Politics

The Emergency Operations Centre, EOC, of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, has released a list of locations where residents of the state can undertake COVID-19 test across the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, stated that the list of centres …

Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) and the National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations (NACOMYO) on Tuesday said that Muslims in the South West region are not part of the recent call for Oduduwa Republic. Some Yoruba leaders among whom are Professor Banji Akinyoye had said that Yoruba ethnic group …

Engineer Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo State on Monday afternoon was denied access to his ailing friend, the publisher of Parrotxtra Magazine, Mr Olayinka Agboola at the University Teaching Hospital,UCH, Ibadan. Apart from Governor Makinde many of his friends and colleagues who visited the UCH with the intention of …

The Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Working Committee under the Chairmanship of Alh Kunmi Mustapha, has lifted ban on Ward and Local Government meetings suspended as a result of Covid 19. In a statement jointly issued by Alh Wasiu Adeleke, the State Secretary and Engr Akeem Olatunji, its Publicity …

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s Diamond Jubilee and assured them of government’s …

A former staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin, was on Monday, September 28, 2020, handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court for fraud. Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud against her employers to the …

The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has assured that the 2021 budget will be used to finance and implement projects specifically requested for by the people of the state. This, the Speaker said was in line with the promise of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration to always …

ALL is now set for the premiere and release of a video from the stable of Ibadan-based broadcaster and actor, Dr Bayo Faleke, popularly known as Bayo ooo. The video, titled: “Epistle to ‘Baba Mai Gaskiya’ is scheduled to be premiered online @TvAfrikana, Kaakaki Radio, Facebook and YouTube channel on …

Pupular Ibadan businessman, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has posited that irrespective of attempts to frustrate the functionality of Operation Amotekun established by the six-state governors of all the South Western states of Nigeria, the security network has come to stay. Adeyemo was reacting to comments by …

Two contestants as Senate representatives on the Joint Council/Senate selection board for the appointment of the next vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Ademola Dasylva and Professor Adesoji Fasanmade have faulted the outcome of the election. The election held on September 21, 2020, had produced Professor Ezekiel Ayoola and …