About a week after the collapse of the Olodo Bank Bridge due to flooding, the Oyo State government has opened an alternative route in the axis, appealing to road users not to hinder the flow of traffic on the new route. The Commissioner for Works, Public Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Daud Kehinde…
The Chief of Staff to President delivered the second list of ministerial nominees to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at plenary on Wednesday. The Chief of Staff to President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has submitted President Bola Tinubu’s supplementary ministerial list to the Senate. The immediate past Speaker of the…
Oyo State Chief Judge, Justice Iyabo Yerima has commissioned new and reconstructed Chief Magistrate Courts at Oke Alubo in Okeho and Ilero in Kajola LGA. The commissioning of the new courts in Okeho and Ilero brings to three the CJ has commissioned during her tenure since January. While speaking at the…
Angry protesters have pulled down the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. Earlier, the protesters led by the leaders of the Organised Labour, Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building to open the…
A former CBN Deputy Governor on Operations, Adebayo Adelabu, gave an insight into the apex bank’s decision-making process during his ministerial screening at the Senate on Tuesday, saying most of the Central Bank’s “controversial” policies were opposed by a minority in the five-member Committee of…
Pandemonium broke out at Oba Akran Ikeja area of Lagos State, as yet to be identified helicopter crashed into a building, and burst into flames. The incident happened adjacent AP Filling Station, and United Bank For Africa, Oba Akran. According to eyewitness, the incident happened at about 3.30pm. It was not clear…
The Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle, Motorcycle Owners Riders and Repairers Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), Oyo state chapter has ended the factional crisis within the union as splitter groups return home. The President of the ACOMORAN in Oyo State, Comrade Solomon Olugbode made this disclosure while addressing…
As IGP Orders Watertight Security Across Nigeria, Appeals for Calm The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, is deeply concerned about recent developments regarding planned nationwide protests by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). While…
President Bola Tinubu, Today, August 1st, 2023, will honour an invitation to attend the 63rd independence anniversary of the Republic of Benin. The President, who is also the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, will be the Special Guest…
Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Monday has appointed a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG Sikiru Kayode Akande (rtd), as the new chairman of the Board of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun. This was as the governor reappointed all other members of the security…