Oyo State government has on Tuesday, announced a shift in the Common Entrance examination into its schools of science from Wednesday 19th August to Tuesday 1st, September, 2020. The shift, according to the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, signed by the Commissioner, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye was because of a clash of the examination date with the ongoing West African School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), in which students were expected to write Economics and Agricultural Science in their year 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC). Also, the date of the screening test for placement of pupils in terminal classes in…
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National Council of Muslim Youths Organisation, NACOMYO has lauded Oyo State government for the review of the Computer Based Test in the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise to make provision for Jumat service and removal of religious questions from the examination. This is contained in a statement in Ibadan by Coordinator, NACOMYO, Oyo State Chapter, Alhajj Dawood Afolabi. Alhaji Afolabi said the twin decision of the State Post – Primary School Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM to review the timetable of the CBT for last Friday to allow for Jumat service and deduction of CRK questions from the marking scheme for the…
Oyo state government has given approval for the payment of 800 Million Naira counterpart fund contributions for the rural water supply and sanitation to enable state government to have access to 2.9 billion Naira from federal government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. This was approved at the state executive council meeting chaired by the Oyo state Governor Seyi Makinde held at Government House, Agodi, Ibadan. The counterpart fund of 2.9 billion according to Commissioner for Youth and Sports and his counterpart at Budget and Planning, Hon Adeniyi Aderinto will ensure expansion of water supply to 20 local government…
….collaborates with community to proffer security measures …as govt begs citizens to embrace lawful means of resolving grievances The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, expressed displeasure over the spate of killings at the Akinyele area of the state, with the recent murder of a middle-aged woman, Mrs Funmilayo, by an alleged serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, who escaped from the police custody after being paraded by the police barely a month ago. The state government, through the Special Adviser to Governor Makinde on Security, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, at a security Town Hall meeting with stakeholders in the community, held at the…
….orders prompt rearrest and prosecution of Sunday Sodipe. The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday has directed its Committee on Security and Strategy to urgently meet with the Oyo State Police Commissioner, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu to ascertain and unravel the circumstances surrounding the escape of the prime suspect in the Akinyele serial killings, Sunday Sodipe who confessed to killing five people. The directive was part of resolutions reached by the House while deliberating on a Matter of Urgent Public Importance brought by Hon Ayo Fatokun (Akinyele 1) The matter centered on the need to restore peace and order to…
The Senior Special Assistant to Oyo State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Hon Kunle Yusuff MON has said the recent SDGs Mark ups On the countries achieving SDGs 17 Global Goals showed that Oyo State would soon be on UN- SDGs World Map. The Governor’s aide opined that the 2030 agenda approved by the United Nations at the end of 2015, contemplates the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. While these seventeen goals with their 169 targets seek to improve the living conditions and conservation of the environment especially in developing countries, they also include improvement expectative for developed countries. “In order…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday through its spokesperson Yekini Nabena once again displayed its stock in trade which is telling blatant lies and twisting facts. Nabena had in a press statement titled “APC to Secondus: Opposition PDP Crumbling Under Your Watch Credible Elections the New Normal Under Buhari” lied on two facts obviously known to Nigerians home and abroad. Everyone knows that it is a lie from the pit of hell to assume that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is crumbling under the leadership of Prince Uche Secondus as National Chairman. Likewise is it a known fact elections…
The attention of well meaning notable leaders and teeming party members of our great Party APC must be drawn to the deliberate attempt of Outside forces especially the ruling PDP party in Oyo State to destabilise the Reconciliation and Repositioning Agenda of the All Progressive Congress. A casual observation of information circulating in the media space has revealed the clandestine conspiracy in the polity orchestrated by paid agents and those who are weary of the possibility of peaceful resolution of the current political disharmony within the APC family. The capacity of key stakeholders and the steady progress in the determination…
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Makinde on Better Education Service Delivery for All, Hon Sunday Moses Adeyanju on Monday lauded the commitment and political will of Governor Seyi Makinde to repositioning the educational sector to the standard practice it deserves. Hon Adeyanju stated this when he paid on the spot assessment to the Computer Base Test centre, University of Ibadan where applicants for the ongoing teachers recruitment exercise are writing their examination. In his submission, the governor’s aide said, “I want to appreciate Governor Seyi Makinde for his commitment and political willingness to ensuring Oyo State education is revitalised…
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday annulled the election of Gov. Duoye Diri. The Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) approached the tribunal, seeking the cancellation of the election because it was not included in the election which held on November 16, 2019. Delivering judgment on, Justice Yunusa Musa, a judge, on behalf of the tribunal, chairman, Justice Ibrahim Sirajo upheld the prayer of ANDP and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election in Bayelsa within 90 days. NAN reports that on Aug. 15, the tribunal, upheld the election of Gov. Diri…