Kwara State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Monday commiserated with his Oyo State counterpart Governor Seyi Makinde, the people of the state and families of the victims of a recent stampede at a Christmas party which claimed lives. Governor Abdulrazaq, who visited the NGF Vice Chairman, Governor Seyi Makinde, at the…
Prophetess Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, the former queen of the Ooni of Ife, slumped while in police detention amid investigations into the tragic stampede at a children’s funfair in Ibadan. She was quickly taken to the Police Hospital in Eleyele for treatment. She was brought in alongside broadcaster Oriyomi Hamzat, who co-hosted the ill-fated event. “Both…
Governor Seyi Makinde’s innovative approach to education has transformed Oyo State’s educational sector, which has earned him recognition nationwide as a Governor with the highest level of investment in the sector. The Governor recognized the sector’s potential to drive socio-economic development and invested heavily in the system with so much potentials. One of Governor Makinde’s…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has denied receiving a ₦570 billion hardship grant from the Federal Government, contrary to President Bola Tinubu’s claim in a recent nationwide broadcast. In a newsletter signed by the governor, Makinde explained that the funds in question were part of the World Bank-assisted NG-CARES project, a COVID-19 recovery program that…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has released funds for the burial of Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, the designer of Nigeria’s national flag, according to a statement from the Akinkunmi family spokesperson, Samuel Akinkunmi, on Friday. Pa Akinkunmi, originally from Abeokuta in Ogun State, resided in Ibadan, Oyo State, until his death on August 29,…
Protest hit the ancient city of Ibadan in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, on Monday, over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country. Staged in the Mokola area of Ibadan, the state capital, placard-carrying youths in their droves chanted songs to drive home their points. Some of the placards…
A traditional ruler has been suspended in Oyo State for his alleged link with illegal miners, the state government has said. In a statement on Friday, the Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said the traditional ruler of Ido town in Ido Local Government Area of the state, Oba Gbolagade Babalola (Gbadewolu…
Oyo State Government has sealed a new generation church at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan, the state capital The state government said the church was sealed over noise pollution. It noted that the action was taken against a branch of Christ Life Church in the area, after several unresolved steps taken by the Ministry of Environment…
An least one person has been killed and two others injured when gunmen invaded the old Oyo National Park in Saki East Local Government on Monday. Sources who sent pictorial evidence claimed that at least one person has been killed and two others abducted. A source, who asked not to be named, further claimed that…
The Oyo State Government, on Saturday, revealed its plans to distribute about 11,000 bags of poultry feed to 1,691 poultry farmers in the state, as part of its continued efforts to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye revealed this in a press statement signed by…
