The Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde yesterday presented the 2021 budget proposal of N266.6billion to the State House of Assembly with the education sector getting the highest share. The education sector was allocated a sum of N56.4billion, which represents 21 per cent of the total budget estimate thereby surpassing the recommendation of the United Nations…
Following the termination of the joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, between the Oyo and Osun State Governments, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has stated that the state is ready to fully shoulder the financial responsibilities of LAUTECH, as it has been doing since the beginning of year 2020.…
Nigerian farmers will have the opportunity to sell their fruit and vegetables directly to Shoprite customers on Saturday, 28 November, as part of the retailer’s ‘Meet the Farmer’ initiative. Shoprite Adeniran in Lagos will host a fresh produce supplier from 10:00am – 4:00pm. A large percentage of the fresh fruit and vegetables sold in Shoprite…
The Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) is set to begin the conduct of COVID-19 test after receiving an approval from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This was disclosed by the Acting Provost of the College, Prof. Abiodun Adewuya on Friday during the Induction Ceremony of the 15th Set of Medical Doctors/5th…
Pan Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction Coalition PANPIEC, the foremost group seeking for the actualization of Igbo Presidency had solidified its efforts to ensure that the Igbo Presidency project is not jettisoned with the defection of Governor Dave Umahi to the APC. PANPIEC had not officially reacted to the defection of Governor Dave Umahi from…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced the dissolution of the joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo state and the College of Health Sciences, Osogbo Osun. Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, NUC, made the announcement at a news conference on the resolution of the lingering ownership crisis of the…
The speaker of the house of representative, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the killing of an Abuja newspaper vendor at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja on Thursday by one of his security aides as a horrible incident. Gbajabiamila who said he is “personally distraught” over the killing of Mr Ifeanyichukwu Elechi, expressed his regret over the…
The Federal Government has stated that CNN deserves to be sanctioned over its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday, during a briefing on the aftermath of the protest, described the CNN…
The Lagos State Chief Coroner, Justice Mojisola Dada, has called for the identification of missing persons between October 19 and 27, 2020 at the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). This is coming weeks after the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza in the state. It…
Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, yesterday said that he should be held responsible for the actions of the Amotekun corps in the state. The governor who made this statement during the inauguration of the Àmòtékún Corps in Oyo Town, asked the 1,500 corps members to exhibit the highest level of professionalism in the discharge…