Oyo State Closes Year With A Strategy For Economic Boost ..Council Commends Makinde over financial support for BCOS Cameraman, Sola Ajayi The Oyo State Executive Council meeting has approved the Business-Enabling Reforms Action Plan (BERAP) in order to push the economic development agenda of the State in 2025. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the approval will further enhance the ease of doing business and encourage more investors to come to the State to do business. Presenting the memo before the Executive Council yesterday, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musbau…
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ADEDUNTAN-IBADAN BORN CARDIO VASCULAR SURGEON FELICITATES WITH CHRISTIANS AT YULETIDE. PRINCE(DR) AZEEZ POPOOLA ADEDUNTAN- an international cardiovascular vascular surgeon,the OSI BASORUN of IBADAN LAND ,a PRINCE OF OYO of ALAFIN OGBOLU AKAJE ONISILE lineage (ATINGISI HOUSE); felicitates with Nigerian Christians and all Nigerians ,regardless of faiths for witnessing 2024 Christmas Day in celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ of NAZARETH (Prophet ISA),son of Virgin Mary (Mariam)& JOSEPH(the carpenter ,husband of Virgin MARY and legal father) & one of the closest to almighty GOD(Quran:3:45). This is contained in a media release to journalists in IBADAN today. As we rejoice ;let…
Court Remands Ex Ooni’s Wife, Naomi, Oriyomi Hamzat, Others Over Ibadan Funfair Stampede The enstrange wife of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Ogunwusi, alongside principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr Fasasi and ace broadcaster, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat have been remanded at the Nigeria correctional centre, Agodi, Oyo. The Chief magistrate Bisi Ogunkanmi remanded the three defendants on four count bordering on conspiracy and murder in connection with the children funfair stampede in Ibadan on Wednesday The three defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. Meanwhile, The case has been adjourned till the 14th of January 2025. Recall that thirty…
President Tinubu Mourns The Passing Of Retired Supreme Court Justice Uthman Argungu President Bola Tinubu expresses profound sorrow over the passing of retired Supreme Court Justice Uthman Muhammad Argungu, describing his departure as a significant personal and national loss. Justice Argungu, who passed away at the age of 90, was a respected jurist and a cherished associate of the President. Following Islamic rites, he was laid to rest on Sunday in his hometown of Argungu, Kebbi State. President Bola Tinubu remembers the late elder statesman as a distinguished jurist whose life was dedicated to serving humanity and his country with…
POJ Condoles Ibadan Stampede Victims, Prays For Prosperity In The State Mogaji Ojo Eweena, Oke Offa, Baba Sale, Ibadan, Engr Popoola Olukayode Joseph popularly called POJ by many of his followers has extended his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and those who sustained injury during a stampede at Islamic Grammar School, Bashorun, Ibadan. During the a programme organised by an NGO last week a stampede was witnessed which left over thirty children dead and many injured. Popoola, a 2023 governorship candidate in Oyo state in a condolence message, described the incident as a tragedy…
President Tinubu Cancels Scheduled Events In Lagos In Honour Of Victims Of Stampede In FCT, Anambra And Oyo President Bola Tinubu cancelled all his official events in Lagos today, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. The two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. President Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities of the Boat Regatta from the waterfront of his Oyinkan Abayomi Drive residence in Ikoyi. Dignitaries, including top officials of the Lagos State government and white cap…
Truck Kills 3 Policemen, Suspect In Ondo Leadership No fewer than four persons lost their lives in Ore, Odigbo local government Area of Ondo State when they were crushed by a truck on Thursday. LEADERSHIP learnt that among the victims were three police officers and a female suspect. It was also gathered that the officers who lost their lives were part of the Monitoring Units of the State Police Command and they were said to have left Akure, the state capital, to make an arrest in the area. An eyewitness, who narrated how the incident happened, told LEADERSHIP that the…
Makinde Cancelled Birthday Celebration In Honour of Ibadan Children Funfare Victims Oyo State Governor Engr. Saying Makinde has cancelled his annual birthday celebration for 25th of December 2024 as a mark of respect for the children who lost their lives in a tragic stampede during Children’s Funfair in Ibadan the state capital on Wednesday. The Governor announced this while receiving condolences from the South-East leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who visited him at his office to sympathize over the incident. Receiving the delegation of the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), South-East zone led by the former…
Ibadan Children Xmas Tragedy: Oyo Police Confirms 35 Minors Dead, 6 Critically Injured The Oyo State Police on Thursday confirmed the arrest of eight suspects after the Wednesday stampede that occurred during the Xmas Children Funfair organised by the Wings Foundation and Media Partners Agidigbo FM at the Basorun Islamic High School in Ibadan. The Nigerian Police, Oyo State Department released an official statement, signed by the PRO to the Commissioner of Police, SP Osifeso Adewale, inline with the tragic incident that occurred during a Christmas Funfair at the ancient city. The report stated that 35 minors have so far…
Awujale, Akarigbo Hold Joint Stakeholders’ Meeting on Creation of Ijebu State As the age-long clamour for Ijebu State intensifies, the two paramount rulers in Ogun East Senatorial District, Awujale of Ijebuland, Kabiyesi Alayeluwa Oba S. K. Adetona GCON and the Akarigbo of Remoland, Kabiyesi Alayeluwa Oba Babatunde Ajayi will, on Thursday, hold a joint stakeholders’ meeting at the Aafin Awujale in Ijebu Ode. According to a statement issued on behalf of Aafin Awujale and signed by the Onigegewura Akile Ijebu, Tunde Oladunjoye, the stakeholders’ forum on the proposed Ijebu State will be attended by accredited representatives of the people of…