Makinde’s appointment of Togun and Olayinka: Round Pegs in Round Holes. The chairman, Oyo State Housing Corporation, Barrister Bayo Lawal has lauded Governor Seyi Makinde on the appointment of retired military officers as the Chairman and Commandant of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. The Aare Bamofin stated this in a chat with GOALPOACHER NEWS, he said, “Please permit me to express my utmost happiness on the appointments of the two military gentle men as CM and Commandant of Operation Amotekun in Oyo State.” “I make bold to testify that no appointments can be better than these…
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Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has appointed the duo of General Ajibola Kunle Togun and retired Colonel Olayanju Bisiriyu Olayinka as chairman and commandant, respectively, of the Oyo State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun. The governor, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant (Print Media) Moses Alao, indicated that the retired military officers will oversee the initiative, which was put in place to check insecurity in the state. It will be recalled that Governor Makinde signed the Amotekun Bill into law in March, with the government having procured vehicles and other equipment for use by the security…
The Chief Executive Officer, YNorth Wears, Mr Seun Bamiro, has appealed to the government to come up with plans that will help many small, medium scale enterprises find their feet post Covid-19. Bamiro who commended the government for the two months loan referral noted that the loan being serviced could not translate to any meaningful impact on business due to the lockdown occasioned by the pandemic. He lamented that despite the downward trend in business, his organisation would not cut down its staff strength because of the multiplying effect on those to loose their job. He also urged the government…
The Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) has begun full operation in the Oke-Ogun zone of Oyo State. According to the Executive Chairman, OYRTMA, Dr. Akin Fagbemi in Saki, the Agency deployed a special squad comprising some of its best officers to kickstart a full day and night operations in the region. Dr. Akin Fagbemi also said about 15 motorcycles, 9 commercial cars and buses, 3 private vehicles and 4 trailers were impounded in Saki, for flagrantly violating the COVID-19 preventive measures and dusk-dawn curfew imposed by the State Government. Dr. Fagbemi submitted that “Since inception of Governor…
The Lagos Journalists’ League (LJL), a group of conscientious journalists operating in Lagos has frowned at the barbaric harassment of journalists by policemen Tuesday night. In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by the group’s acting Secretary, Enitan Olukotun, LJL queried the rationale behind locking up, detaining journalists who are designated as essential workers for being on the road after 8pm when curfew sets in. The police can’t feign ignorance on how pen professionals ply their trade. These Journalists who are rarely appreciated by the society work around the clock to keep the society informed and stabilize the…
Oyo State Government on Tuesday has sternly warned occupants of illegal structures/Shanties adjoined to UMC Demonstration School, Molete, Ibadan to remove their valuables and vacate the space within 7-days. Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran, who disclosed this, urged them to immediately vacate the entire area as well as the vicinity of the School within the stipulated period. He said: “This School belongs to Oyo State government and it has an approved plan. This Government would not tolerate any form of impunity because these adjoined structures were never part of the plan”. “The Oyo…
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to the antics of some few elements in the social media, employing desperate antics of blackmail, and smear campaigns against the successful war being fought against corrupt practices by the Commission and its courageous Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. As a law enforcement agency, the EFCC has enough facts about the sponsors of such insidious campaigns. It is an unflattering fact that corruption will always fight back and the Commission is not surprised that such a campaign could be coming from some overseas-based, politically-exposed and disgraced elements being…
Dr Debo Akande, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Agribusiness, says the ongoing palliatives distribution to identified 120 households across the state has no political undertone. Akande stated this on Wednesday while briefing newsmen at the end of the distribution of palliatives to some poorest households in Ibadan Southwest Local Government Area of the state by Gov Seyi Makinde. The Special Adviser who is also a member of the committee set up for the distribution, said the palliative was purely for the identified poorest of the poor in the society, irrespective of political party affiliations. He said…
The Nigeria Defence Academy , Kaduna , has tried and found guilty 14 cadets on various offences, including examination malpractices , indiscipline and other acts of misconduct . The NDA, established in February 1964 , is a degree awarding military institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes . The Punch gathered on Tuesday that 13 cadets were dismissed while one was demoted from the 400 level to 300 level . The disciplinary action was announced in a signal by the NDA authorities dated May 15 , obtained by our correspondent . It read , “ Today being May 15 ,…
The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday denied media reports that it was plotting to remove Governor Rotimi Akeredolu from office over the recent discovery of a secret account containing N4 . 3 bn state funds . The funds were said to have been lodged by the state government in a secret Zenith Bank account for over 10 years . Lawmakers had summoned the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, and the state Accountant General , Mr Olaolu Akindolire , and asked to return on Thursday with necessary documents relating to the funds . This was contained in…