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Makinde appoints former Oyo PMS secretary as new chairman

Oyo state government has announced Alhaji Oluwatomiwa Omolewa, former Park Management System (PMS) Secretary, as the new Chairman. Alhaji Kasali Ajisafe Lawal aka Baba Bola is to serve as the secretary. The appointment, according to the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, is part of the reorganization of the PMS embarked upon by the state government. It would be recalled that the former chairman of PMS, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi aka Auxiliary was sacked on Monday by Governor Makinde. The embattled former chairman has since been declared wanted by the Oyo Police Command. This was after two of his properties were searched by the Police and a cache of ammunition, arms and local charms were recovered. 

Joe Biden’s fall and a shaking Nigeria | By Festus Adedayo

America was a pitiable sight last Thursday. That great country was crouched on the bare floor. It fell like a huge hippopotamus. President Joe Biden’s legs were wrapped over each other like a malevolent viper that had just had its backbone yanked apart by an irreverent bullet. America looked helpless. The edges of Biden’s blue suit raised their hands up in surrender, leaving the world gaping through his now visible white singlet. The only thing on him that seemed unfazed by the fall was his blue fez cap. For the first time ever, cameras pierced through the underneath of Biden’s black shoes. Those shoes lay on their sides, even as a Biden security aide was pictured attempting to lift America up. Looking at the faces of the guests on the podium, you could see palpable shock and fright. America fell! Biden had tripped and fallen immediately after handing out the last diploma at a U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado. After he fell, the president caught himself with his h