Oyo Herald

Inaugural Address by His Excellency, Seyi Makinde, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, during his Swearing-in Ceremony at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan on May 29, 2019. “Ají ṣe bí Òyó làárí, Òyó ò kí ṣe bí baba ẹnìkan.” Oyo leads and others imitate. We are a state proud of our many firsts. In 1965, just five years after Nigeria’s independence, the first skyscraper was built in the Western region, in an area that later became part of our beloved Oyo State. Well before independence, this same territory hosted the first TV station in Nigeria, the first university, the first housing estate in Nigeria, the first government secretariat and the first modern parliament. Let me also add that we host the first stadium in Africa, the first dual carriage road and more recently, the first private TV station in Nigeria. Reflecting on these firsts makes you realise that there must be something special about this region. The legendary Oyo greatness, the Pacesetter State, lives on. I am greatly ...

Two former aides of the outgoing Minister of Communication, Barr. Abdulraheem Adebayo Shittu have dragged him to court over unpaid salaries and allowances totalling twenty-one million, five hundred thousand Naira (N21,500,000.00) only. The aides, Razaq Olubodun and Victor Oluwadamilare, former Personal Assistant (PA) and Special Assistant (SA) respectively in two separate suits filed on their behalf by the same counsel, Adewale Lawal Esq. are praying the court to order the payment of their outstanding salaries and allowances which the Minister denied them while serving under him. While Olubodun, in his own suit before the Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court (NIC) numbered NICN/Abj/132/2019 is seeking to recover from the Minister the sum of N9.8m allegedly paid alongside the Minister's salaries and allowances for 24 months, Oluwadamilare in his suit, NICN/Abj/133/2019 is claiming N11.7m being his outstanding salaries and allowances for 28 months. The duo are seeking the ...

The Executive Chairman of Itesiwaju LGA , Hon. Niyi Adeagbo has extolled the virtues of the Local Government workers as he wished them a Happy Worker's Day Celebration.  While congratulating them on this year's Labour Day, he appreciated the work they do in enhancing the smooth and effective running of the council 'The work you do is indispensable. Thank you for selflessly contributing your quota to making Itesiwaju Local Government  the best amongst others' He admonished them not to rest on their laurels and keep working hard in achieving the Itesiwaju of our dream. He gave them a mandate for more productivity so as to increase the Internally Generated Revenue of the LGA. 'Workers are essential people in our society. From the health sector, to the agricultural sector, to every sector. They make the society work. Workers move the wheel of the society' He promised that as soon as the negotiations between the Labour leaders and the State Government on payment of t...