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Hon .Dauda Temitope Wahab, The Secretary to the Chairman, Oyo South-West LCDA, has sent applause to the governor of Oyo state Engr. Seyi Makinde on a well thought decision to upgrade the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education to a degree awarding institution. EACOED which is one of the oldest colleges of education all over Africa have produced many people of substance within and outside Nigeria. Haven become a university, Hon. Wahab urges the governor to check through a deserving name from thousands of heros who had lived and made impact in the Oyo kingdom and oyo state large to be…

Governor Seyi Makinde-led government in Oyo State, on Wednesday, approved and flagged off the construction of a flyover bridge across Ojurin to Army Barracks Odogbo, Ibadan. The Commissioner for Public works, Infrastructure and Transport, Prof. Kehinde Sangodoyin, disclosed this while addressing Governor’s Office correspondents, at Press Centre, Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan. Sangodoyin addressed journalists in company of the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Wasiu Olatunbosun; his Health counterpart, Dr. Bashir Bello , and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa. The works commissioner said the project would enhance socioeconomic lives of the people of the city. Sangodoyin…

The oyo state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has approved the the upgrade of EmmanuelAlayande College of Education, Oyo to A degree awarding institution thereby turning it into a university. Disclosing this rather soothing information to newsman at the governor’s office today at the Governor’s office in Ibadan, the Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology; Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye hinted that the age long College is now ripe to offer degree courses. The commissioner explained that Emmanuel Alayande College of Education has operated some affiliate degree programs with other Nigerian University over the years and has shown the capacity to be transformed…

Men of the oyo state police command have rescued some of the victims of kidnapper attack at quary site along Ibadan-Ijebu-ode road, the rescued oeople are Mr. Babatunder Dauda, a Polaris Bank staff and a palmwine tapper, Mr. Oluwaseun Oluokun who were among the five victims of the unfortunate incident. According to reports, the abductors who were alleged to be Fulani herdsmen blocked the road and intercepted road users at a quarry site on Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road, just after Ibuso Gbooro, close to Dally Junction at about 7 in the morning. The Fulani abductors were said to have jumped on…

The council of Market leaders (Iyaloja) across the 11 local governments in Ibadan land had in an emergency meeting suspended Mrs. Isiwat Abiola Ameringun as the Iyaloja General of Ibadan land The angry market leaders who stormed the venue of an emergency meeting at Trans Amusement Park for a meeting of congress of Babalojas and Iyalojas in Oyo state with a petition against Mrs. Iswat. In the petition duly signed by the Iyalojas from the 11 local government councils in Ibadanland, Amerigun was alleged as follows, “We the Iyaloja-Generals from the 11 local government areas in Ibadanland unavoidably write this…

In view of the importance of parking spaces in the cities, the Oyo State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to explore the possibility of using Public Private Partnership, PPP arrangement for the construction of parking lots in public places across the State. The appeal was contained in a report presented by the House Committee on Investment Monitoring and State Economic Planning after interfacing with officials of Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership Agency on the provision of parking lots in public places on PPP initiative. The report read by the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Hon…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was on Tuesday conferred with the Niger Republic’s highest national honour, Grand Croix Des Ordre National Du Niger. He was conferred with the honour by the country’s outgoing President, Mahamadou Issoufou. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled “President Buhari receives highest Niger Republic award, congratulates outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou on Mo Ibrahim prize.” Adesina quoted the President as congratulating Issoufou for successful completion of his second tenure, and winning the prestigious 2020 Mo Ibrahim prize for Achievement in African Leadership, describing…

The YBNL Boss, Olamide Adedeji a.k.a Baddo has finally sent his congratulatory message to the winners of the just concluded grammy award event where four Nigerian artist came hime with the award, one of its kind in the Nigerian entertainment history. Recall that the 63rd Grammy award held on Sunday, March 14, and Burna Boy, Wizkid, Seun and Made were named amongst the winners on the big night. Olamide who kept mum since the awards were announced on Sunday, has broken his silence two days later. He acknowledged the fact that winning a Grammy is not a small achievement. Taking…

Pastor Akinade Alamu, Tge Board Chairman, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) is leading a delegation of TESCOM official on a monitoring team to secondary schools in oyo state, with a view to provide drive for the advancement of educational system in the state. The Chairman affirmed this while addressing the press men in Oyo township, during the monitoring exercise to Durbar Grammar school, Oyo, Olivet Baptist High School Oyo, Ladigbolu Grammar school I & II, Army Children Secondary School and Ilora Baptist Grammar school 1, Oyo and others. He added that the essence of the exercise is to monitor…

Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have agreed to reduce the charge on customers using unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) to N6.98 for each transaction. In a joint statement released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday, the new charge provides customers with cheaper average cost. Telcos recently announced their plan to suspend USSD services over N42 billion debt owed by financial service providers. But Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, had asked the telcos to halt their strike. According to the joint statement, Pantami chaired a meeting of…