The Oyo State Chief Judge, Justice Iyabo Yerima, on Monday swore in 15 new magistrates, saying it would enable the state judiciary to perform better. Yerima, at the swearing-in ceremony held at the State High Court premises, Ring Road, Ibadan, said that the Oyo State Magistracy had, over time, suffered a…
Former Nasarawa State Governor, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has resigned as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adamu submitted his resignation letter to the Presidential Villa over the weekend, and it was received at the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Honourable Femi…
The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers. The order, which was contained in a police wireless message from Mopol 45 Force Headquarters, Abuja, affected Daura Buhari, brother to…
Following reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops by some yet to be identified hoodlums hiding under the cover of the ongoing annual Egungun festival in Ibadan, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Sen. Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II has, on Sunday directed that a suspension be placed on the…
The Oyo State government has released the 2022/2023 Academic Session Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) timetable, for Public Schools in the State. The announcement was made by the Registrar of Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Yekeen M. B. on behalf of the Permanent…
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an ex-cybercrime convict, Adeniran Ayobami Tijesunimi and fifty-four others for alleged internet fraud and related criminal activities. Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State had on…
Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, disclosed that his administration is youth friendly, saying the priceless contributions of youths to national development in the past fifty (50) years of fostering national unity can not be overemphasized. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Barrister…
The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, has approved the reappointment of Ms Tara Adefope as the Director General of Oyo State Bureau of Public Procurement. The governor also approved the reappointment of Colonel Bisiriyu Olayinka Olayanju fdc (Retired) as Commandant, Western Nigeria Security…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said 12m families will get N8, 000 over a period of six months to ameliorate the hardships faced by Nigerians as a result of subsidy removal. In a letter to the House of Representatives read by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas during plenary, Tinubu said it was support to enable poor and…
The house of representatives has passed an amendment to the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2022. The amendment to the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2022, passed first, second and third readings during plenary on Wednesday. President Bola Tinubu had asked the lawmakers to approve N500 billion, to allow…