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…
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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…
The people of Lagelu North LCDA rejoiced today as Honourable Kamardeen, the council caretaker secretary leads a Nongovernmental Organisation under the aegis of Oyo-ile investors to Lagun, his hometown where the people of Lagelu North in their numbers converged and received COVID-19 relief packages. The beneficiaries thanked the PDP led government in Oyo state under the leadership of Engr. Seyi Makinde for his all inclusive people’s program. They also extended their words of appreciation to Hon. Kunle Yusuf, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), for bringing dividend of democracy to their door steps.…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned “the blatant intimidation, harassment and attacks on journalists and media houses by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, and the illegal banning of the Correspondent of The Sun newspaper, Chijioke Agwu, and the Vanguard Newspaper, Peter Okutu, from entering Government house and Government facilities in the State for life.” The journalists and media houses have been reportedly banned over a report on the Lassa Fever outbreak in the state. Reacting, SERAP in a statement by its deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare said: “This action is a blatant violation of the right to…
*Okocha, Mikel Or Kanu ? Yobo Names Best Player He Played With In Super Eagles* Former Everton star Joseph Yobo played with different generations of Super Eagles players during his time with the senior national team. In his first major tournament, the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations in Mali, the central defender was in the same Super Eagles team as Finidi George, Austin Okocha, Sunday Oliseh and Nwankwo Kanu, and was a member of the 2013 AFCON-winning team that contained Victor Moses and John Obi Mikel. Yobo chose Okocha as the best Super Eagles teammate he played with in his…
COVID-19: Bode Amoo, CCECC, Heritage Bank, Bode George donate to Oyo’s endowment fund …as Makinde’s mum, P&G, Interswitch, others also support state Donations into the Oyo State COVID-19 Endowment Fund continued to grow as renowned industrialist, Chief Bode Amoo, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), Heritage Bank, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George and the mother of Governor Seyi Makinde, Chief (Mrs.) Abigail Makinde, have joined the list of donors to the state. The Fund, which now stands at about N290 million, was set up by the state government with a view to…