The 9th Oyo state House of Assembly will continue to work effectively with the House of Assembly Commission to bring much needed development to the legislative activities in the state. The Speaker,Oyo state House of Assembly of Rt Hon Adebo Ogundoyin stated this during the launching of maiden edition Quarterly Newsletter of the Commission tagged The Oyo Scepter. The chairman Oyo state house of Assembly of Commission Dr Abdulwasi Musah led other members of the Commission to present the maiden edition of the Commission’s Quarterly Newsletter tagged The Oyo Scepter to the Speaker of the Oyo Assembly Rt Hon Adebo…
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.…Kwara Gov Visits, Commiserates With The Media Outfit The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Ilorin Area Office, was gutted by fire late Tuesday night. Cause of the inferno, which affected the Administrative block, Marketing Department, News and Current Affairs Department as well the Programmes’ Department, was yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) over the fire incident. The Governor, who was reported to be among the first responders around 1a.m. on Wednesday, lamented the fire incident which could have destroyed the entire facility but for the combined timely intervention of…
…Bond to Take Care of Construction and Upgrade of Hospitals, Ibadan Dry Port and Rail Corridor Development – Commissioner The Oyo State Executive Council on Tuesday approved the issuance of a N100 billion private bond tagged “Oyo Prosperity Bond” to facilitate the execution of priority projects that will further drive economic development in the State. This was disclosed in Ibadan by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, after the State’s weekly Executive Council’s virtual meeting. Olatubosun disclosed that the fund would be raised in two tranches of N50 billion each for the construction of the…
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu says a general doesn’t win a war based on his own ability. Akeredolu while speaking on FRESH FM COVID-19 SITUATION ROOM this Tuesday, said he just won a battle in the gubernatorial primary election held in the state. When asked if there were plans to pacify aggrieved party members towards having a united party ahead of the election coming up in October, Akeredolu replied, since I just won a battle, we are going to war, I need others to win the war, we shall be victorious. However, Akeredolu told Isaac Brown that he had…
The Oyo State Executive Council at its meeting today 21st of July 2020 has approved the academic calendar to guide resumption of schools and other associated educational activities in the State. According to the approved calendar, Third Term 2019/2020 has been cancelled and promotion of students, for all affected classes, will now be determined by First and Second Term Continuous Assessment. Pry 6, JSS 3 and SSS 3 will proceed on holiday from 30th of July and resume for their Examination as follows; Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)- 10th to 18th August 2020 Competitive Entrance Examination into the Schools of…
A sixteen-year-old girl identified as Toke has been reportedly murdered by yet to be identified assailants at Onikoko area along Ibadan/Oyo express road. A preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased was attacked and killed this Monday and her corpse was discovered on Tuesday. The Oyo state police command’s public relations officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi who confirmed the incident, said the case was a suspected murder and the perpetrators of the evil act are still at large. He, however, said the Oyo state commissioner of police, CP Joe Enwonwu has ordered an immediate investigation into the incident.
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon Adebo Ogundoyin on Tuesday enjoined parents to embrace family planning, Fewer Children. Ogundoyin said the economic reality and inevitable need for healthy families in Nigeria as the most populous country in Africa makes family planning an essential health concept. “The heavy stigmatization and misunderstanding of Family planning and contraception among couples deserve aggressive reorientation considering the Hundreds of thousands of women die in childbirth every year, child malnutrition and other family based social responsibilities.” “Today’s Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, NURHI 2 END OF PROJECT DISSEMINATION MEETING in Ibadan pointed clearly at…
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N3million to 300 women in Oyo State to boost their businesses. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, who hailed from Oyo state, facilitated the disbursement to the 300 women in the state. The disbursement to beneficiaries from Oyo Central and Oyo South Senatorial districts was done at the Liberty stadium, Ibadan, on July 16 while those from Oyo North Senatorial district received theirs in Ogbomosho, on Tuesday, July 21. Making the disbursement in Ibadan and Ogbomosho, in line with the COVID-19 guidelines, Mrs Olayinka Olayemi, Oyo State Coordinator, NDE,…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command has intercepted 2,054 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and 500 drums of 100 liters Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol). The command, during its recent anti-smuggling activities, also seized 320 kegs of 25 liters each of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) and 340 compressed blocks of cannabis Sativa, amongst other contraband goods. While showcasing the contraband and smuggled goods seized, the Customs Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Comptroller, Hu Ngozi, warned smugglers and other die-hard dealers to desist from sabotaging the economy of the country or go in for it. She added that the command…
Oyo State government has entered into partnership with a charity group, Latter Day Saint Charities, based in America to dig over 100 modern boreholes in rural communities in the State. The charity group has earlier dug 25 boreholes throughout the State in 2019 in collaboration with the State’ Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (Oyo RUWASSA) that paid a counterpart funding for each of the boreholes. In a letter presented to the representatives of Latter Day Saint Charities on Tuesday at Ibadan and signed by the Secretary to the State government, Mrs Olubamiwo Aseosun, the State government expressed profound gratitude…