Tag: oyo state
Making Nigerian Graduates Employable
The employability of Nigerian graduates reared its head again at the 62nd Foundation Day and Convocation of the University of…
PDP Chieftain Defects To ACN
As the People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s hold on Oyo State slips further, a chieftain of the party, Chief Oyebisi Ilaka,…
Gunmen Kill Policeman, Guard
Gunmen have killed a policeman and a security guard attached to Assemblyman Kasim Ayilara of Oyo State House of Assembly.…
Prices Of Rams, Foodstuffs Rise, As Eid-el-Kabir Approaches
Barely a week to the Eid-il-Kabir festivity, prices of rams, foodstuffs and clothing have risen in major markets in Ibadan,…
TS Tunky Drops Debut Album
Newest music talent, Ganiyu Babatunde Adebayo a.k.a. TS Tunky, has released his first album, Champion. The debut, a 16 tracker…
2011: Oyo PDP Battle Shifts To Abuja
The battle for the soul of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the forthcoming…
Osun Guber Tussle: Appeal Court Sets Date For Hearing
The Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, this morning fixed 3 November for hearing in the substantive case in…
Saraki Appoints South-West Coordinator
Alhaji Alao Lateef Nasir has been appointed the Oyo State coordinator of Dr. Bukola Saraki Project 2011. His appointment has…
Oyo Police Vow To Arrest Killers Of School Girl
The family of Timileyin, a pupil knocked down on Tuesday by smugglers at Samonda area of Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday…
N70 Palavar: Housewife Docked For Killing Husband
A young woman, Omolayo Rasheed, 18 years who allegedly killed her husband, Afeez Rasheed, over the N70 (less than half…
Akala Seeks 2nd Term
Oyo state governor, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-akala today at the Lekan Salami Stadium Adamasingba, Ibadan, Oyo State declared his intention…
Buhari, IBB Truncated Northern Domination —Don
Former Director Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS), Prof. John Ayoade says the political errors of ex-Heads of State, Major General…
Tokyo Defies Police Order
The Oyo State Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (Tokyo) today defied the order…
Mayhem In Ibadan: Commuter Buses Boycott Parks
Following yesterday’s clash between factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Ibadan, Oyo State, South West…
Lagos NURTW Applauds Court Judgement
The Lagos State Elders Forum of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has applauded the unanimous decision of…
Court Reinstates Sacked Oyo Legislators
Justice Morufu A. Adegbola of an Ibadan High Curt has reinstated eight legislators suspended by the House. The court described…
Oyo NURTW Crisis: 10 Arraigned
Trouble started when the National Industrial Court (NIC) reinstated Alhaji Lateef Akinsola a.k.a. Tokyo as the chairman of the union…
Oyo NURTW Challenges Ban By Gov Akala
The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Oyo State, Lateef Akinsola a.k.a. Tokyo, has challenged…
Jotina Hotel Boss Dies
Chief Bass Collins-Ogbu, the proprietor of Jotina Hotels, Surulere, Lagos, believed to be possibly the longest surviving night club in…
Team Lagos Brace Up For Challenges
There are strong indications that Team Lagos will have a good outing in the National Sports Festival coming up in…
Oyo NURTW Boss Defies Court
Security has been beefed up in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, South-West Nigeria, following the tension caused by the refusal…
IBB’s Delusion Of Grandeur
Flag off the presidential campaign of Nigeria’s former self-styled military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) in Ibadan, the Oyo…
Why ANTP Crisis May Not End
Chief Jimoh Aliu a.k.a. Aworo (MFR),who recently relocated to Ekiti State, spoke with P.M.ENTERTAINMENT in Lagos about the crisis in…
SSP Set For Foreign Tour
Afro Juju music creator, Sir Shina Peters, is set to embark on a four-month musical tour of the United States…
IBB Group Flags Off 2011 Campaign In Ibadan
All is set for the flag off of IBB 2011 campaign by the Youths Vanguard Initiatives. The political awareness campaign,…
Lagos: LG Boss Accused Of Certificate Forgery
The Chairman, Orile-Agege Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, Taofeek Adaranijo, has been accused of forging…
Ritual Allegation: Erelu Begs Ayefele
Controversial seer, Erelu Agbaye, who alleged that Yinka Ayefele used his spinal cord for ritual in order to be wealthy…
It’s Senseless to Create Ibadan State -Akande
Ibadan High Chief and Chairman of Ibadan-based radio station, Splash FM,  Muritala Adebayo Akande  today kicked against the clamour for…
Women Seek 60 Percent Elective Offices
Nigerian women have lamented the non-implementation of the Beijing, China agreement of 1985 that 30 percent of political offices should…
I Thought I’d Retired
Newly appointed Nigeria’s Minister for Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins Kuye was on Sunday honoured with a grand reception…