By Seyifunmi Odunuga ILE-IFE – Former Osun Deputy Governor, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, spent the early hours of the New Year day, visiting wards of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife, and paying bills of patients, totaling N2 million. Speaking on the gesture, Omisore said that nobody wished to …
Read More »Dapo Abiodun Warns Citizens Against Second Wave, Hopeful Of End To Covid-19
By Raymond Osho IBADAN – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called the attention of citizens of the state to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with a warning against breaching the NCDC’s guidelines on the novel pandemic. The governor in his new year broadcast also warned …
Read More »OGUN ASSEMBLY PASSES N338.6BN 2021 APPROPRIATION BILL
By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA – Barely a month after the presentation of the State Budget by the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun for the consideration by the legislative arm, the Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 passed the 2021 Appropriation bill of N338,610,943,021.86. The Bill was …
Read More »Abiodun Signs 2021 Budget Of N338.6BN, Warns People To Desist From Treating Protocols Associated With COVID-19 With Kid Gloves
ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has signed the the state’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N338. 6billon. Abiodun assented the document on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 in Abeokuta. The bill tagged: “Budget of Recovery and Sustainability”, comprises recurrent expenditure of N162 billion (48 per cent of the …
Read More »MARKET WOMEN TO ENJOY MORE LOAN FACILITIES IN 2021
ABEOKUTA – Wife of Ogun State Governor, Her Excellence, Mrs Bamidele Abiodun has promised market women in the state of more loan facilities in the year 2021, to boost their economic power. This was contained in her Yuletide message to the Iyalojas and market women at a meeting held at …
Read More »Ogun Govt To Partners NFF On Youth Sports Development
By Seyifunmi Odunuga ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Government has announced its readiness to partner the Nigeria Football Federation on youth Sports development Speaking on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Governor office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, during the hosting of NFF leadership after its Annual General Assembly (AGA), the Ogun State Governor, Prince …
Read More »COVID-19: Oyo Cancels Cross-Over Services At Worship Centres, Street Carnivals
By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – The Oyo State government has finally joined other states to ban cross-over services by worship centres in order to ensure strict compliance with Covid-19 guidelines and protocols in the state. Also banned by the state government is the organization of the street carnivals. According to …
Read More »How I Was Nominated For Ogo Yoruba Award – Beejay De Grace
By Seyifummi Odunuga IBADAN – One of the awardees for the forth-coming OGO YORUBA AWARDS (OYA), Mrs. Bolaji Awoyemi, fondly called, Queen Bejay De Grace, has disclosed how she was nominated for the award, saying that her positive impact on the poor and needy in the society, both at home …
Read More »Sholly Summer, Manchester-Based Queen Beejay De Grace, Others For Oyo NUJ End Of Year Party
By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – Renown musician and Secretary of the Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sola Oladapo (a.k.a. Sholly Summer) and the Manchester-based rave of the moment, Bolaji Awoyemi (a.k.a. Queen Beejay De Grace) will on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 thrill Journalists to an …
Read More »Era of Divide And Rule In Oke-Ogun Is Over, Oba Najeemdeen Adelaja Commends Makinde, Alaafin
By Seyifunmi Odunuga OKE-OGUN – Following the passage of the bill seeking the establishment of the Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Oke-Ogun, Oyo State, the traditional rulers in the region have been commended for their unity and togetherness in the pursuance of developmental projects. Gegun of Ayetoro Oke, Oba …
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