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The Senate, on Wednesday, expressed alignment with the Supreme Court judgment of July 11, 2024, which granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas across the country. It faulted moves by some governors…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju In 2010, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) was rated the best state university in Nigeria. It was also regarded as the eighth best in the country as well as Africa’s 76th best. The…

On March 29, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari, during a national broadcast on the then rising COVID-19 crisis, announced the lockdown of Lagos and Ogun states as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The erstwhile president also…

Governor Seyi Makinde’s speech while signing the Oyo State Project Monitoring Agency Bill (2024) into law last Thursday was both profound and philosophical. In his remark at the event, the governor said, “People ask me what will be my…

Monday, April 8, 2024 will remain indelible in the memory of Messrs Nurudeen Abiola and Taiwo Adeagbo Adigun of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) as well as their families because of the visit of Oyo State governor,…

Although the penultimate Tuesday’s NLC protest was nationwide, the flavour was different in Oyo State. Oyo State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in keeping with the directive of its national body, had stormed the streets of…

Before the ascension of Deng Xiaoping to power, China was a closed economy with the state in control of all productive assets. But when Xiaoping became the paramount ruler in 1978, he came up with an economic liberalization policy that…

Governor Seyi Makinde’s comparative advantage is his brainpower. His ability to think through complex issues and come up with unconventional albeit unimpeachable results is mindboggling. He dissects issues with the…

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has approved the promotion of Civil and public servants in the state. This was approved by members of the State Executive Council held on Monday at the Governor's Office, Secretariat, Ibadan…