Politics

Diverse views emerged on Friday across social media as Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, visited in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. The visit was as a result of the quit notice he purportedly gave herdsmen in the area. Igboho had last week visited Fulani …

The Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Aare Isiaka Olagunju, has explained why the commission has not fixed a date for the local government elections. Mr Olagunju said lack of trust in the commission have been responsible for voter’s apathy during previous elections organized by the commission. However, he …

Oyo State Government has expressed its readiness to partner with Saki West Local Government, Were LCDA and Asabari LCDA on allocation of Land at the Saki Government Reserved Areas. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development , Tpl. Ademola Ajibola while on an official visit to Government …

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has admonished the new Commissioner of Police deployed to the state, Ngozi Onadeko to treat as criminals those creating ethnic tension in the state. Makinde made this charge on Friday when the new Commissioner of Police paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s …

Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, on Friday was seen in Ibarapa town, where a large number of people turned out to listen to his message. The video circulating online showed Mr Ighoho addressing the crowd, promising that Killer Herdsmen has no place in Ibarapaland, Oyo, and the entire …

Ogun chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Governor Seyi Makinde to first redeem the crisis-ridden Oyo PDP before dabbling into unnecessarily into offshore political counselling. According to The Nation Newspaper, Ogun PDP accused Makinde of seeking to import unnecessary crisis into its rank. Governor Makinde on Wednesday …

A Nigerian family has got a direct invite to visit the 46th President of America, Joe Biden, at the White House. The president appreciated the family for their support as he spoke about how the US is a nation of immigrants like them who make the country strong. Biden also …

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday, described the death of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Public Infrastructure and Transportation, Architect Adebowale Kizito Balogun, as painful and a sad loss to the state. The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, condoled …

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday, inspected two on-going infrastructure projects in Oyo town – the Akesan Market and the Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road, where he expressed satisfaction with the quality of the works being done by the contractors. The governor and his team took time to inspect the completed …

An outbreak of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV), a highly contagious disease caused by a Calicivirus, is inflicting huge losses on rabbit farmers in Oyo State. Calicivirus was first discovered in China in 1984, and has been found to be a swift rabbit killer, giving little warning, and sometimes without …