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    The Oyo State Government has rallied the Nigeria Labour Congress to discuss the issue of salary deductions exhaustively, before embarking on any form of protest.   In a statement issued by the Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Oyo State Government said only three months and not six months deductions are owed workers.   The statement added that every State in the federation owes workers salary deductions and the three months owed by Oyo State is the least.    According to the Commissioner, the NLC had shown over the years that they are in support of the present administration because of good governance, but asked them to reflect on the disposition of government to workers' welfare.    While the July salaries have been paid in Oyo State, not less than 20 states including Ondo, Plateau, Benue and Bayelsa are owing several months of salaries in arrears, while several more including neighboring states are owing ...

  By Festus Adedayo  Africa slumped again last week into the hands of its traditional enemies. The continent has not been the same since midnight of January 13, 1963. On this day, a band of military putschists, led by Etienne Gnasingbe Eyadema and Emmanuel Bodjolle, shot and killed the civilian president of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio and his wife. Togo then became the first of such violent takeover of men in Khaki in the French and British colonies of Africa, thus breaking the symbolic hymen of the innocence of Africa. The wave of democratization in those erstwhile colonies in the 1990s and 2000s had however made many believe that coups d’etat had become unfashionable and otiose. However, Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, since 2020, has been confronted with a rampaging jihadist insurgency that birthed and nurtured coups in Mali and Burkina Faso. Its latest rupture is Niger. Right now, President Mohamed Bazoum is being confined to his residence by his presidential guard, commanded ...

                          Godswill Akpabio The Senate has said that it will start the screening of the 28 ministerial nominees proposed by President Bola Tinubu on Monday. The spokesperson of the Senate, Sen. Adeyemi Adaramodu made this known while speaking with journalists after the list of the nominees was read in the upper chamber. Adaramodu also revealed that though the Senate wasn’t supposed to sit on Mondays, but due to the importance attached to the national assignment, all rules have been suspended for them to commence the exercise next Monday. He said, the Senate is going to examine the character, personality, the experiences, the background of every nominee, and at the end of it, Nigerians will not be disappointed. According to the report, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio read the list as forwarded to the chamber by the presidency during plenary. The Chief of Staff to the president Femi Gbajabiamila, delive...

The Chief of Staff to the President and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has delivered the letter containing President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list to the Senate. The names were read by the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, at the plenary on Thursday. The list, according to Akpabio, was dated July 27, 2023 and titled, ‘Request For Confirmation Of Ministerial-Nominees. He thereafter read the ministerial list with the following 28 nominees: 1. Abubakar Momoh 2. Amb, Yusuf Tukar 3. Ahmad Dangiwa 4. Hannatu Musawa 5. Uche Nnaji 6. Beta Edu 7. Doris Uzoka 8. Dave Umahi 9. Nyesome Wike 10. Muhammadu Badaru 11. Nasir El-Rufai 12. Ekprikpe Ekpo 13. Nkiru Onyechiocha 14. Bumi Tunji Ojo 15. Stella Okotete 16. Uju Kennedy 17. Belo Muhammadu Gunyo 18. Dele Alake 19. Lateef Fagbemi 20. Muhammad Idris 21. Olawale Edu 22. Waheed Adebayo Adelabu 23. Emman Suleman Ibrahim 24. Prof Ali Pate 25. Prof Joseph Utse 26. Abubakar Kyari 27. John Enoh 28. Sani Abubakar Danl...

  Ninety - nine new nursing graduates of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, were this morning admitted through induction into the nursing profession, by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). Oaths were administered on the newly inducted nurses by Registrar of NMCN, Dr. Faruk Umar Abubakar, who officially announced increase in admission quota of LAUTECH for Bachelor of Nursing Science, from 75 to 150. He admitted that the University has been a dependable ally in the training of Nursing in Nigeria, admonishing Management of the Institution not to go down on quality of training. Earlier in his address at the ceremony, Acting Vice-Chancellor of LAUTECH, Professor Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu, had identified the commitment of Visitor to the University and Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, along with that of the Governing Council as the driving voice. In thanking the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Kalilu said the University has the c...

  Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde has announced Mrs Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo, a Professor at the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) designate. The announcement was contained in a letter signed by the state governor. Professor Adeyemo, who served as the Head of the Oyo State COVID-19 Decontamination and Containment team of the Oyo State COVID-19 Taskforce, was born on July 17, 1970. She bagged the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Master’s degree in Veterinary Public Health (MVPH) and Ph.D. Veterinary Public Health, in 1994, 1998 and 2005 respectively from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Professor Adeyemo, who is a COMSTECH Distinguished scholar and the Pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships) at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan between 2017 and 2021, joined the services of the university in March 1999 as Lecturer Grade II in the Departm...

  By Festus Adedayo  Initial applauses from Bretton Woods and some local economists that greeted the economic reforms of the Bola Tinubu presidency were deafening. The reforms were termed bold and courageous. The most surgically painful of them, which drilled deep down into the marrows of Nigerians, was the removal of fuel subsidy. In a country that is almost totally dependent on PMS, the unbearable pains of the people reached ear-shattering decibel. Cars disappeared from the roads. Costs of transportation are tearing the roof, with rife social dislocations. Rates of crime have since been on the increase, with rising matrimonial disorder figures. Local political party panegyrists and their hirelings, in response to the harrowing pains that accompanied the policies, lapped up the time-worn cliché of “Rome was not built in a day” as requests for national patience. Why not allow a window into the counterpoise of that cliché, to wit that Rome was not destroyed in a day? With my ey...

        The Waste Management Consultant to Oyo State Government, Mottainai Recycling Ltd has announced its plan to recruit about 200 Environmental Health Officers.   The revelation was made on Thursday, by the Waste Management and Recycling firm, through its Chief Strategy Officer, Ms. Uloma Airhienbuwa in Ibadan.   According to her, the Ad-hoc Environmental Health Officers to be recruited would be deployed at the State's gateways.   She added that they will be in all the Local government areas of the State to educate residents on the best sanitary practices, in order to avoid the spread of transmissible and communicable diseases.   She said the firm is seeking to employ Environmental Health Officers; Environmental Health Technologists; Environmental Health Technicians; and Environmental Health Assistants.   Ms. Uloma therefore called on suitably qualified candidates to log on to  https://bit.ly/EHO- Recruitment , adding that the job ope...

   The Oyo State house of Assembly has received 9 additional commissioner nominees from Governor Seyi Makinde. The names of the commissioner nominees were read at the Friday plenary presided over by the deputy speaker Hon. Abiodun Fadeyi. The nominees were Barr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye, Abiodun Aikomo, Segun Olayiwola, Wasiu Olatunbosun. Others are Prof Abdulwahid Saliu, Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, Williams Akin- Funmilayo, Prince Dotun Oyelade  and Obafemi Ademola Ojo. The deputy speaker Hon. Abiodun Fadeyi who presided over the plenary said the nominees are to submit 50 copies of their CV to the clerk of the house and clearance certificate from code of Conduct bureau for former commissioners in the state. The nominees will be screen on Tuesday 25th July,2023

  The Oyo State Government, on Wednesday sealed five private health facilities in Ibadan, as part of measures towards protecting the health and well-being of residents.    This is contained in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Rotimi Babalola, made available to newsmen on Thursday.    The healthcare facilities, according to the statement, were sealed for non-compliance with regulatory standards;  employing unqualified and unlicensed doctors, commonly referred to as quack doctors.   Speaking during an inspection recently at Olodo and Moniya axis of Ibadan, the Director for Secondary health care and training, Dr. Wale Falana stated that the action became necessary after an extensive monitoring and evaluation of hospital facilities was carried out within the state.    “The inspection revealed alarming evidence of malpractice, misdiagnoses and inappropriate treatments being ...

  Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has re-appointed a retired Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni and former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, Comrade Bayo Titilola-Sodo, as Special Advisers on Security and Labour Matters, respectively. The governor also reappointed a retired Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Segun Adegoke, as the Special Adviser on Homeland Security. This is contained in a letter signed by the Governor Makinde's Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi. According to the letter, he equally approved the appointment of the immediate past Commissioner for Trades and Commerce, Chief Bayo Lawal, as Senior Executive Assistant on General Duties. Other appointments approved by the governor are as follows: Mr. Olatilewa Folami- Director-General, Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership (OYSIPA); Mr. Elias Adeojo- Chairman, Water Corporation of Oyo State; Mr. Olufemi Awakan- Chairman, Oyo State Board of Internal Revenue; and Dr. ...

