Archive for February, 2020
Varsity Don, Dibu Ojerinde, Cautions Against Anti-Ajimobi Protests Over APC Nomination
Varsity Don, Dibu Ojerinde, Cautions Against Anti-Ajimobi Protests Over APC Nomination An international educational administrator and prominent indigene of Oke-Ogun in Oyo State, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde has appealed for cautions among leaders and members of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress over reported protests coming from the camp of an aggrieved group
Israeli Researchers Announce Breakthrough in Coronavirus Treatment
Israeli Researchers Announce Breakthrough in Coronavirus Treatment A group of researchers in northern Israel said Thursday they had achieved a “scientific breakthrough” in treating coronavirus. At a press conference, researchers of the Migal Galilee Research Institute said that the breakthrough had come while they were doing research on coronavirus in birds. A treatment had
APC, NDE EMPOWER 330 WOMEN IN OYO
APC, NDE EMPOWER 330 WOMEN IN OYO A total of 330 women from across Oyo State yesterday benefitted from the Micro Enterprise Enhancement Scheme (MEES) of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) as they received revolving loans in varying sums. The event held at Rev. Father Dolan Hall, Oke-Ado, Ibadan was facilitated by
BREAKING: Court Finds Olisa Metuh Guilty Of Money Laundering …
BREAKING: Court Finds Olisa Metuh Guilty Of Laundering N400m The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, on the money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. Trial justice Okon Abang also found Metuh’s firm,
Why Presidency should return to South in 2023, by El-Rufai
Why Presidency should return to South in 2023, by El-Rufai …Says no justification for Northerner to take over after Buhari’s 8 years As the permutations for the 2023 Presidency begin to dominate political discourse nationwide, Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the Presidency should rightly return to the Southern part of the country.
ALGON writes Makinde, says payoff is violation of anti corruption war
ALGON writes Makinde, says payoff is violation of anti corruption war Association of Local government of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State has condemned the suggestion by Gov Seyi Makinde to pay them off describing the idea as antithetical to the war against corruption. A letter written to the Counsel to the State Government,
Makinde’s Auxiliary Error ~ Festus Adedayo Anyone who lived in Oyo State at a time when members of the road transport union called NURTW became law unto themselves, killing, maiming and making the state ungovernable, would applaud Governor Seyi Makinde for the recent Park Management initiative that was launched last week. It was a policy
Contractor Accuses Oyo Governor, Seyi Makinde Of Intellectual Property Fraud
Contractor Accuses Oyo Governor, Seyi Makinde Of Intellectual Property Fraud A contractor, Mr Olufemi Oniyide, have accused governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, and the Oyo State Government of copyright infringement and stealing of intellectual property. The contractor, who submitted a proposal on management of parks and garages in the state and was
BREAKING: UNILAG lecturer bags 21 years for rape
BREAKING: UNILAG lecturer bags 21 years for rape An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced a part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa, to 21- year imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old girl admission seeker. Justice Josephine Oyefeso convicted Baruwa of a one count charge of rape brought against him.
JUST IN: Buhari sacks NDDC Acting MD, Nunieh
The Interim Management Committee would be in place till the forensic audit of the NDDC is concluded, President Buhari had directed. President Buhari had, in October, 2019, ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the NDDC from 2001 to 2019, following persistent criticisms of the operations of the organisation. He gave the order