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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…

In Oyo State, the Stakeholders in the Health Institutions have appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to extend his Olive hands to the Health Institutions in the State in terms of the Composition of its Governing Council, infrastructural development and accreditation of some other courses just he had done in other tertiary institutions in the State. Last month, the Executive Governor forwarded the amendment of the Bill to reposition the School of Nursing and Midwifery to Oyo State House of Assembly in order to have full autonomy and be of international standard that will be governed by the Governing Council to…

Oyo State Deputy Governor, Mr Raufu Olaniyan, has described those behind campaign posters of his governorship ambition in 2023 as people bent on causing disaffection between him and Governor Seyi Makinde. Posters of Olaniyan’s speculated guber ambition with expressions such as “Enough is enough, Oke Ogun L’okan” [It is the turn of Oke Ogun] and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) logo were circulated on Tuesday. The deputy governor is from Igboho in Oorelope Local Government Area of Oke Ogun geopolitical zone which has never produced the governor of the state, despite being the second largest zone after Ibadan. While speaking on…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has reshuffled his state executive council by designating the newly sworn-in commissioner, Alhaji Ismaila Ayansiju Lawal as Commissioner for Establishment and Training while Professor Daud Sangodoyin was moved to the ministry of Public Works and Transport. The governor who made the announcement on Tuesday at the governor’s executive chamber maintained that the cabinet reshuffle is aimed at strengthening the government towards achieving its agenda within expected period. Recall that the former commissioner for works, Prof Raphael Afonja, was sacked on 10th of August, 2020 shortly after recovering from COVID-19 which kept him out of…

For many years, we sat and watched keenly, silently, but inconveniently the tensed political cum theatrical performances of these circus of clowns we gave, or forcefully stole mandate through hurricane wind of political and electoral manipulations. We gracefully endured the torrid, hectic, flawed staged performances. What a senseless and comical adventure! Both the villain and the hero have a common resemblance that makes it obvious that none has different things to offer. But as our custom is, we, in servile obedience applauded their senseless, diversionary and unwise comedy of errors that has not only attracted all and sundry at home,…