FG PROPOSES LEGISLATION SLASHES ON IMPORT DUTIES & LEVIES, REDUCES MINIMUM TAX, EXEMPTS SMALL BUSINESSES FROM TETFUND, OTHERS, PRESENTS 2020 FINANCE BILL TO NEC

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA – Following the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, the 2020 Finance Bill that seeks to provide more tax incentives for Nigerian businesses and individuals has been formally presented to State governors under the aegis of the National Economic Council (NEC), at …

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Funding LAUTECH Would Pose No Dificulty For The State – Makinde Assures

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has declared that funding Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, would pose no difficulty for the State as it had been captured in the State’s 2021 budget. Makinde said this while answering questions on a radio …

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NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS, IYABO OJO LOSES MUM @ 67

By Seyifunmi Odunuga LAGOS – Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has announced the death of her mother, Mrs Victoria Olubunmi Fetuga. According to a report, the late Victoria Olubunmi Fetuga died while sleeping in the early hours of Saturday, November21, 2020, at the age of 67 years old. In her words, …

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World Television Day: Ogun FMC Boss Advocates Training Of Medical Personnel

By Raymomd Osho ABEOKUTA – Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Prof. Adewale Musa-Olomu on Saturday, November 21, 2020 decried inadequate medical personnel in the country’s health sector. To end this deficiency, Olomu advocated for the funding of medical schools by making provision for more teaching …

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Oyo Shuts Six Ibadan Gaming Centres For Underage Betting

By Folasade Oduwale IBADAN – Six gaming centres within Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, were shut on Friday, November 20 2020 by the State Gaming Board for violating the rule of allowing underage betting,, especially students in uniforms during the school period. The Oyo State Government had earlier declared that …

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LAUTECH’s Takeover: Oyo NUJ Congratulates Makinde’s Steadfastness

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – The Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Friday, November 20, 2020 described the settlement of decade-long ownership tussle of the jointly owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso as a landmark achievement of the Seyi Makinde-led administration in the Pacesetter …

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Oyo State Government Donates Instructional Materials to Oyo Public Primary Schools

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, (OyoSUBEB) has taken delivery of instructional/learning materials, students edition textbooks for the global SDG, ICT Materials and sporting facilities for public schools donated by Sustainable Development Goals. Speaking during the presentation on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at the Board’s …

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New Chairman, South -West SUBEB, Adeniran Vows To Develop Basic Education In The Region

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr.  Nureni Adeniran has been chosen as the chairman of the South-West State Universal Basic Education Board (South-West SUBEB) while his counterpart from Ekiti SUBEB, Prof. Femi Akinwunmi emerged as the Secretary. The Forum, comprising of all …

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Abiodun Warns Against Derailing Vision As He Inaugurates Members Of 16 Boards

By AbuSatar Hamed ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has warned that his government would not tolerate acts capable of derailing its vision, saying that measures to determine each government agency’s contributions to the vision would be put in place. Abiodun who gave the warning at the …

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