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                   The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has expressed shock over claims made by the  gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC  in the last general elections, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin over the coalition agreement. Makinde in a statement issued by his Political Adviser, Babatunde Oduyoye said the claims by Lanlehin are untrue, unjustifiable and inconsistent with reality. Recall that we had earlier reported that Lanlehin announced his withdrawal from the coalition government over non compliance of Governor Seyi Makinde. Read the full statement below: Press Release Oyo coalition: Setting the records straight We received with shock, claims credited to the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator Femi Lanlehin, that he has withdrawn his support for the coalition birthed by a number of political parties ahead of the March 9, 2019 ele...

Countries within the West African sub-region will be able to use a single currency from January 2020 The currency which is called ECO was adopted by the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Saturday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. The West African leaders endorsed the currency at their 55th Ordinary Session and approved a road map towards the currency’s issuance in January 2020. There roadmap is to ensure that all member countries meet three primary criteria for the adoption of the currency. The criteria for adoption includes member countries having a budget deficit of not more than 3%; average annual inflation of less than 10% with a long-term goal of not more than 5% by 2019. Member countries were also expected to have gross reserves that can finance at least three months of imports. The other convergence criteria that have been adopted by ECOWAS are public debt or Gross Domestic Product of not more than 70%. There is also the issue of central banks fina...

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that three men who allegedly beat a policeman to death, be remanded in prison, pending legal advice. The Magistrate, Mrs Mercy Amole-Ajimoti, ordered that Abubakar Mohammed, 25; Salisu Usman, 20; and Ajayi Ojo, 32, be remanded in Agodi prison. Amole-Ajimoti, who did not take the plea of the defendants, ordered the police to return the case file to the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). She, subsequently, adjourned the case until July 15, for mention. The Prosecution, Insp. Sunday Ojeleye, told the court that the three defendants allegedly conspired to commit the offence on March 22, by 7 p.m. at Sabo area, Mokola, Ibadan. Ojeleye alleged that the defendants assaulted Insp. Tirimisiyu Akinola, with dangerous weapons at Sabo, while on lawful duty in a dark spot in the area. The deceased, he said, was a policeman attached to the  Area Command, Iyaganku, Ibadan, and led a team of policemen to S...

Rohr On Verge Of Sack As Super Eagles Coach The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will not renew Gernot Rohr’s contract as head coach of the Super Eagles, even if he wins the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations; this is authoritative. According to our sources, senior officials who matter at the decision-making echelon of the federation are not impressed by the Rohr’s rather uncommitted handling of the nation’s apex football team. The unimpressive outing of the German and his boys in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations’ Competition (AFCON) has forced the federation officials to ask their lawyers to look at Rohr’s contract, as a first step to terminating his deal with Nigeria, immediately after the AFCON matches on July 19. “The NFF is not impressed with the way the team is playing after Rohr has been given all the support he required and were left unimpressed after he fuelled the match bonus crisis in the Eagles camp. “Since Nigeria qualified for AFCON, our attackers have been clay-foo...

Ex-Corper, Mercy Adelakun Commits Suicide A 2018 Batch A Corps Member that passed out on Thursday, March 14th 2019, Miss Mercy Shalom Adelakun has committed Suicide.       It was learnt that she killed herself, because a guy she just met, dumped her.

                  Allison Nelson, a Rivers State-born model, has emerged as the winner of the 2018 Mr Universe Nigeria pageant. The 26-year-old Arts and Design graduate from the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede in Owerri beat 28 other finalists at the pageant held at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos. He is one of the hottest male in the BBNaija housemate season 4 edition tagged 'Pepper Dem Gang'

Africa’s most legendary traveller. Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala popularly known in Nigeria and across the globe as Ajala the traveler was the man who toured the United States of America on a bicycle, and the world, on a motor scooter better known as Vespa. The name, Olabisi Ajala doesn’t really rings a bell to the younger generation of Nigerians, but the older generation would certainly know all about Ajala. A man of many parts who created fame for himself through his workaholic achievements in the world we live. Ajala, who supposedly went to 87 countries in 6 years and mostly, on his bicycle. Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala was born in Ghana into a Nigerian polygamous family of thirty. He was one of the twenty-five children produced by his father and his four wives. His father was a traditionalist. Shortly after Ajala’s birth, his family moved down to Nigeria where he schooled in Baptist Academy, Lagos and Ibadan Boys’ High School. At the age of 18, Ajala went to America to fur...

PHOTO NEWS               The Executive Governor of Oyo state, Engr. Seyi Makinde inaugurates Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun as the Secretary to the State Government today. Mrs Adeosun has over 26 years’ experience in various multinational organisations where she held various lead human resources roles with specialisation in areas such as business partnering, talent management, and employee relations.              

