Month: January 2020

Inter-agency security collaboration, boost to security in Oyo- Gov Makinde …as he hosts newly promoted security officers

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that inter-agency collaboration among security services has greatly boosted the security situation in Oyo State A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, said the Governor stated this during a reception he organized for the 163 newly promoted senior officers of security agencies in Oyo State, held at the Lawn Tennis Court, Police Headquarters Eleyele, Ibadan. The statement quoted the Governor as saying that the collaboration among the Police and other security agencies in the State has…

Lekan Are ran a good race-Makinde …. promises befitting burial for late business mogul

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde said on Sunday that the late Ibadan-born business mogul who also served as a Director of Punch Newspapers, Dr. Lekan Are ran a good race in life and left indelible footprints on the sands of time. Governor Makinde, who paid a visit to the Ring Road home of the Ares, on Sunday, said that his government would make his burial a celebration of life. He promised to deploy the Commissioner for Special Duties, Chief Bayo Lawal to liaise with the family to firm up…

Niger Govt to strengthen partnership with NIMASA on youth empowerment, capacity building

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Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has commended the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for creating the enabling environment for business operations to thrive in the industry and the economy. The Governor, who spoke at the 2019 NIMASA Corporate Dinner and Awards ceremony held in Lagos, acknowledged the existing partnership between the State Government and NIMASA, especially in the area of training and empowerment of youths from the State. He disclosed tha the Maritime Agency, in collaboration with the IBBU Lapai, was also running various programmes at the…

Ihedioha’s Sack: ANN Faults Judgment,Demands Credible Elections

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As reactions continue on the decision of the Supreme Court that sacked Hon.Emeka Ihedioha as the Governor of Imo State and replaced him with Senator Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Alliance for New Nigeria(ANN)in South East Zone has blamed flawed electoral process in 2019 as the root- cause of the shocking judgment. In a statement by the National Vice Chairman South East, Dr Laz Eze, the party which also contested the Imo State Governorship Electionin 2019 stated that only credible elections will ensure that the wishes…

My people are killed daily and no immediate response to tackle the banditry attacks -Sen. Sani Musa

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The Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Mohammed Sani Musa has raised alarm over the incessant killings of his constituents by bandits who have continued to wreak havoc on communities in Shiroro, Rafi and Munya local government areas of Niger State. He lamented that despite several appeals and outcry by himself and the people, the situation has remained unabated as the bandits continue to unleash terror on the people. Sani Musa who raised the alarm following fresh attacks by bandits in over eight communities in both Shiroro and Munya local…

PROSPECTS OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OF IGBO EXTRACTION By Law Mefor

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Once was it said and more often should it be repeated in political calculus in Nigeria, Men of the future must not only understand their past but also the forces that forge the present. Nigeria has become a workshop of democracy and the forces that forge the nation are holding firm. And with wimpy, ineffectual and unchallenging political class, these forces do not have to yield an inch. This is the dense political climate in which recently, Igbo Leadership Development Foundation (ILDF) and its allies unveiled the plan to organize…

Our foundation is poised to prevent new cases of sickle cell disease.- Adeyemi

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The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Hafeez Adeyemi Sickle Cell Foundation, Mr. Hafeez Adeyemi has said his foundation is determined to prevent new cases of Sickle cell disease by creating more awareness on the importance of genotype testing and also providing free testing for the most vulnerable in the society. Adeyemi disclosed this during his foundation sponsored free testing and counselling to residents of an Internally Displaced Camp, in Apo area of Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital.   He said taking the message to the most vulnerable, to those who…

Gov Makinde mourns agronomics,Lekan Are

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Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has described the death of a former President of the Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association (GCIOBA), Dr. Lekan Are, as a huge loss to Oyo State, the education sector and the media. Governor Makinde, in a condolence message made available in Ibadan on Saturday, said that he received the news of Dr. Are’s demise with sadness, adding that the late industrialist would be greatly missed in different sectors of the economy A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo…

Ibadan schools demolition: Oyo Govt to investigate, prosecute offenders

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The Government of Oyo State said on Friday that it has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the illegal demolition of classrooms in two state-owned Primary schools within Ibadan metropolis. Information had reached the Government early on Thursday to the effect that some unknown individuals in Egbeda and Ona-Ara Local Government Areas of the State illegally entered the premises of two primary schools and demolished blocks of classrooms. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa said that the Governor had promised to…

Amotekun: Stop politics of misinformation against Oyetola By Ismail Omipidan

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When American comedian, Groucho Marx, defined politics as “the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies,” he may not have had Nigeria in mind. But this definition aptly describes the situation in the country. Here, politicians and their sympathisers play politics with everything including security matters. In the last one year of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola administration, they had, albeit without success, tried to give him appelations that are at variance with his character and personality. After several failed attempts, they appear…