Archive for January, 2021
Makinde still missing the point | PDP’s pedestrian plea
Makinde still missing the point PDP’s pedestrian plea The recent showdown in Oyo State between Sunday “Igboho” Adeyemo, Yoruba freedom fighter, and herdsmen operating in the state has left Governor Seyi Makinde up a gum tree. For months, silence had covered the crimes meted out against farmers and villagers of different communities in Oyo and
MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION: OYO APC TO HOLD STAKEHOLDERS MEETING MONDAY
MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION: OYO APC TO HOLD STAKEHOLDERS MEETING MONDAY As the All Progressives Congress flags off its nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise this week, the Oyo state chapter of the party has summoned an all-inclusive stakeholders meeting to ensure a hitch-free and successful exercise in the state. According to a statement issued in Ibadan
FANTASTIC: Lagos reduces tuition fees for fresh LASU students
EXCLUSIVE: Lagos govt backs down, reduces tuition fees for fresh LASU students “The governor has reduced the fee for fresh students by N10, 000 and it is only for students in Stream 1, Stream 2 remains as it is.” The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a reduction in tuition fees for fresh
Herders Crisis: Who’s Thinking For Gov Makinde?
Since the crisis on the quit notice issued to the Fulani living in Igangan community of Oyo State by Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho) began, Governor Seyi Makinde has bungled every opportunity to identify with his people. At this moment, the gentleman governor whom the people of Oyo State and political pundits used to admire for
No child must be left behind in education
In commemoration of the International Day of Education, stakeholders in the sector have stressed the need for all children to be carried along in learning. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, and the Chief Executive Officer, Edumark Consult, Mrs Yinka Ogunde, in a separate interview with our
My plans for housing sector, by Sanwo-Olu • Governor names Lagos HOMS Iponri Scheme after Fashola
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday inaugurated two housing projects in Surulere and Eti-Osa. They are 132-unit LagosHOMS projects at Iponri in Surulere, and 84-unit Lekki Phase II housing project in Ikota, on the Ajah corridor. The inauguration of the projects came four days after the governor inaugurated 252-unit flats in Idale, Badagry.
How herdsmen destroyed my cashew plantation -Oyo farmer
The promoter of Herlow Rudyns Cashew Farms, Alhaji Miftah Adediran, has lamented that herdsmen set fire on his cashew plantation sitting on 1,720 hectares of land in the Oke Ogun axis of Oyo State. In a telephone interview with our correspondent, Adediran narrated that efforts made by a security team to disperse the herdsmen
Makinde : Oyo workers embark on indefinite strike
Oyo workers embark on indefinite strike over deductions Activities at the Oyo State Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Inclusion, Local Government Service Commission, Oyo State Signage and Advertisement Agency (OYSAA), and Water Corporation of Oyo State, Secretariat, Ibadan, were paralyzed, as workers of the Water Corporation, who embarked on an indefinite strike locked up
Lagos SCRPS renovates 92 dilapidated public schools
The Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools (SCRPS) in Lagos on Wednesday disclosed that 92 dilapidated public schools have been renovated in the State. Chairman of the Committee, Hakeem Smith at a news conference in Ikeja, Lagos said the renovation cut across the six education districts of the State. He said with education and
Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 84 housing units in Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government
Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 84 housing units in Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Housing schemes to be commissioned this year. The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, inaugurated 84 housing units at Lekki Phase II, aimed at reducing the housing deficit in the state. The project, LagosHOMS Lekki Phase II, located at Eti-Osa Local Government, consists