Almost two months after bandits struck in Oriire local government area of Oyo State, the pupils and teachers abducted from Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota schools have regained their freedom. This was disclosed in a post on X by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and…
The Oyo State Government has denied reports claiming it paid ransom to secure the release of pupils and teachers abducted by bandits in Oriire Local Government Area, describing the allegation as false and misleading. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the…
The federal government has confirmed that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will replace its iconic khaki uniform with Adire fabric as part of sweeping reforms recently approved for the 53-year-old scheme. Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, disclosed this on Thursday during an…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially unveiled Senator Sharafadeen Ali and Adesoji Adedeji as its governorship candidate in Oyo State for the 2027 election. The unveiling ceremony, held in Ibadan on Thursday, came barely 24 hours after the party’s national secretariat in Abuja uploaded their…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has suspended its withdrawal of services across Oyo State public schools following renewed engagements with the state government and assurances over measures to improve security after the abduction of teachers and learners in Oriire Local Government Area. In a statement jointly…
The Oyo State Government has lifted the curfew imposed on 10 local government areas following the recent kidnapping incident in Oriire. Recall that the government initially imposed a 16-hour curfew on the affected communities before extending it with an additional one-day curfew on Thursday. Residents can now…
Oyo State has secured a strategic partnership with the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research CGIAR and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture IITA to advance the cassava and cocoa value chains, in a move projected to strengthen food security, boost agribusiness, and uplift…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the extension of the curfew imposed on 10 local government areas bordering the Old Oyo National Park by 24 hours This was made known by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Musibau Babatunde, in a memo issued on Thursday. Recall…
The Director-General of Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) and Executive Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Agribusiness and International Cooperation Development, Dr. Debo Akande DBA CMGR FCMI, has described the Oyo Sugar and Derivatives Industries Limited, Iseyin, as a strategic private…
The Oyo State Executive Council has appealed to the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to allow students to go back to school and discontinue the disruption of the academic calendar any further. This appeal was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, after the…