ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS OYO STATE CHAPTER PRESS RELEASE:RAMADAN GREETINGS (2020/1441AH) TO OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY “O ye who believe, Fasting is ordained for you, as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of Allah” Q2:183. Prophet Muhammad(pboh) in announcing RAMADAN would always say “O people, the month of Ramadan, the Great, Sacred month has come with its mercies, blessings and forgiveness because Almighty Allah has decreed Ramadan as the Best of all months. This is the month you have been invited to Fast and Pray, where your good deeds are instantaneously accepted while your invocations…
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Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly , Mudashiru Obasa , has said the coronavirus lockdown has not been “ quite effective ” in the state because the local governments ’ administrations were not involved . Obasa , who stated this on Thursday via Twitter , said the idea that Lagos should not test because it does not have the capacity to treat all likely patients was not the best approach. He said Lagos should explore local herbs as a possible cure for the lethal disease , adding that local government chairmen should support state efforts in the fight…
The Lawmaker representing Akinyele Constituency 1, at the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Ayotunde Fatokun, has congratulated Muslims for witnessing another season of Ramadan. Fatokun, in a statement through his media office and signed by him, described Ramadan as “the glory of all months in the Islamic calendar”, adding that Ramadan fast is one of the five pillars of Islam that Muslims must strictly adhere to in line with the injunction of the Almighty Allah. The Chairman Parliamentary Council, noted that Ramadan offers an opportunity to draw closer to Allah and deepen relationship with him in submission to his…
Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON ZONE C PRESS RELEASE The economic downturn and low revenue generation occasioned by the total lockdown as a result of COVID 19 pandemic ravaging the world has created a financial cul-de-sac for broadcast stations in the southwest which may necessitate a shutdown of operations if urgent actions are not taken. As a result of the lockdown, the stream of income of broadcast stations have been stifled with most companies who are also experiencing a dire strait, halting the flow of commercials, the blood that runs the stations. It is instructive to note that the broadcast…
PRESS RELEASE COVID-19: NORTHERN PRIVATE BROADCAST STATIONS MAY SHUT DOWN Hard hit by low income generation as a result of the current economic downturn and exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that has paralysed businesses across the world and indeed Nigeria, private owned broadcast stations in northern Nigeria have reached a point where our operations may completely shut down any time soon unless a quick intervention comes to our rescue. This may affect about 40 radio and television stations spread across the northeast, northwest and north central, who collectively employ about 40,000 personnel in diverse fields such as…
Oyo State Government has distanced itself from the purported release of shortlisted candidates for the 2020 Teaching Service Commission recruitment exercise circulating on the social media. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission, Pastor Akin Alamu, in a phone conversation with GOALPOACHER NEWS on Thursday in Ibadan. Pastor Alamu described the publication as fake and misleading. He said: “The attention of the TESCOM, has been drawn to a false and misleading publication “TESCOM Recruited Shortlisted candidates in Oyo State is out.” “The public should be informed that this is totally false and fabricated by some misleading…
*Ramadan: Makinde felicitates Muslims … urges them to pray for Allah’s mercy, end to Covid 19 pandemic Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has felicitated with Muslims in the state for witnessing the commencement of yet another Ramadan fasting. The governor, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, urged Islamic faithful to pray relentlessly during the fasting period and specifically ask the Almighty Allah to show mercy on the people. He said that Muslims must embrace the piety demanded of them during the Ramadan and ask Allah to put an end…
As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, two corporate organizations, Nigeria Brewery and Royal Queen, this Thursday donated cash and food items to the Oyo State Government as part of their corporate responsibilities to support the state government in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. The Nigeria Brewery presented a cheque worth #20M to the state Ministry of Finance while Royal Queen donated food items to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Jacob Ojemuyiwa Ojekunle, while receiving the food items, on behalf of the state government, at the…
The Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association, Oyo State Chapter, Dr Akin Sodipo has declared that the partial lockdown in the state is ineffective judging by the activities taking place in the state. Dr Akin stated this while answering questions on FRESH FM, COVID-19 SITUATION ROOM, anchored by a popular broadcast journalist, Mayor Isaac Brown. He blamed the ineffectiveness of the partial lockdown at the door step of the law enforcement agents. He, however, lauded the measures put in place by Governor Seyi Makinde to curtail and contain the larger outbreak of the dreaded pandemic. He noted that Engr Makinde knew that…
Sequel to Governor Makinde’s statement that the University College Hospital (UCH), accounts for forty percent of COVID-19 cases in Oyo State, the coordinator of the state Isolation Centers, professor Temitope Alonge has put the management of the hospital on its toes to find an emergency solution to curtail a larger outbreak of the pandemic in the institution. The State’s COVID-19 vice-Chairman, Professor Alonge while briefing Governor’s Office Correspondents at Agodi, Secretariat this Wednesday said the state COVID-19 Task-force will support the UCH Task Force in order to halt the spread of the pandemic among the staff of the College…