The Oyo State Government, on Wednesday, debunked allegations that it had replaced the car park at Bola Ige International Business Complex, popularly known as Gbagi Market, with new shops and extorted money from unsuspecting traders overnight. The state Commissioner for Investment, Trade, Cooperatives and…
Healthcare services across Nigeria face major disruption starting today, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, as 25,000 nurses under the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Health Institutions Sector, embark on a seven-day nationwide warning strike. The industrial action, which began at…
The Olakulehin Royal Family has announced the funeral rites and farewell activities of the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadan, H.I.M Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin (Ige Olakulehin 1) who joined his ancestors on the 7th July 2025. In a statement from the family signed by his first son Prince Olasunmbo Owolabi…
The Oyo State House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of the reappointment of Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe as the Chairman Oyo State Civil Service Commission along with other four members to paddle the affairs of the commission. This follows a report presented by the Chairman Committee on Establishment and…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, received the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, with the two states working to strengthen ties in the economic, agriculture and security sectors. The two governors met behind closed doors. But Prince Abiodun, while addressing newsmen shortly after the…
The Oyo State Government has announced the scheduled movement of Ibadan-based popular Olool Masquerade across selected areas in Ibadan, from Monday, July 28 to Thursday, July 31, 2025. In a statement issued and made available to the Media by the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun,…
The Oyo State Government has resisted plans to turn desert areas across its 33 local government areas into transit points for illegal migrants, popularly referred to as “Japa.” As part of efforts to stamp out the practice, the government has set up a committee to tackle the issue. The Special Adviser to…
The Oyo State, Nigeria Community Action For Resilience and Economic Stimulus (Oyo NG-CARES) programme has commenced the fifth phase of its farm input distribution, targeting farmers in Ido Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Speaking at the event, the Executive Chairman of Ido Local Government, Hon.…
In the past, agribusiness in Nigeria—especially at the sub-national level—was seen as a sector filled with obstacles, bureaucracy, and uncertainty. But under the transformative leadership of Dr. Debo Akande, Oyo State has flipped the narrative. Today, Oyo stands as a model of what can be achieved when…
A group of Nigerian professionals abroad, the Omituntun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID), has described the newly prestigious chieftaincy title conferred on Oyo State, Governor, Seyi Makinde, as the Aare Omoluabi of Akure Kingdom, as a result of Makinde’s outstanding promotion of Yoruba cultural values,…