TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS WASILAT ADEGOKE AS OYO STATE COMMISSIONER FOR YOUTH AND SPORT. IT IS WRITTEN BY AANUOLUWAPO FASOYIN OF OUR NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. A Yoruba adage says “business ventured into and hidden from children will not last longer”, perhaps, this was what made President Muhammadu Buhari to…
VIEW POINT IS ON THE NEED TO CONSECRATE OUR TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS. IT IS WRITTEN BY HONOURABLE FEMI ADEBISI JP, A MEDIA CONSULTANT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANALYST. Recently, during an official ceremony of the Oyo state government in Iseyin, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a special guest at the event, ordered a section of Yoruba Obas, to…
Six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Four were killed in a late-night military raid of Jenin refugee camp in which some 30 people were also injured, according to Palestinian medics. Another young Palestinian man was killed during an Israeli raid in Jericho on Wednesday morning….
By Anuoluwapo Fasoyin In business News, as part of efforts to mitigate the effects of subsidy removal on its residents, the Oyo State Government has concluded plans to empower traders, artisans, and other small business owners with a 500-million-naira loan. In a statement by the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Professor Musibau Babatunde, the…
By Anuoluwapo Fasoyin The Oyo State 10th Assembly has stressed the need for a synergy between its members and the media. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Media, Public Affairs and ICT, Oyo House of Assembly, Honourable Waheed Akintayo, during a meeting with the accredited newsmen assigned to the assembly, said the development was aimed…
Since his return to the country after his medical leave abroad, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has moved swiftly against those who were alleged to be making political gains from his ill-health, Peter Dada writes It is no more news that the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has returned to the country after…
The Federal Government and the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress will meet on Monday, September 18, 2023 (today) to resolve issues over the looming industrial action. The Director of Information, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, disclosed the meeting between the two parties in a Sunday statement. It read, “The Minister of Labour…
By Michael Adeyemo A Public Affairs Analyst, Dr Aliyu Illias, says hike in school fees, especially at higher institutions can lead to the withdrawal of students. Dr. Illias made this known in a telephone interview on Pensioners Weekend Current Affairs Programme’ Voice of Liberation” while reacting to the recent protests over hikes in school fees…
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, CFR, Alli Okunmade II has charged a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Akin Alabi from Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency to give the constituency and Oyo State at large quality representation in the National Assembly. Though, a second term Federal Lawmaker, Oba Balogun posited that his performance and…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, has alleged sabotage over the averted air plane crash involving the Governor and some of his aides. Governor Adeleke was scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja on his elder brother, Dr Deji Adeleke’s private jet but the pilot had to call it off after discovering fault in…