Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declared that he will always take decisions in the best interest of the people of Oyo State and Yorubaland in the fight against insecurity. The governor, while speaking at the Pan Yoruba Congress held at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, said that he was not...
Lagos State will set up a Leadership and Fellowship academy to immortalize the late Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the state’s first civilian governor who died on February 11. He was 91. There was applause on Wednesday as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu broke the news at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan on...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has directed the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the kidnapping of two students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Aiyetoro Campus in Ogun State and ensure the victims come out unhurt. Two OOU students identified as Adeyemo Precious and Oyefule Abiola studying...
Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, called for a review of the exclusive legislative list of the Federal Government in the 1999 Constitution so as to delist the control of mineral resources from the list. The governor, who spoke during a courtesy visit on him by the Minister of...
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, donated an operational fire-truck to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), for the use of Ibadan Airport. The governor, who was represented at the brief handover event at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, by the Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 into law, approving 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the State. The State’s House of Assembly, in February, passed the anti-cultism bill, which also stipulates 15-year jail term for...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Sunday, extolled the virtues of the late Akirun of Ikirun, Oba AbdulRauf Olawale Olayiwola Adedeji, who joined his ancestors on in February, this year. He said the progressive family had lost a rare gem whose commitment and dedication to the...
The first jab of AstraZeneca Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine has been administered in Lagos State. The Incident Commander in the State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, kicked off the vaccine rollout programme after he got the first jab of the serum supplied by the Federal Government. Sanwo-Olu was vaccinated on Friday afternoon at...
Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has tasked members of the management board of local government education authorities in the State, to take their appointments as sacred duty that requires a single-minded pursuit. Oyetola who said this during an interactive meeting he had with the board members on...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday swore in five High Court Justices. The new Justices are Adeniji Adedapo Olugbenga, Ganiyat Omobola Lawal, Akande Babafemi Abimbola, Okediya Maurice Olufisayo and Olokede-Obadina Christiana. He said appointment of more Judges was part of efforts to further strengthen the administration...