technological and content advancement at the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) in recent times. My conclusion was that the commentator in question was on a mudslinging mission and might be acting at the behest of those who are frustrated with the radical changes at the corporation’s radio and TV channels in the past eight months. While the real facts are open and obvious for the populace and…
The Ogun Oshun River Basin Development Authority Development has donated products to the Oyo State Government as relief items to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 lockdown. Delivering his speech, the Managing Director of the Organisation, Olufemi Olayemi Odumosi, said, “It is however with mixed feeling that I have, on this occasion of our formal donation of some items of Agricultural value and products of our organisation to the Oyo State Government to provide the relief materials to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown in the state, for distribution to communities so as to meet the needs of the vulnerable…
The Oyo state government has given a 7-day ultimatum to all markets in the state to comply with its COVID-19 preventive measures as any market that fail to comply will be shutdown and its leaders will be sanctioned. Governor Makinde stated this on Monday through his Special Adviser on Security Matters, Retired CP Fatai Owoseni during a meeting and symbolic presentation of face masks and sanitizers to market leaders in Oyo state, held at the state Ministry of information, Secretariat, Ibadan. Retired CP Owoseni, maintained that COVID-19 Task Force Compliance team will commence an aggressive patrol round markets in…
The nation ’s total focus on battling and containing the COVID – 19 pandemic appears to have given bandits in Sokoto and Zamfara States some ‘ respite ,’ as they have continued to unleash terror on hapless villagers in these areas , which has resulted in increased displacement of women and children . The situation has also led to severe hunger and increased malnutrition. Investigation revealed that these states are currently hit by malnutrition – a terrible crisis that is killing many children in the North West . Presently, Sokoto State has the highest prevalence of malnutrition in Nigeria ,…