Tag: oyo state
Assassination of Oyo lawmaker, APC seeks probe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called for a thorough investigation into the murder of a member…
Tremors: Residents flee Oyo communities
Residents of some communities in Saki West Council Area of Oyo State on Wednesday abandoned their homes in panic following…
Ajimobi finally constitutes cabinet one year after
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN More than a year after he was sworn in for a second term, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo…
Encomiums as Osofisan turns 70
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Professor Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan has been described as an ambassador of peace and reconciliation in Nigeria, Africa and…
Doctors’ strike paralyse medical services at UCH, Ibadan
Normal medical services have been disrupted at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, following the nationwide strike called by the…
Gov Ajimobi appoints chief of staff, others
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state has appointed Dr Gbade Ojo and Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin as his Chief of Staff…
Ajimobi calls for support to stamp out beggiing
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Sunday in Ibadan urged the media and law enforcement agencies and religious organisations…
Ikhana begs Ajimobi, please pay 3SC players
Coach Kadiri Ikhana of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Saturday appealed to the Oyo State Government to…
Ajimobi gets 7-day ultimatum from Oyo workers
Organised labour in Oyo State has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Oyo State Government to settle over five months arrears…
Police set to organize road safety seminar
Yusuf Muhammed The Oyo State Police Command Ibadan, Southwest, Nigeria have concluded arrangements to hold a road safety seminar in…
Oyo police recover 16 exotic cars
The Oyo State Police Command says it has recovered 16 exotic cars stolen by suspected armed robbers. The Commissioner of…
I’ll join APC soon, says Alao-Akala
Former Oyo State governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala has stated that he will dump the Labour Party for the ruling All…
Stop litigation against Ajimobi, Alao-Akala urges contenders
Former Oyo state governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, has called on aggrieved contenders in the last general elections in the state…
Bishop Wale Oke urges Gov. Ajimobi to be more focused
Bishop Wale Oke, the General Overseer, Christ Life Church, Ibadan, has urged Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state to be…
Ajimobi plans to raise IGR to N3.5bn
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Wednesday in Ibadan said that his administration would focus on raising Internally Generated…
Communication can be Nigeria’s cash-cow – Minister
Minister of Communication, Mr Adebayo Shittu, on Friday said communication could become Nigeria’s cash-cow if properly explored. He promised to…
Shittu is electable and will make a worthy minister, says Adekunle
Adeniyi Ishaq Adekunle, a member of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has dismissed claims by Oke-Ogun APC Youth…
The True Business of Governance By Senator Abiola Ajimobi
Of all the humbling moments I have had in life, the most outstanding one was earlier this year upon being…
Police parade impersonator, international fraudsters
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan on Wednesday, paraded a 42-year old ex-bank staff identified as Olayinka Olatunji…
Ugbo, only Yoruba town with huge crude oil deposits
The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, says his community remains the only Yoruba town blessed with huge deposits…
Oyo/Osun Customs command declares N5.8bn revenue
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun command, on Tuesday in Ibadan declared that it generated N5.8 billion as revenue between…
Buhari appoints Usman as Provost of Federal College of Education, Oyo
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Kamoru Olayiwola Usman as Provost of the Federal College of Education…
Unpaid Salaries: Oyo workers to receive arrears
Waheed Olojede, Chairman, Oyo state Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said that workers in the state would start collecting…
Oyo NLC applauds Buhari on bailout for states
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the bailout to state governments to…
Oyo CP to residents: Report criminal activities to police
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammed Katsina, has called on the people of the state to report any…
Ogun, Oyo declares June 12 as public holiday
The Ogun government on Thursday declared Friday work-free day to mark the 22nd anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993…
NDLEA destroys 24 hectares of cannabis in Oyo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a combined six hours joint operation on Thursday raided and destroyed 24…
Ajimobi reduces 23 ministries to 13
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo on Tuesday announced the downsizing of the state’s ministries from 23 to 13. Ajimobi gave…
Masquerade Festival: Oyo Police declare 3 wanted over mayhem
The Oyo State Police Command on Monday declared wanted three members of “Ogunmola” masquerade in Ibadan over mayhem and destruction…
Support my husband, Ajimobi’s wife urges Oyo women
Mrs Florence Ajimobi, the wife of Oyo State Governor, on Sunday advised women in the state to support his husband…