Oyo Firefighters Take Shelter In Police Station After Mob Attack For Preventing Fuel Siphoning From Overturned Tanker Oyo Firefighters Take Shelter In Police Station After Mob Attack For Preventing Fuel Siphoning From Overturned Tanker The Oyo State Fire Service in a statement stated that its Ogbomoso branch arrived first, followed by their colleagues from the Kwara State Fire Service due to proximity to the scene. Firefighters responding to a tanker fire at Sabo Market, Orile Igbon, along the Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway in Oyo State, were allegedly attacked by angry residents attempting to siphon fuel. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, January…
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Nationwide Protest Holds February 4 Over Telecom Tariff Hike The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest on Tuesday, February 4. The Nation learnt that the nationwide protest was agreed on at the ongoing National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting of NLC. It is aimed at sounding a note of warning to the government that workers would resist the planned hike as it would worsen the poverty level across the country. The Nation reports NCC approved a 50% tariff increase for mobile network operators. Recall that NLC had, on January 22, rejected the 50…
Ibadan Travel & Tourism Expo (ITTE) announces date for 2025 Edition. The organisers of Ibadan Travel & Tourism Expo, the unique selling point for destination marketing in Ibadan have announced Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th April as dates for the 2025 edition. According to the statement from the Expo Coordinators, Ambassadors Taiwo and Kehinde OGUNTOYE known as The Most Famous Twins in African Tourism, the Expo which opens at 10am daily, will once again gather travel and tourism industry stakeholders across Nigeria and beyond in Ibadan, the largest city in the sub-sahara of Africa, for the 2nd Ibadan Travel &…
“Your Political Desperation Is Responsible For PDP’s Catastrophic Disintegration – APC To Atiku ..party carpets obi, el-rufai, others Press Release The former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, like a badly broken record, has continued to point fingers at the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the festering rot in his party, and the spectacular dysfunction of opposition parties generally. At the national conference on Strengthening Democracy in Nigeria held in Abuja on Monday, January 27, 2025, Atiku, warned that the nation’s democracy was somewhat imperiled by judicial…
President Tinubu Concludes Visit To Tanzania, Affirms Nigeria’s Commitment To Improved Electricity Access President Bola Tinubu has concluded his visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he joined other African leaders to participate in the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit. The President and his team arrived on Sunday. He is now on his way back to Abuja. The two-day Summit, hosted by the government of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Union, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the World Bank Group, adopted the Dar es Salaam Declaration. The Declaration focused on providing access to electricity for 300 million people…
Senate Majority Leader, Bamidele, 14 Others Confirmed Life Benchers The Body of Benchers, currently chaired by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) has confirmed the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele; human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and 13 other prominent legal practitioners life members of the prestigious body. The confirmation was formally announced on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at the meeting of the body held at its head office in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Among others, the body further confirmed Director General, Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Chiroma; Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage; retired Justice of the Supreme…
Oyo Gov’t to Clamp Down on Street Trading The Oyo State government has announced its readiness to clamp down on the traders selling by the road sides and that serious steps were being taken to address street trading and other vices in the state. The Chairperson of the Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority, OYRLEA, Honourable Justice Aderonke Aderemi (rtd.) stated this while participating in a radio program that highlights the activities, achievements and prospects of the Oyo State Government tagged ‘Oro Oyo’. Justice Aderemi charged citizens to embrace lawfulness, desist from the indecent act of display of wares…
Oyo Govt House Chapel Condole Gov Makinde Over Brother’s Demise The Oyo State government house chapel has commiserates with the state Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde on the demise of his elder brother, Engr Sunday Makinde. In a release signed by the chaplain, Pastor Layi Adisa, the death is shocking and devastating. “On behalf of the Oyo State Government House Chapel, I extend my deepest condolences to His Excellency and the family on the passing of your beloved elder brother. “This news has brought great sadness, and we stand with Excellency in this moment of loss and mourning. “The loss of…
CNG: Isaac Ademola Agoro Foundation Complements Federal Government’s Effort, Trains Young Engineers On Installation Of CNG In Vehicles As part of its determination to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government initiatives in installation of CNG in vehicles across the nation, Isaac Ademola Agoro Foundation is training young engineers in the area of CNG Auto gas conversion. While speaking with journalists, the founder, Isaac Ademola Agoro Engineering Foundation, Engineer Ademola Agoro, said the essence of the training is to complement the effort of the federal government in conversion of CNG Auto gas aftermath the removal of fuel subsidy. Engr Agoro,…
Oladoja Sympathises With Governor Makinde over Elder Brother’s Demise A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo State chapter Mogaji Olawale Oladoja has condoled with Governor Seyi Makinde over the death of his elder brother, Engineer Sunday Makinde Engineer Makinde died in the early hours of Friday, January 24, at the age of 65 years. Oladoja, in a release on friday, described the loss as shocking and painful not only to the Makinde’s family but Oyo state as a whole. He urged Governor Makinde and the entire members of the family to take solace knowing that Almighty God giveth…