Author: Opeyemi Rasheed
After watching his side slumped to a one nil defeat to Sunshine Stars in Wednesday’s Southwest derby, the Technical Adviser of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, Gbenga Ogunbote, said the team will keep fighting to return to winning ways. Speaking in his post-match interview after the Matchday 12 encounter in Akure, Oracle as the coach is fondly called, said the team will pick up the pieces from the loss. Meanwhile, the match day 13 encounter will be played at Adamasingba Stadium when 3SC welcomes Katsina United on 10th December 2023 by 4pm. “The game has been played, won…
The management and the entire staff of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, have expressed sadness over the attack on the Sunshine Stars FC of Akure by suspected hoodlums. Reacting to the ugly incident, which took place Thursday, along the Ore-Benin road, the 3SC management described it as disheartening. “We received the news of the attack on our brothers, the Sunshine Stars FC of Akure by suspected hoodlums, along the Ore- Benin road, while traveling to honour Saturday’s NPFL matchday 13 fixture against Bendel Insurance in Benin,vwith sadness and shock. “Most disturbing is the report of injuries sustained…
….Explains why budget’ll target economic recovery The Oyo State Government has given a breakdown of the N434.2billion 2024 Budget proposal presented to the State House of Assembly by the state governor, ‘Seyi Makinde. The state’s Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning and a Professor of Economics, Musibau Adetunji Babatunde, gave the breakdown of the budget estimates on Friday in a parley with Civil Society Organisations and members of the press. According to Prof Babatunde, the 2024 Budget was prepared against the backdrop of continuing global and national economic challenges, noting that the government would execute the budget to bring about…
The Oyo State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has extended heartfelt condolences to the residents of Oyo and the entire Alowolodu royal family on the demise of Prince Abdul Fatai Adebayo Adeyemi (a.k.a D-Gov). In a statement released on Friday and made available to Heritage Echo News, by the Oyo State PDP Chairman, Hon. Dayo Ogungbenro stated that the late Prince Adebayo Adeyemi was not just a political figure but a beloved member of our community. Stressing that we lost a luminary whose life was a testament to resilience, service, and unwavering dedication to the Oyo Kingdom. The statement read in…
The immediate Chairman of the Oyo State Pension Board, Late z Abdul Fatai Adebayo Adeyemi (D-Gov), was laid to rest at his residence in Oyo township by Islamic clerics, Heritage Echo News report. Bayo battled illness since 2021 but showed signs of recovery in early 2022 when he aspired to contest the Oyo federal constituency primary elections under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Heritage Echo News reports that the deceased would have turned 47 on Saturday, December 9, 2023. As the procession arrived from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, to his residence, tears flowed freely among attendees, including eminent personalities,…
The Iyaloja General of Oyo State, Princess Folashade Azeezat Abeo, has extended her heartfelt condolences to the residents of Oyo and the entire Alowolodu Royal family of Oyo land on the demise of Prince Abdulfatah Adebayo Adeyemi D’Gov. In a condolence message issued through her media aide, Mr. Rahmon A. Alawode, Princess Abeo expressed shock over the death of the late former candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 House of Representatives election in the Oyo federal constituency and former Chairman of the Oyo State Local Government Pension Board during the Omituntun 1.0 administration. The late Prince…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has expressed shock over the death of the son of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III and former chairman of the Local Government Pensions Board, Prince Adebayo Adeyemi. Governor Makinde described the death of the late politician, who was also the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 House of Representatives Candidate in Oyo Federal Constituency, as a sad loss.Prince Adeyemi, popularly known as De Gov, died during a brief illness. The governor expressed his heartfelt condolences to the immediate family of Prince Adeyemi, the people of Oyo Kingdom and the PDP family…
As the operations of the Pacesetter Transport Services increase, and as demands increase, the Chairman and Sole Administrator of the Oyo State Pacesetter Transport Services, Hon. Dr. Ibraheem Oladeji Salami DIKKO, has said that the company is set to introduce new routes, particularly in Iseyin where a new demography of residents and commuters have just been introduced, courtesy of the new developments in the area of the Oke-Ogun region by His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde. Recently, the State Governor, His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde, situated and commissioned the LAUTECH College of Agricultural Science and Renewable Natural Resources in the Iseyin…
The Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, who is also the Speaker, of Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin has sought a collaboration with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation towards the successful implementation of the Ministry’s various social intervention programs for the vulnerable people at the grassroots. The Chairman said this when he led the delegation of the Conference of Speakers of State legislatures of Nigeria on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu in Abuja. Hon. Ogundoyin explained that the collaboration was imperative…
It’s saddened to announce the sudden death of the Son of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Prince Abdul Fatai Adebayo Adeyemi (a.k.a D-Gov. Heritage Echo News reportedly gathered that the Oyo Kingdom Prince died of diabetes at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State. Prince Adebayo was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 House of Representatives election in the Oyo federal constituency but lost the election to his brother, Prince Akeem Adeyemi, who was re-elected for the second term in 2019. He was appointed by Governor Seyi Makinde as Chairman of the Oyo State…