Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde and his wife Tamunominini, were, on Saturday, 7 January, 2023, installed as Aare Atayese and Yeye Aare Atayese of Ibarapaland by the Olu of Igboora, Oba Jimoh Olajide. The installation ceremony took place at the Olu of Igboora’s palace, shortly before the state flag-off of the governor’s campaign in Igboora. A statement by the Media Committee of the governor’s re-election campaign council, indicated that Makinde, after the installation, thanked the Kabiyesi and all the Obas and traditional chiefs in Ibarapaland. He equally declared that the title amounts to an appreciation of his contributions to the…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB), Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, has charged staff members of the Board to be more dedicated and punctual at work in the new year. Adeniran gave the charge recently at the new year prayer session of the Board held at its premises in Agodi, Ibadan. Dr. Adeniran equally charged staff members at the Local Government Universal Basic Education Authorities across Oyo State, to be more diligent and punctual at work. Dr. Adeniran also identified training and retraining of staff members as one of the means of achieving good basic and qualitative education…
Turn Out At Mapo, Igbo-Ora Flag-off Events, Show Gov’s Popularity – PDP Visionaries A group in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), PDP-Visionaries, has lauded members of the G-5 Governors otherwise known as Integrity Group for their support for Governor Seyi Makinde during the flag-off of his second term campaign in Ibadan on Thursday, 5 January, 2023. The PDP group hailed the governors for supporting their Oyo State counterpart and for their presence at the campaign flag-off held on Thursday, 5 January, 2023, in Ibadan. The group said that posterity will vindicate the G-5 governors, who have been at the vanguard…
A young mother-of-five has died allegedly after she was beaten by her husband over a loaf of bread. The deceased, identified as Ogochukwu Anene, from Umuokpu village in Awka, Anambra State, was married to one Mr Ndubisi Wilson Uwadiegwu from Enugu state and their union was blessed with four sons and a daughter. However, the union was allegedly plagued by domestic violence. On the day Ogochukwu died, she reportedly asked her husband to buy bread for the family and he said he had no money. She then used her money to buy bread for the family. Subsequently, Ndubuisi allegedly went…
The Edo State Government has said that it is up-to-date with the payment of pension to retired workers and is currently expending one-third of its personnel cost on pension payments. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare, who conveyed the State Government’s position on Friday, 6 January, 2023, said: “As a government, we have solved the issue of gratuity for those younger employees by moving them to the Contributory Pension Scheme.” Nehikhare added: “We are current on pension payment and we are one of the few states in Nigeria that have prioritized regular pension payment. “We harmonized…
The media aide to the immediate past Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, Ismail Omipidan, has described the allegation that violent activities in Osun have been on the rise since his principal returned to Osun on Monday, January 2, as not only mischievous, but also wickedly calculated to smear the good name of Oyetola. Omipidan noted that all those around the Osun Governor spinning lies and making false claims against Oyetola needed to have their heads thoroughly examined. He wondered if Oyetola was in town on the December 31st 2022 when Peoples Democratic Party’s thugs openly engaged themselves in a supremacy battle…
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has hailed the people of Ondo State, saying they have always been a champion of people-oriented and progressive government. Addressing the state rally on Saturday, 7 January, 2023, at Democracy Park, Akure, the state capital, he urged the people of the state to live up to that billing by voting APC all the way in the upcoming election. He also lambasted Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart Peter Obi, calling the former Mr. Privatize and the latter Mr. Stingy. The rally, which attracted a mammoth crowd…
As the 2023 election draws near, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Gombe State has continued to receive defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into its fold. In the latest development, four former Deputy Chairmen in Billiri, Kwami and Nafada Local Governments and a former Councillor in Gombe have left the PDP for NNPP. They joined NNPP after meeting the state NNPP Governorship Candidate for the coming election. The defectors include: two former deputy chairmen from Billiri, one each from Kwami and Nafada Local Governments and a Councillor from Tall Ward in Billiri…
It was a strange confession from popular Actress, Bimbo Ademoye recently. Speaking somehow about her troubled childhood occasioned by the divorce of her parents, Bimbo confessed that she was still Bed-wetting till her final year in secondary school. Speaking during a sit down with You Tuber, Hawa Magaji, Bimbo disclosed that as a teenager growing up, she had low esteemed of herself and had the anxiety that nobody wanted to be with her. According to her, “I remember that I was still bed-wetting when I was in SS 2 and SS 3”. She had her father, Adekunle Ademoye, a three-term…