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Oyo APC gets acting chairman

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State on Monday announced Mr Moshood Olayide-Abas as its Acting Chairman to fill the vacuum created by late Isaac Omodewu’s demise. Olayide-Abas, until his announcement as the acting chairman, was the Deputy State…

NNPP dissolves excos in Taraba, Benue, Oyo, others

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has dissolved the executive committees in Taraba, Benue, Oyo, Bauchi and Gombe states’ chapters. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Ladipo Johnson, in…

Oyo invests N1.35bn in sugar factory and tech university

The Oyo State Executive Council has sanctioned an investment of N850 million in Oyo Sugarcane Processors Limited, located in Iseyin, via the state-owned Pacesetter Holdings Limited. Additionally, the council approved N500 million as a capital grant for Abiola Ajimobi Technical…

Fashion designer, family robbed at gunpoint

…Fashion house razed to the ground In 2022, fashion designer Bisiriyu Sodiq Damilare experienced a series of devastating events in Ibadan, Oyo State. First, he was robbed at gunpoint in his home at Elewure, Soka area. Shortly after, the fashion…

Oyo: Court remands five for possession of firearms

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday remanded five men in a correctional facility over alleged possession of rifles and live ammunition. The five men are Muhammadu Ibrahim, 23; Abdullahi Aliyu, 30; Usman Abubakar, 28; Abubakar Umoru,…