The people of Iseyin were in panicky mood on Friday evening when an officer of the Nigerian Customs was reported to have shot an executive member of the proscribed National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lateef Aboki at Iseyin-Moniya park in Iseyin. The said officer, name withheld, among three others in mufti and in a private Lexus Jeep chased a public transport vehicle to the park on suspicion of the vehicle carrying a bag of rice. The head of the park, Mr Lateef Shittu (Alias Akue) said he got a call that one of his executive members was shot…
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Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila Auxiliary the Chairman Park Manager’s Disciplinary Committee is becoming a power to beat within Oyo state PDP, as he no longer sees himself as member of the party as claimed but now a chieftain. He is not only unstoppable but also unquestionable. Auxiliary had gained more power in Oyo PDP more than the party landlords. Asides governor Makinde, he seems also got the muscle to flings his feathers around the state without hindrance. When he called himself a member of PDP, only few courageous leaders of the party called him to order, challenged him to provide his…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has rejected the reconciliation committee set up by the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi to reconcile the aggrieved members of the party in the state. Recall Ajimobi after his appointment as the National Deputy Chairman South, appointed another former Governor Adebayo Alao Akala to head the reconciliation committee to reconcile different warring factions within the party. While speaking on a radio programme in Ibadan, Bottom line on IBR 92.5Fm, anchored by Anuoluwapo Omorinde this Saturday morning and monitored by GOALPOACHER NEWS, a…
A hit and run driver has killed a young man who was believed to have crossed the express way at the JAMZ FM Junction, along Lagos-Ibadan road, Challenge, Ibadan without noticing the oncoming vehicle on Friday evening. The Special Rescue Team of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) taken the corpse of the young man to the Adeoyo morgue. In a statement issued by the agency and signed by its Executive Chairman, OYRTMA, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi, motorists were advised to be vigilant and always slow down for pedestrians crossing the road especially in the night, adding that even…
The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi has on behalf of men and Officers of the Authority expressed deep appreciation to the Executive Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde for deeming the agency worthy to benefit from the COVID-19 relieve packages distributed in the State. In a statement issued during the distribution at the Authority’s Administrative Headquarters, Ibadan, Dr. Fagbemi stated that “I want to seize this opportunity to thank our amiable and people-loving Governor for the tremendous incentives he has approved for our officers in the recent past including…
Olutunde Oni is a medical Doctor (Internal Medicine), he runs his clinic at the hill of Ikolaba, Ibadan. He has been in the profession since 1969. He spoke with GOALPOACHER NEWS on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Sir, how would you describe your childhood? My childhood was quite interesting, my dad Mr Daniel Akinola Oni, my mum, Mrs Igbayilola Agbebi Oni were my parents. I grew up both in Lagos and Ibadan, it was fun,because my cousins were versatile, hilarious, so we went around most times after school hours. I was into game sports .When it was time to…
The newly installed Onifanbo of Ogbooro, Oba Adegboye has commended the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority for the good and reinvigorated works been executed on major highways, market squares and other densely populated areas of the Saki, Oke-Ogun areas of the State. The commendation was contained in a speech delivered by the revered Monarch during his installation as the new Onifanbo of Ogbooro Kingdom held yesterday in Ogbooro, Oyo State. In his words, the Oba said “we must commend OYRTMA for the tremendous efforts they are putting in to ensure the free flow of vehicular movement within and around…
Oyo state government has said the state tourism could generate between 60 to 70 percent of the state revenue, if the potentials are been utilized. This was stated by the chairman Oyo state Culture and Tourism Board, Debo Adejumo, while speaking with GOALPOACHER NEWS correspondent in his office this Friday Adejumo revealed that the present administration plans to invite investors to develop the state tourists sector to world standard. He affirmed that the present administration is planning to stage a competition among all the 33 Local government in the state where they would display their various culture and that of…
Eighty-nine former members staff of Wesley University, Ondo in Ondo State have demanded the payment of their outstanding salaries and entitlements owed between 2014 and 2019, saying failure to do so would compel them to result to legal action. The aggrieved former staff of the university made the demand at a press conference held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday. The former staff, comprising the academic, administrative and professional staff, lamented that the university had predicted its failure to pay their entitlements since 2014 upon the 2020 difficulties posed by the COVID-19 lockdown. Speaking through their lawyer, Mr Femi…
I want to appeal Mr Governor and other political office holder in Oyo State to please appeal to appropriate authority to decentralize the proposed Tescom Exam Scheduled to hold in Ibadan. It’s expected of applicants to be in Ibadan on scheduled date for exam. Considering the global Pandemic we are currently battling I don’t think it’s advisable to bring together people from different zones, more so transport cost might be a burden to some poor applicants. Therefore the state should consider jamb Accredited Centres in each zone for the aptitude test. Oyedokun Ibukun O Otu OkeOgun