                            Bola Tinubu By Festus Adedayo In the last few days since Nigeria’s new government announced an N8,000 palliative for 12 million poor Nigerian families, you would think that, all of a sudden, Nigerians had gone back in time to the Ayi Kwei Armah’s Ghanaian years. Or that the scales had just suddenly fallen off the people’s eyes. Criticisms, snide commentaries and comparative placements of this government, side by side the Muhammadu Buhari government’s similar policy failure, are pelted on Aso Rock Villa. Has the matrimony of barely eight weeks begun to manifest traces of rupture? The matrimony of pre-independence Ghana with Kwame Nkrumah witnessed a similar rupture not too long after it began. Ghanaian politician, political theorist and revolutionary, Nkrumah had led the then Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957, having become its first Prime Minister in 1952. One of the most grea...

  Oyo State government has announced the release of the timetable for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for Public Schools. The announcement was made by the Registrar of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Yekeen M. B., on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olusanjo Adeniyi. The timetable provides the dates and subjects for the examination, aiming to ensure proper planning and preparation for the BECE. According to the timetable, the examination will begin with Mathematics on July 24, 2023, and conclude with Business Studies/Oral Igbo and Oral Hausa language on August 2, 2023.  The examination will commence at 9.00am daily across designated centers in the state’s Public Schools. BECE is a significant assessment for students transitioning from basic education to secondary education.  The Registrar said the release of the time table demonstrates Oyo State government’s commitment to providing quality education and maintaining a stan...

  Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has re-appointed Colonel Olayinka Olayanju as Commandant, Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun), Oyo State. This is contained in a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi. As part of the ongoing composition of new cabinet, the Governor re-appoints Ms Tara Adefope as the Director General of Oyo State Bureau of Public Procurement. Similarly, he approved the appointment of Engr. Mufutau Open Salawu as Executive Assistant, Project Monitoring. According to the letter, the appointments are with immediate effect. The governor, while congratulating the appointees, urged them to see their appointment as a call to service.

  Oyo State Government, on Thursday, demolished some structures at Omololu Olunloyo GRA, Ring Road, Adeoyo, Ibadan, over illegal acquisition of land, unlawful entering into the GRA and non-compliance with physical planning rules and regulation by occupants.   The demolition was extended to AQUATECH COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, IBADAN as the owner engages in leasing of government lands without approval.    The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Mofoluke Adebiyi who led the team, while speaking on the demolition, said the exercise was to restore sanity into the land use management, urban and physical planning and development in Oyo state.   Mrs. Adebiyi revealed that the land in question was acquired by the government of western region for the construction of Adeoyo Hospital Ring Road and other uses, adding that the traditional owners were duly compensated during the period.   She explained that several notice...

  Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an ex-cybercrime convict, Adeniran Ayobami Tijesunimi and fifty-four others for alleged internet fraud and related criminal activities. Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State had on February 15, 2022 convicted and sentenced Tijesunimi to seven months imprisonment without an option of fine for his involvement in cybercrime.   Tijesunimi was again arrested alongside others at Oyo town, Oyo State on July 13, 2023 following verified intelligence regarding their internet fraud activities. Other suspects include Ademola Saheed Adeniyi, Olayinwola Tomiwa Rokeeb, Moses Kehinde Biola, Adewale Mumini Adeyemi, Olowuoyin Qudus Atanda, Mojeeb Adedeji Olamilekan, Jonathan Emmanuel Opashi, Usman Abubakar Aruwa, Bamidele Olusoji Joseph, Daniel Anu Omyajowu, Olayinwola Dolapo Zacheous, Adekunle Daniel Adeniyi, Azeez Hammed Ademola, Olatunde Philip Bode, L...

  Nine thousand and seven hundred and six (9,706), fresh students were this morning admitted into the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, through matriculation, presided over by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu, earlier today. The event which took place at the Institution’s The Great Hall and Amphitheater, saw all principal officers, Provosts of Colleges, Deans of Faculties and Heads of the Various Departments in attendance at the colorful ceremony, coordinated by the Registrar and Secretary to the Governing Council, Dr. Kayode Ogunleye. As usual with the University, the best 100 Level student for the 2021/2022 academic session, Oyewale Stephen Oluwatobi, of Medicine and Surgery, was publicly recognized. He was admitted to LAUTECH with UTME Score of 302, and Post UTME Score of 74.2 percent. Record of his performance in the department indicated that his CGPA is 5.0 and a cumulative score of 837 out of 1000 marks. Delivering his address ...