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Makinde Retraces Step, Renames First Technical University after Abiola Ajimobi Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has retraced his step against the family of the late former governor Abiola Ajimobi by renaming the First Technical University, Tech-U, after his immediate predecessor. This was pronounced during the second convocation ceremony of the institution in Ibadan. The institution will be bearing Abiola Ajimobi Technical University. More details later..... @INSTANTnews

Suspected herdsmen injure students, teachers in Oyo schoolSuspected herdsmen injure students, teachers in Oyo schoo Suspected herdsmen injure students, teachers in Oyo school Suspected herdsmen, on Thursday morning, allegedly invaded one of the public secondary schools in Oyo State, injuring students and teachers. reliably learnt that the herders invaded the Community Grammar School, Alaropo Nla in the Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The herdsmen, according to an eyewitness account, numbering over twenty, allegedly invaded the school with their cattle and injured some of the students and teachers. Some of the students and their teachers, among whom are Mr Paul Olabode, were inflicted with sword and machete cuts, while many others were left with broken legs and hands. The source disclosed that the school had just finished morning devotion and students were preparing to settle down in their classrooms to continue their second-term examination when the herdsmen invaded the scho

Plot To Install Interim Govt Is Real; DSS Confirms, Speaks On Politicians Involved  According to the Department of State Services (DSS), a plot by “misguided” political actors to suspend the constitution and install an interim government is real. In a statement issued on Wednesday, DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya vowed that the secret police will use all weapons at their disposal to foil such a plot. The secret police also stated that some key players in Nigeria’s plot for an interim government had been identified. The DSS had on Saturday warned politicians to desist from peddling “hate speech” and all forms of “false narratives” to ignite violence or pit citizens against the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the incoming administration of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. The secret police warning followed a petition by the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo that the DSS invite the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi; and his r

JUST-IN: Oyo Assembly Deputy Speaker Fadeyi, Makinde, Deputy, 31 Lawmakers Receive Certificate of returns  Oyo State house of assembly deputy speaker,  Hon. Mohammed Abiodun Fadeyi, governor Seyi Makinde, his deputy, Bayo Lawal and thirty one lawmakers in the state who won at the 2023 general election have been presented with the certificates of return by INEC. The ceremony held at the University Of Ibadan conference centre, which was in accordance with section 72:1 of the electoral act had in attendance wives of the governor and the deputy governor, head of security agencies, political  appointees and other stakeholders in the electoral process. In a welcome address, Oyo state Residents Electoral Commissioner, INEC, Dr Adeniran Tella while appreciating relevant stakeholders for their support before, during and after the general elections, appealled to the elected Leaders to use their renewed mandate to reawaken the confidence of the electorates on their voting exercise. Dr Tella said