A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo State, Engineer Femi Babalola has revealed that the decision of the G-5 governors cannot affect the chances of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the party’s presidential candidate, in the state. Our correspondent…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has arrested a man in Ibadan suspected of defiling his 11-year-old daughter. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, DSC Oyindamola Okuneye, made this known in a statement…
Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital was in the early hours of Saturday gutted by fire. The market is one of the major markets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the fire…
A former Chairman of Ogbomoso North Local Government Area in Oyo State, Hon. Noah Adigun, is dead. Adigun, fondly known as Oba Ni Jesu, died on Tuesday aged 70. The former local government chairman died in a hospital where he…
An accident involving a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday has claimed 10 lives and injured six others. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Oyo State, Joshua Adekanye, confirmed this in an interview with the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Oyo State Command, said 630 vehicles were impounded by the command in Oyo State for allegedly committing various road traffic offences between January to November. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Joshua Adekanye,…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, has congratulated Governor Seyi Makinde of the state on his 55th birthday, which he attained on Sunday December 25, 2022. A statement jointly signed by the NUJ chairman in the state,…
Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly have passed a total of three hundred and ten billion, four hundred and thirty-two million, five hundred thousand naira (N310,432,500,000.00) as budget for the year 2023. Reports state that the budget was…
The Oyo State Government says plans are underway for the implementation of the Girl-child Programme, targeting girls between ages 16 and 24 years. The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musbau Babatunde, made this known on Tuesday in Ibadan.…
The High Court of Oyo State will begin Christmas recess on Dec. 23 and end it on Jan. 4, 2023. The state Chief Judge, Justice Munta Abimbola, gave the dates in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan. Abimbola said: “By…
