Tag: Ajimobi
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Angry Pastor Bakare blasts Buhari over 110 missing daughters of Nigerians
The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA) Tunde Bakare, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari and 22 state governors who attended the wedding fatiha of Hajiya Fatima, daughter of Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Fatima Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is to be handed over in marriage to the son of Oyo state Governor,…
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Buhari, others storm Kano for Ganduje, Ajimobi’s children’s wedding today
The ancient city of Kano was yesterday agog ahead of today’s wedding between the daughter of the Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Fatima and the son of Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Idris. President Muhammadu Buhari, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, governors and other top dignitaries…
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Chieftaincy review: Ajimobi appeals judgement nullifying appointment of 21 monarchs
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday filed eleven grounds of appeal before the Appeal Court, seeking to quash the judgement of the state high court nullifying the recent elevation of some high chiefs as monarchs in the state. Recall that Justice Olajumoke Aiki had last Friday declared the governors appointment of the monarch…
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Ibadan Chieftaincy title: We‘ll appeal judgment – Ajimobi
The Oyo State Government says it will appeal the judgment which declared unconstitutional and illegal the Commission of Inquiry recommending the elevation of some Ibadan high chiefs to Obas. Justice Olajumoke Aiki of Oyo State High Court had on Friday declared the retired Justice Akintunde Boade’s Commission of Inquiry which reviewed the 1957 Ibadan Chieftaincy…
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Yusuf: Ajimobi urges prayers for first family
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has urged Nigerians to continue to remember the First Family in their prayers for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf. A statement by the governor’s Special Adviser, Communication and Strategy, Mr. Yomi Layinka, quoted the governor as describing the unfortunate incident as depressing. Ajimobi hopes that…
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Ajimobi presents N267b budget for 2018
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Thursday presented N267,436,357,912.19 budget proposal to the House of Assembly. The figure is N60.4 billion higher than the 2017 budget of N207 billion. The presentation, christened: Budget of Stabilisation, was well attended by royal fathers, including the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; the Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba…
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2019: Ajimobi’s deputy, Adeyemo declares interest in governorship seat
The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Moses Adeyemo has indicated interest to succeed his boss and incumbent, Governor Abiola Ajimobi come 2019. The Governor, at a public function, held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, while commending the deputy for his loyalty had jokingly asked if he would want to be the…
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LAUTECH: Pay us our 12 months salary arrears, Striking doctors beg Ajimobi
Striking doctors of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have appealed to the State Government to pay them their 12 months salary. The made the call in a statement signed by the branch President and General Secretary of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Drs Sebastine Oiwoh and Ayobami…
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Chieftaincy review: Ajimobi meets Buhari in Aso Rock, reports Olubadan, Ladoja
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday met President Muhammadu Buhari in his office in Aso Rock to report the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and former governor Rashidi Ladoja. Ajimobi told State House correspondents that he called the President’s attention to the face-off between him and the monarch over the recently reviewed…
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Group cautions Ajimobi over truce with Ladoja
A Socio – Cultural Group, Oyo Patriotic Front (OPF) has commended the reported truce initiative between Governor Abiola Ajimobi and Senator Rashidi Ladoja being brokered by the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII). The group however cautioned Governor Ajimobi not to get swayed by the truce with a resumption of his benevolence towards Senator Ladoja…