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Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has appointed four members for the Oyo State Judicial Service Commission.The Chief Judge is the statutory Chairman of the Commission. According to a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, the governor approved the appointments of the commission’s members as follows; Barr Musibau Adetunbi, Barr Wahab Adedigba, Chief Joshua Abioye and Mrs Moyosore Ajani. The governor charged the new appointees to discharge their duties with dedication and commitment to the state.

In 2022, 14-year old Oluwatimilehin Charles Taileatu rose to national prominence. The boy, then an SS2 student of Oritamefa Baptist Model School in Ibadan, Oyo State, first emerged the overall best in the South West edition of the NNPC Quiz Competition and was later adjudged Second Best at the national level. With his feats, Taileatu was rewarded with cash gifts at the zonal level and education grant at the national level.Although a quiz competition can be subject-specific, oftentimes it is general knowledge-based. Quiz competitions are meant to broaden learners’ knowledge with a view to making them well-rounded. So, participation in…

Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the most difficult circumstances. These Einsteins of the Deep can be very playful, but you can only underestimate their resourcefulness at your own peril. They can dance in and out of difficult situations, even through very narrow apertures. They can change the colour of their skins, in a tricky manner, and can perform magic with their eight legs. They are very adaptive. They don’t give up once they set their minds on a goal.…

An estate developer who is also the chairman of Jericho Mall, Ibadan, Dr Makanjuola Ojewumi, has described Governor ‘Seyi Makinde as an intentional leader, who is deliberately developing Oyo State.Dr Makanjuola, a Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), disclosed this in an interview with The People’s Verdict.According to him, “He (Makinde) is a governor that has intentionally freed the process of getting things done and getting development to take place. So many estates have popped up within the city. He must be a governor that is positively looking at what can be done to raise…

In a significant move to bolster the administration and oversight of tertiary education in Oyo State, Governor ‘Seyi Makinde has constituted new governing councils and boards for several higher institutions across the state. The appointments, which take immediate effect, were communicated in an official letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi. The move is seen as part of the administration’s broader strategy to ensure efficiency and accountability in the state’s educational sector. The newly appointed chairmen and members are as follows: Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate Oyo State College of Agriculture, Igboora The…

When dyslexia forced Richard Branson out of school, he decided to become an entrepreneur. In 1966, he started the Student Magazine, which he had hoped would become his generation’s voice. Despite the general acceptance of the magazine, it didn’t make as much money as he had envisaged. Consequently, the budding entrepreneur ran into a liquidity problem and had to change his plan without abandoning his goal. Thus, he veered into the music industry and started a mail-order discount record business. It was a successful venture that launched him on the path to great wealth.Being adventurous, Branson soon tried other things…

Chairman of Oyo State council of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Bosun Olabiyi-Agoro, says the governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has put the labour leaders in the state in a difficult situation.Olabiyi-Agoro, who disclosed this in an interview with The People’s Verdict, said Makinde’s performance had made it difficult for labour leaders to be critical of his administration.The TUC chairman said, “It has been very difficult for us as labour leaders to speak about this government, as led by Engr ‘Seyi Makinde, without sounding as if we are his hype men. He has been wonderful, he has been…

In May, 2016, a young man got abducted by three men. They drugged him and gouged out his two eyes and testicles. According to the Daily Sun of South Africa, police later found the “fresh balls” of the victim in one of the suspects’ refrigerator. It was a suspected case of Muti. Andrew Kenny, a South African newspaper Op-Ed writer, penned it. Kenny was bothered by mounting cases of what he called desecration of humanity, as demonstrated by rampant cases of Muti killings. In Muti, the human victim’s body parts are harvested for rituals. In the piece he did for…

The Oyo State Government is determined to make the Sen. Rashidi Ladoja Circular road operational by 2027. To this end, the State Executive Council, which sat in Ibadan yesterday, approved the construction of a toll plaza, flyover, underpass, entry and exit points with a mini toll gate to complement the expansion of the scope of the work already going on at the Jagun/Ibadan/Ife interchange. The request was put forward to the Council by the Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Arch. Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola was approved on its merit. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the…

The Oyo State Government has approved the sum of ₦4.5 billion as financial support to the survivors and victims of the Bodija explosion which occurred on January 16, 2024. This decision was taken at the ongoing Executive Council meeting at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s office. According to the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, this is apart from the over ₦200 million that the State Government had expended on accommodation, feeding, hospital and security bills following the tragic incident. Also, the Council approved the recommendation of the 10-man committee to revoke the Title of two properties off Adeyi…