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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday credited the Peoples Democratic Party’s victories in Oyo State during his tenure as Nigeria’s president to Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Obasanjo, while delivering the keynote address at the book launch in honour of Adedibu at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan, said the late statesman was a honest politician who left good legacies. The former president, who wrote the foreword in the book titled “Adedibu the strongman and generalissimo of Nigerian politics, ” said the late politician helped the PDP to win the governorship in Oyo State when he was the president. Obasanjo…

Governor Seyi Makinde has said that his administration has been following the footsteps of the former president Olusegun Obasanjo, especially in agriculture development and by bringing developments to the nooks and crannies of the state. He explained that his administration, which rests on four pillars of education, health, security and economic expansion through agriculture, has been putting-in its best efforts to achieve an all-round development of the state. He said: “We want to welcome you to Ibadan. We have done quite a bit to follow your footsteps, because the major areas of focus for the government of Oyo State are…

The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki (TOPS) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has passed a vote of no confidence on the Acting Rector of the institution, ESV. K.O. Ogunmola. The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic ASUP made this known in a letter titled “Vote of No Confidence on Acting Rector, ESV. K.O Ogunmola”, signed by its Chairman, Comrade George Abiodun Olaleye, and Secretary, Lawrence Oluwasanmi Ajiboye, and addressed to Chairman of the Governing Council of the institution. In the letter with reference number ASUP/TOPS/ GS/0011, dated 16th December, 2020, the academic staff union declared that it has no iota of trust…

The Oyo State Government has reaffirmed its stance in stamping out the culture of begging and providing a healthy environment. The government announced that it had evacuated nine beggars along General Gas bridge at Akobo road in Ibadan while those evacuated have been taken to rehabilitation centers in the State. According to the State Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Idowu Oyeleke while on an enforcement mission to evacuate destitute and beggars during the week, noted that the impact of begging and destitution has contributed a lot of negative effects to the health and socio-economic development of…

TWO-TERM Zamfara State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Sani Ahmad Yerima has said that there was no agreement, written or otherwise amongst foundation members of the ruling party for zoning of the presidential ticket or other elective offices in the country. The former Zamfara State governor made this remark on the heels of comment by former Lagos State governor and incumbent Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola that ahead the next general elections, political leaders should honour gentleman agreement, in their respective platforms. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Senator Yerima who had since…

Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, recorded another incident of a mob setting fire on one suspected armed robber. The mob pounced on the two suspected persons after they lost control of the motorcycle they rode on while making away with a phone and other valuables robbed from one Adebayo Tobi. Upon being robbed at Favours area of Bodija, Ibadan, Adebayo Tobi, with his car, gave the robbers a hot chase until they entered a pothole, lost control of the bike and fell off opposite the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, on the State Secretariat-Mokola road.…

Oyo Government State has approved a draft bill to reflect the new ownership structure of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Prof Oyelowo Oyewo, has said. Oyewo, who briefed newsmen at the end of the State’s Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, added that the new law, when it comes into effect, would reflect the multi-campus status of the institution, adding that the bill will be immediately transmitted to the State House of Assembly for consideration. The commissioner, who addressed State House Correspondents at the Press Centre of the Governor’s Office,…

The Oyo state house of assembly has passed the new budget appropriation of N273.7 into law. The governor of Oyo state, Engr Seyi Makinde had initially proposed a total budget sum of N266.6 billion for 2021 fiscal year but was reviewed upward by the Oyo state house of assembly to the sum of N273.7 billion. The house of assembly passed the Oyo state appropriation bill into law on Tuesday shortly after the house Committee on Public Account, Appropriation and Finance presented its committee report to the house during its plenary sitting. Recalls that Governor Seyi Makinde had sought the approval…

Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has said Nigerians need adequate security and restructuring of the country more than who becomes the president in 2023. The governor said politicians running around the country because of their presidential ambition would know better in 2022. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa. Makinde was quoted to have spoken in Ibadan at the handover of 33 operational vehicles and 396 motorcycles to the Oyo State Security Agency popularly known as Operation Amotekun. He had earlier given 25 vehicles to the police and Operation Burst to…

In line with the agenda of present administration in Oyo State to take agriculture to an enviable level, the Oyo State Government is set to implement the Anchor Borrower’s Program in the state. To this end, the Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the request of Governor Seyi Makinde to access 2billion naira loan facility from the CBN for the implementation of the Anchor Borrowers Program. The loan facility will be accessed from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN through the Fidelity Bank. The request was contained in a letter forwarded to the Legislature by the Governor and read…