The Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land, Edo and Delta States, Alhaji Daud Makanjuola Akinola, on Sunday, charged the new Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, not to allow another killing of innocent citizens occur, before the killers of those who have been killed recently are arrested. Akinola gave this charge when he led the Aare Musulumi in council to pay condolence visits to the families of Barakat Bello, a 18-year old teenager who was killed by some unknown gunmen and Grace Oshiagwu, a 21-year old lady who was killed yesterday. It’s gathered that no…
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Officials of the FCTA seal up the Jabi Mall in Abuja, the venue of Naira Marley’s concert on June 14, 2020. The Federal Government has shut the Jabi Lake Mall indefinitely for violating the ban on public gathering. The mall was closed by the Federal Capital Territory Ministerial Task Team on COVID-19. In a tweet on its handle on Sunday, the closure is part of precautionary measures taken to curb the spread of the virus in the nation’s capital. “The FCT Ministerial Task Team on #COVID19 seals up Jabi Lake Mall indefinitely for violating Presidential Task Force’s directives on…
The government of Oyo State said on Sunday that it will ensure the return of an indigene of the state, Mrs. Peace Ufuoma Busari, who was recently put up for sale in Lebanon on Facebook. The Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs to Governor Seyi Makinde, Bolanle Sarumi Aliyu, stated this in Ibadan, affirming the commitment of the Oyo State government towards ensuring her safe return. Mrs. Peace Ufuoma Busari, a resident of the state, was recently rescued in Lebanon by the Lebanese authorities after her employer put her up for sale on Facebook. A statement by the Chief…
The Caretaker Chairman, Afijio West LCDA, Hon Sunday Akindele has explained why his administration has embarked on grading of roads in rural communities, farm settlements and dredging of some rivers in the council area. Hon Akindele stated this in a chat with GOALPOACHER NEWS on Sunday. He said one of the cardinal programmes of His Excellency, Seyi Makinde is agriculture, therefore the need to also key into it, since farming takes place mostly in the rural communities. Hon Akindele noted that residents of communities where the farm settlements are domiciled do find it difficult transporting their farm…
The Caretaker Chairman, Akinyele South LCDA, Hon Kazeem Adekunle has revealed how a 21 year old Grace was murdered on Saturday by yet to be identified person. Hon Kazeem who gave the account of the incident while speaking with GOALPOACHER NEWS on Saturday night narrates what happened when he arrived at the scene. “I went to a particular hospital to see a patient, I made a phone call to the Divisional Police Officer on the issue of security in my Council. The DPO asked me to come to where he was that another sad event had taken place at…
A student of Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Grace Oshiagwu, has been reportedly raped to death by unknown people at her parent’s residence, Idi Ori Sasa, Ojoo, Akinyele Local Government. A source who didn’t want his name in print disclosed the sad incident to GOALPOACHER NEWS.
The Edo State Government has said it is planning to reopen its economy within two to three weeks. In a briefing on Saturday, Governor Godwin Obaseki explained that the re-opening is scheduled to come after June 28, which is the expected peak date of the coronavirus pandemic in the state based on government models. “We are not going to be in a permanent state of lockdown,” Obaseki said. “We have to now begin to learn to live with this virus. “So the tendency all over the world now is to accept the reality of COVID-19 and see how we…
The Oyo State Government has released post-lockdown containment guidelines for the following environments: Schools, Offices and Workspaces Religious Centres Conferences, Large Gatherings and Event Centres Restaurants, Cafeterias, and Bukaterias, Banks/Malls/Supermarkets/Hotels and Similar Premises Commercial Transportation Motor-parks/Markets/Abattoirs The document also contains other general COVID-19 prevention and containment strategies. Please find the guidelines in the document below. https://feedbackoysg.com/post-lockdown-covid-19-containment-guidelines/
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has described the recent spate of criticisms against the governor by a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 election, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), as an indication of his desperation to hug the headlines. Adisa, in a statement made available on Saturday, declared that it was a thing of concern that a learned silk like Akintola has descended so low to join the bandwagon of opposition elements trying unsuccessfully to manipulate and distort government policies in Oyo State and pass off…
We Will Also ‘Commission’ Oyo-Odo-Ogun- Iseyin Road on Behalf of President Buhari – Iseyin Youths Threatens …..Carpets Senator Buhari For Lying About The Abandoned Road To Get Votes A socio-cultural group based in Iseyin, Oyo State, Ebedi Frontliners, Iseyin (EFI), has threatened to emulate youths of Ondo State who derided the State government by ‘commissioning’ an abandoned road in the State on behalf of the governor, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The group said it was ready to mobilize youths of the town to the collapsed road to protest and ‘commission’ the road despite its state of abandonment, on behalf of…