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Sanwo-Olu praises LSETF for job creation, calls for enhanced efforts
By Adeola Ogunrinde Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has lauded the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) for its efforts in creating over 200,000 jobs at the Lagos State Employment Summit 2024. He stated this at a summit, themed “Job Creation, Uniting for Impact: Create, Collaborate, Change,” held in Lagos on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Sanwo-Olu emphasized that while the LSETF’s…
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Succour as Ogun Govt set to begin massive roads rehabilitation, reconstruction
The Ogun State Government has embarked on massive rehabilitation and reconstruction of many roads across the state. The rehabilitation, according to the Commissioner for Works, Engr Ade Akinsanya, will be priotised, based on fund availability and the economic viability of those roads. He said that 120 roads, spread across the 20 local governments in the State, were submitted by stakeholders.…
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Ogun to provide succour for affected residents of Igbeba Housing Estate
The Ogun State Government has approved the allocation of 15 housing units from the affordable housing programme in Itanrin, Ijebu-Ode, to the affected residents of Igbegba Housing Estate, whose houses were recently demolished. Fifteen 15 housing units were affected by the recent demolition as the state government intensified its urban regeneration programme. The General Manager, Ogun State Housing Corporation, Mr.…
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Food Security: Southwest governors to finalize strategies on clearing cluster farmlands
The six governors from the Southwest region would this week finalize strategies on clearing cluster farmlands for massive food production, as they have directed their agriculture commissioners to quickly build on the plan developed during their meeting recently, WESTERN POST gathered. It was gathered that each State government is to support farmers to clear farmlands in cluster positions to the…
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IBEDC: Oyo residents lament incessant power outage
….seek Makinde’s intervention Residents of Omi-Adio in Ido Local Government of Oyo State have lamented on the incessant power outage by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The residents said the incessant power outrage had on for more than six months, adding that it is only companies owned by foreigners that enjoy regular power supply. Speaking on behalf of the…
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Abiodun orders massive manhunt for perpetrators of Sunday’s kidnapping on Sagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has ordered security agents to launch a massive manhunt for perpetrators of Sunday’s kidnapping along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway. Many people were reportedly kidnapped around the Area Command and Ilishan City Gate on the ever busy road by gunmen who ambushed them at about 9 pm. Security sources said the kidnapping was an insider’s…
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Lagos refunds 145 former subscribers of Egan-Igando Housing Scheme
No fewer than 145 Egan-Igando Mixed Housing Estate subscribers have been refunded by the Lagos State Government following their indication of lack of further interest in the Scheme. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Housing, Engr. Abdulhafis Gbolahan Toriola, made this disclosure while fielding questions on the allocation of the newly-commissioned 270 Home units (Cluster 1) of the Egan…
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Deity worship unrelated to Yoruba culture, Gbobaniyi of Iwo declares
Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Gbobaniyi of Iwoland, Chief Abdulrosheed Jeleel Omogbolahan, has declared that deity worship has no connection to Yoruba culture and traditions. This statement comes in response to recent comments from the International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR), which urged the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, to refrain from…
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Osun Senator denies vote-buying allegations
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Lere Oyewumi, has responded to allegations of vote buying during the 2023 elections, which surfaced in a viral video. According to a statement from his media consultant, Adeolu Ajayi, obtained by WESTERN POST in Osogbo on Monday, the video has been exaggerated by opposition parties in the state.…
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SGF Chairman, Abiodun condoles Abia over killings
The Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF) and Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, and the people of the State, over the killing of two police operatives in Umuahia, the State capital on Friday. Abiodun, in a condolence message he personally signed on Monday, said…
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