The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has declared Friday 7 and Monday 10, April 2023 as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, on Wednesday, urged…
A total of 27 states attracted zero foreign investments in 2022, as Nigeria’s capital importation dropped by 20 per cent from the $6.7bn recorded in 2021 to $5.3bn in 2022. This disclosure is from Nigeria’s Capital Importation report published by the National Bureau of Statistics. Capital inflows are net…
The Oyo State Executive Council has announced the appointment of HRM Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, Paramount Ruler of Emuoha Kingdom, as the Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho. The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun made this…
A residential apartment inside the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, was gutted by fire on Tuesday evening. An official of the Oyo State Fire Service, while confirming the incident on condition of anonymity, said the fire had been put out. A witness in UCH said there was no loss of life in the…
Oyo State Independent Monitoring Group (OYSIMG) has condemned an article titled “OYSADA, the Cabal, and Wasted Billions” published by Western Daily News and Oyoecho. According to the Head of Investigation Unit at OYSIMG, Mr. Kayode Adegoke, the article is a concocted, misleading, and spurious…
The family of the late Eruwa born business magnate and philanthropist, Chief Adeseun Ogundoyin has announced a 3day burial program for one of his wives, Chief Mrs Justina Iyabo Ogundoyin, the mother of the Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin. Yeye Ogundoyin who until her…
The Ondo State Government says every adult resident in the state will henceforth pay N1,000 annually as a contribution to the education endowment fund. Akinsola Akinfenwa, the Chairman, Ondo State Education Endowment Funds, OSEEF, said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Akure. He said that every resident…
The Oyo State Waste Management (OYOWMA) Task Force has commenced the placement of abatement notices on the premises of companies, industries and homes without waste bins across the state. The Chairman of the Oyo State Waste Management Task Force, Mrs Aderonke Adedayo in a statement released on Monday,…
The Oyo State government has commenced training for its officers on early warning signs as part of efforts to combat flooding in the state. Speaking at the training in Ibadan, the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Abiodun Oni revealed that the early warning systems will go a long…
…. He said that security agencies had assured members of the public of adequate and maximum security. INEC ballot box used to illustrate the story The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Adeniran Tella, says disruption of the electoral process on February 25 by some…