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Don’t hold meetings during school hours, Oyo govt. warns head teachers
The Oyo State Government on Tuesday in Ibadan warned head teachers in all public primary schools against holding any form of meeting during school hours. Dr. Nureni Adeniran, Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYO-SUBEB), gave the warning while monitoring schools’ resumption. He said the development was to ensure strict adherence to the unified school timetable in…
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Energy & Environment
NCDMB’s Youth Empowerment Programme in Oyo State Garners Praise from Former Local Content Committee Chairman
IBADAN, OYO STATE – In a commendable move towards fostering youth empowerment and human capacity-building, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) successfully trained 500 youths in Oyo State on solar power installation and maintenance. The initiative, conducted in the state capital, Ibadan, spanned six months and received accolades from Sen. Teslim Kolawole Folarin, the former Chairman of the…
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Makinde initiates office to boost security, sustainable economic growth in Oyo
In a bid to safeguard Oyo State from criminal activities and enhance the economic prosperity of people, Gov. Seyi Makinde has created an office of Migration and Homeland Security. Mr Segun Adegoke, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Migration and Homeland Security, made this known on Tuesday in Ibadan during a visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),…
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Oyo State teachers charge Gov. Makinde to consolidate on past achievements
Oyo State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Monday in Ibadan called on Gov. Seyi Makinde to consolidate on his first term achievements in his second tenure. The union gave the charge in a congratulatory message to the governor signed by its Chairman, Mr Oladimeji Raji and Secretary, Mr Salami Olukayode. It urged Makinde to regard his…
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Court blocks Oyo State Govt.’s accounts in four banks over N3.4bn debt
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has issued an order attaching funds standing to the credit of Oyo State Government and its agencies in four banks. Justice A. O. Ebong issued the order while ruling on a motion ex-parte for garnishee order nisi filed by the ex-chairmen and councillors led by Bashorun Majeed, Bosun Ajuwon and…
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Election
Kola-Daisi congratulates Makinde on re-election
 Mr Kolapo Kola-Daisi, the Accord Senatorial Candidate for Oyo South in the National Assembly elections, has congratulated Gov. Seyi Makinde on his re-election for another four years. This is contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Makinde was declared the winner of the March…
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Makinde’s kind-heartedness to pensioners earned him re-election- Oyo Pensioners
The Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), says the kind-heartedness of Gov. Seyi Makinde to the pensioners and his other achievements were responsible for his victory during the just concluded March 18 governorship election. The NUP Secretary, Dr Olusegun Abatan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ibadan.…
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I’ve broken glass ceiling for youngsters — Makinde
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says he has broken the glass ceiling preventing youngsters in the state from attaining whatever heights they desire with his re-election. Makinde said this on Tuesday in his address during a re-election victory celebration at Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resourt, Akanran in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Makinde was declared the…
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Election
Vote APC candidates on Saturday, Oyo must align with mainstream – Sen. Balogun
Sen. Kola Balogun (APC-Oyo South), has called on the people of Oyo State to vote the APC governorship candidate, Sen. Teslim Folarin, and all APC House of Assembly candidates on Saturday, March 18. Balogun told newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan, that the state can’t afford not to align with government at the centre. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
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Oyo SDP gov candidate steps down, backs Makinde
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Oyo State, Michael Lana, has stepped down from the race and endorsed the candidacy of the state governor, Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party. He made his position known on Tuesday at a press conference, which was held at Iyaganku Quarters in Ibadan, the state capital. Lana explained that he…
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Oyo SDP adopts APC’s Folarin as gov candidate
Members of the Social Democratic Party in Oyo State have adopted the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Teslim Folarin, as their preferred choice. They made this known on Thursday after an emergency State Congress in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state chairman of the party, Michael Okunlade, presided over the meeting…
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Discordant tunes in Oyo LP over Makinde’s adoption
The Obidient Movement in Oyo State and some Labour Party candidates contesting for the state House of Assembly, on Monday, distanced themselves from the endorsement of Governor Seyi Makinde as their consesus candidate for Saturday’s governorship election. This was made known in a communique read by one of the House of Assembly candidates, Ayodeji Babalola from Ibadan South-East Constituency II.…
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Investigate killing of man wearing cloth with my picture, Folarin urges Police
Sen. Teslim Folarin, the APC Governorship candidate in Oyo State, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to investigate circumstances surrounding the killing of a young man allegedly wearing a cloth with his picture. Folarin made the call on Sunday in a statement by his Media Aide, Yekeen Olaniyi, in Ibadan. He was reacting to a video, which has gone…
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Election
Makinde deserves massive votes from Oyo people, says diaspora group
A group of Nigerian professionals in diaspora, Omituntun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID) says Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo, deserves a second term in office to continue the re-engineering programmes for the socio-political and economic stability of the pacesetter state. The group, which consists of Nigerians from the U.S., UK, France, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, China, Malaysia, Brazil, the Republic…
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Wike joins Makinde to inaugurate, flags off projects in Ibadan
 Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, will on Friday join his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, to inaugurate the completed Ibadan Airport Road project and the Aviation Fuel Tank Depot within the Airport. Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, said in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan that other project to be flagged off included the…
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Election: No agreement between Tinubu, Makinde –APC PCC
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Committee in Oyo State has denied having a standing agreement with the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, as erroneously believed in some quarters. A member of the committee in the state, Nike Ajagbe, who stated this in a chat with journalists in Ibadan, on Wednesday, said the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, was a party man, who…
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APC wins Ogun, Oyo; PDP clinches Yobe, Gombe
 The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, Sen. Bola Tinubu,  was announced the winner of Saturday’s presidential elections in Ogun and Oyo States, while Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar won Yobe and Gombe States. The State Collation Officer for Ogun State, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, while announcing the state results at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, said APC scored 341,554…
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