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has warned​ that it would not shield pentecostal pastors who feel they can live carelessly and take undue advantage of their congregants. The PFN sounded the warning in a statement on Tuesday, signed by its President, Rev. Felix Omobude, and made available to journalists in Benin, in response to the rape allegations against the senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. He said the PFN is saddened and disturbed by the allegations of criminal conduct and serial impropriety that have been made against the embattled man of God, but added that “the PFN will not shield anyone who crosses the line.” “The PFN is utterly shocked at these allegations, as the acts that have been alleged are not only criminal in nature but antithetical to the tenets of Christianity and a violent breach of the trust that ought to exist between members of the congregation and a Minister of the Gospel,” he said. While condemning in st...

  Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (Solan), Oyo State Leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announces forthwith, his personal withdrawal from the coalition he has with Engr. Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State governor; Recall that Senator Lanlehin, former Oyo State gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) joined forces with other opposition parties’ governorship candidates to back Makinde, and the gubernatorial victory was thereupon resounding; Lanlehin, who hinged his decision to quit the coalition on what he termed Governor Makinde’s non compliance with the spirit and letters of the terms of the  gubernatorial pre-election agreement reached, however maintains that his party, the ADC is at liberty to remain in the coalition, and believes it should, in fact, remain; Lanlehin, going forward, states that while he remains a committed member of the ADC, he would adopt a “siddon look” posture in the governance of Oyo State and allied matters; Rememb...

MINIMUM WAGE: LABOUR THREATENS STRIKE OVER DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council and the eight unions in the public service across the country on Monday said its members would embark on industrial action over what they perceived as Federal Government’s persistent effort to derail the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000. In statement signed by the Acting Chairman of the JNPSNC, Anchaver Solomon, and the Secretary, Alade Lawal, the council said it had begun the process of mobilising its members nationwide for a showdown with the government. The statement read, “Operating under the aegis of the Trade Union Side of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, the eight unions in the public service of the federation and 36 states have alerted Nigerians that labour may have to embark on industrial action if the current state of affairs as regards the issue of consequential adjustment arising from the new nationa...

BREAKING NEWS: EFCC RE-ARRAIGNS FAYOSE IN LAGOS The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned embattled former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose in a Federal High Court in Lagos over N6.9billion Money laundering and fraud. Details soon... (TPM)

The President of the Senate,  Ahmad Lawan,  on Tuesday, announced the list of principal officers sent to him by the leaderships of the All Progressives Party and the Peoples Democratic Party. Lawan, at the resumption of plenary, named Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader and  Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy. Similarly, the Senate President announced Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe as the Minority Leader and Phillip Aduda as Minority Whip. He listed Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the Deputy Leader and Senator Shabi Yau as the Deputy Whip. The lawmakers would form the Body of Principal Officers also known as Selection Committee. They are expected to assign senators to committees based on interest earlier shown by them. In their separate acceptance speeches, Yahaya and Abaribe promised to discharge their duties effectively. Details later...

The Chairman of ALGON Oyo state Chapter, Prince Ayodeji Abass- Aleshinloye has advise Governor Seyi Makinde to face the serious business of governance rather than subtle blackmail of the previous administration. In the press release made available to Newsmen , He said "His excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, recently marked his one month in office, we congratulate him if he feels he wants to be assessed by calendar month but not by explicit vision and remarkable achievements." Aleshinloye, however advise Governor Makinde, that it is time for serious business of governance. He added that "A serious government does not run on threats and subtle blackmail of 'I will expose, I will reveal.... Mr. Governor has every legal and administrative machinery at his disposal to name and shame those, who in his imagination, abused their offices in the previous administration." The APC Chieftain in Oyo State,said the utterance of the governor is enough self dist...

     The Oldest Living Animal In Nigeria. The story  that caught the attention of the members of the "Nigeria NewsInfo"team today was the story of the 345-year old tortoise, also referred to as “Alagba”. Alagba, according to a worker in the palace, Alagba was brought to the palace during the reign of Oba Kumoye Ajao (one of the earliest kings that the city had) and the creature according to him is not only the oldest but the biggest in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.  Tourism is not complete in Oyo State without a reference to Alagba - a giant male  tortoise in Ogbomoso Palace.Alagba was  said to be more than three centuries old ,thereby making it the world`s oldest living tortoise . Alagba, a giant male land tortoise believed to be over 330 years is still alive at the palace of Soun of Ogbomosoland in Oyo State. The legendary tortoise who lumbers about in the palace is popularly called “the elderly one”....