Tag: Oyo State Government
Alaafin: Oyo Govt delegation visits palace •Yoruba race has lost a...
IBADAN - A delegation of the Oyo State Government on Saturday paid a condolence visit to family members and associates of the late Alaafin...
Lamidi Adeyemi III, Alaafin of Oyo buried
OYO - The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has been buried in the ancient town of Oyo in south-west Nigeria.
His remains were...
Makinde presents staff of office to Balogun, 42nd Olubadan, says dignity...
IBADAN - Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Friday, installed and presented the staff of office to the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba...
Olubadan: Makinde approves Lekan Balogun’s appointment, revokes amended Ibadan chieftaincy declaration
IBADAN - Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Senator Lekan Balogun as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland.
The approval followed a...
Nigeria’s Cowries Of Blood, By Lasisi Olagunju
Last Tuesday at the public presentation of my book, ‘Cowries of Blood’, a reporter asked me to crack the title. I smiled the question...
Hijab: We didn’t alter policy on freedom of religion – Oyo...
IBADAN - The Oyo State government, on Saturday, declared that it has not altered its policy on freedom of religion, urging residents of the...
23-Year-Old Man Who Was Blinded From EndSARS Brutality Gets Oyo Scholarship
Samuel Ogundeji, a 23-year-old, who was falsely accused of stealing a banker’s wallet and brutalised by men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),...
EndSARS panel report: Makinde awards scholarship to 23-year-old victim, assures on...
IBADAN - Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, received the report of the Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into police brutality and...
Ibadan kingmakers declare Lekan Balogun next Olubadan, go into meeting with...
IBADAN - The Olubadan-in-Council, a conclave of Ibadan High Chiefs, also known as kingmaker, on Saturday, cleared the air on the successor to the...
Oyo Govt. evacuates 112 beggars, mentally ill persons
Oyo State Government on Thursday, evacuated 112 beggars and mentally ill persons from major streets in Ibadan to resettlement centre situated at Akinyele village,...
Gunmen at Oyo prison, By Lasisi Olagunju
I read Camara Laye’s ‘A Dream of Africa’ in secondary school. I still see the sky-high gate of his walled Africa; the murderous giants...
VAT: Oyo approaches appeal court, seeks to join Rivers’ suit against...
IBADAN - The government of Oyo State has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for joinder in the suit instituted by...
Don’t Withdraw Support For Ibadan, Makinde Appeals To World Bank
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has appealed to World Bank not to withdraw its support for the Ibadan Flood Control projects.
The governor made the...
“Security Agencies Must Inform Oyo Government Before Any Operation In The...
Governor Seyi Makinde has stated that the Oyo state government must be aware before security operatives carry out any operation in the state.
The Governor...
Oyo govt. dissolves state National Youth council exco — Gov’s aide
The Oyo State Government has dissolved the State executive committee of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) for flouting the NYCN Bye-Law 2018,...
LG Polls: Oyo Govt Declares Friday Public Holiday
Ahead of the local government election scheduled to hold on Saturday, May 22, 2021, the Oyo state government has announced Friday, May 21 as...
Soldiers attack Sunday Igboho’s house in Ibadan
•Sunday Igboho
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have attacked the residence of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in the early...
OPC members detained over Wakili’s arrest released
Three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) detained by Oyo Police Command over the arrest of suspected Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, have been...
Makinde invites Oyo CP over arrest of Wakili, OPC members
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has invited the state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko on the recent twist in the security situation in Kajola,...
Differential wage bill: Oyo, Delta, Gombe, others back National Assembly as...
Oyo, Delta, Gombe, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states have supported a bill seeking to decentralise the negotiation on the minimum wage in the...