Police in Oyo State have arrested five persons suspected to be killers of a 68- year-old retired Permanent Secretary in the state’s civil service, Mrs Olaitan Gbenle. Assailants strangled Mrs Gbenle in her apartment at Apata area of Ibadan on Nov.…
In a bid to combat rising food costs and food security, the Oyo State Government, on Wednesday, flagged off the disbursement of the N1 Billion Agric Support Loan to farmers across the seven geopolitical zones of the state under the…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been honoured with the Governor of the Year award at the PINK Awards held on Sunday in Lagos. Also, Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, bagged a Lifetime Achievement…
500 youths have graduated from the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Youth Empowerment Programme in Oyo state, completing Solar Power Installation and Maintenance training facilitated by Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, representing Oyo Central Senatorial District. Folarin in his…
Oyo state has signed an agreement withAfreximBank and Access Bank to enable Oyo State and other states in Nigeria have access to a N500 billion facility for infrastructure development. This is as Governor assured Foreign and local investors desirous of investing in…
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has trained and empowered selected 50 entrepreneurs on products packaging and branding in Oyo State. The Director-General, SMEDAN, Mr Charles Odii, stated this on Thursday in Ibadan during the closing…
Some Muslim leaders in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have ordered the closure of the Ogbomoso Central Mosque at Oka’gbo, News Men reports. News Men reports that the Muslim leaders took the decision on Thursday due to the controversy surrounding the selection…
A socio-cultural and pressure group of Yoruba descent, Yoruba World Congress (Worldwide) has advised traditional rulers in Yoruba land to strip former President Olusegun Obasanjo of all chieftaincy titles bestowed on him with immediate effect. The group also enjoined the…
The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for Oyo State ordered a re-run election for Saki West state constituency on Thursday in Ibadan. INEC had earlier declared Mr Shittu Ibrahim of the All Peoples Congress (APC) as winner of…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a 30- year- old man, Muyiwa Olaniyan, to six months imprisonment for being in possession of human parts. The police charged Olaniyan, of Odo-Igbo area, Alariya, Eruwa, with indecent interference…
