The horrendous effect this deadly virus called Covid-19 has had on Nigerians can’t be compared to what Security agents assigned to every boundary of each city and state has done to the citizens. Most especially, here at Asejire boundary. I can boldly say they have been asphyxiating lives out of people living in the town of Asejire. Only those selling fish are the ones enjoying them just because they keep money they extort from tanker drivers for them. These security agents have been presumptuous from the first day they’ve been deployed here at aAsejire boundary. They have failed to…
Author: Goalpoacher
The Oyo State Government this Saturday, sympathised with the victims of the fire outbreak which razed Moniya Market on Friday following a petrol tanker explosion that destroyed peoples means of livelihood while some were feared dead with several vehicles and motorcycles burnt. Governor Makinde who was ably represented by the Oyo State Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Raphael Afonja at the scene of the fire incident that occurred at Moniya Motor Park. Afonja, who inspected the scene alongside his team sympathised with the families of those who lost their lives in the inferno. He appreciated the…
The leader of Olore Islamic Centre, Khalifa Muhammed Abdurasheed Olore has expressed his profound gratitude to the Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde for the pardon granted him and his family as they return to the Islamic Centre which serves as their residence. Abdurasheed Olore in a video obtained by GOALPOACHER NEWS said, “On the permission of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Khalifa Muhammed Abdurasheed Olore and members of the Olore Family today today 9th of May,2020 returned to the Olore Islamic centre, Ojoo, Ibadan.” “May Allah’s Grace, Mighty Protection and Abundant Mercy Be Ever Sufficient…
The Edo State Government has flayed members of the group , Edo Peoples Movement , for trying to absolve Adams Oshiomhole of the violation of government ’ s regulations to check the spread of coronavirus in Edo State . In a statement , the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, on Friday said , “ Our attention has been drawn to a vacuous publication by a group of dissidents under the tattered umbrella of the Edo Peoples Movement , who , hiding behind a finger , took the ignoble task…
….I will investigate claim , says sports minister Former Super Eagles forward , Chinedu Obasi, has lifted the lid on why he wasn ’ t part of the national team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , despite being offered the chance to make the team. Obasi said officials asked him to pay a bribe to be included in the squad but refused because he felt it wasn ’ t the right thing to do . The former Schalke 04 man made the revelation in a live Instagram chat on Friday. The 33 – year – old, who was…
Fatima Ganduje who is a First Class graduate of the American University of Nigeria located in Yola, Adamawa state, She is the SA on NGOs and Civil Society Matters to the Rtd. Honorable Speaker of the federal House of Representatives Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, she’s a humanitarian and founder of a Non-Government Organisation Let’s Talk Humanity Initiative (LTHI) which focus on child advocacy, education in disabilities and gender equality. LTHI also helps to promote youth education and women empowerment. Fatima Ganduje Ajimobi (FGA) urged the federal government to strengthen institutions saddled with the responsibility of child advocacy throughout the country…
As part of effort to find lasting solution to the coronavirus pandemic,the Oyo State Government has collaborated with the University of Ibadan, medical, traditional practitioners and scientists on ways to stem the tide of the pandemic ravaging the world. Executive Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Administration, Reverend Idowu Ogedengbe revealed this to newsmen after the committee meeting at the Premier University. Ogedengbe said this became imperative as the state is striving to come up with a solution that has scientific validation that would be accepted globally. He said, “we want to start, we already know people that have the…
Tragedy! 10 Die, 25 Vehicles Burnt in Moniya tanker accident …As Oyo lawmaker, Fatokun sympathizes With Victims Tragedy struck in Ibadan on Friday as a petrol tanker fire razed areas around Moniya Market at Akinyele Local Government, with many feared trapped and dead in the escalating inferno. GOALPOACHER NEWS learnt that the official casualty figure is yet to be determined, but eyewitness reports indicated that many, including passengers were said to have lost their lives in the flames, with tens sustaining various degrees of burns. Another eyewitness said about 10 people were reported to have lost their lives while several…
MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR May 8, 2020 – OF LAW, SENTIMENTS, AND POLITICS: APPLAUDING THE SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON THE ORJI UZOR KALU CASE Some people talk politics. Others dwell on sentiments, fiction and propaganda. Most humbly, I talk law, based on facts. Cold, hard facts. History guides me. Posterity is the judge. Events always vindicate me. This has been the trajectory of my life. Almighty God, I thank you. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has just vindicated my two year struggle that provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice System (ACJA) are inferior to the overriding powers of…
PRESS RELEASE BY THE GOVERNOR OF OGUN STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN MFR, ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF OGUN STATE GOVERNMENT TO CURB FURTHER SPREAD OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC, HELD ON FRIDAY, 8TH MAY, 2020 In the last four months, humanity has lost close to 300,000 lives to an enemy which carries no physical weapon. We have all seen that this enemy has no interest in bounties of war. The only interest of this enemy of humanity seems to have is to turn children into orphans; turn women into widows; turn men into widowers; and make parents, childless. Presently, our…