In line with its tradition of engaging residents of Oyo State to seek their inputs in the preparation of the state’s annual budgets, the state government will, on Wednesday, kick-start the sixth consultative engagement with stakeholders across the state with a view to producing a people-oriented 2025 Budget. The…
Oyo State Government, on Friday, announced the release of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) Result for Junior Secondary School (JSS 3) students in public and private schools in the state. This is contained in a release signed and made available to journalists in Ibadan by the Commissioner for…
The Oyo State Government on Friday addressed agitation concerning the Ibadan Circular Road corridor, stating that the government acquired 150 meters left and right from the middle of the road in the year 2006, while another 350 meters left and right were acquired in the year 2018. State Commissioner for Lands, Mr…
The Oyo State Government has instructed the officials of the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development to stop the marking and demolition of houses beyond the 150 metres mark along the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road. This is just as the government has also begun enumeration of affected houses in the…
The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr Williams Akin-Funmilayo, and the Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Professor Dahud Kehinde Shangodoyin, addressed the press to clarify issues surrounding the corridor allocated for the Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road. The key takeaways from the…
The Oyo State Deputy Governor and Chairman State Boundary Committee, Barr. Bayo Lawal has expressed the readiness of the State government to cooperate with National Boundary Commission but will not cede an inch of its territory. He made this stand known at a meeting with the delegation of the National…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said Thursday it would meet with the federal government on how workers could survive the recent hike in the pump price of petrol. According to the labour movement, the current price of petrol has eroded the gains of the yet-to-be implemented N70,000 new national minimum wage.…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declined assent to the Presumptive Tax Bill passed by the state House of Assembly, citing the current plight of the people. Makinde rejected the bill on the grounds that it would impose additional burdens on the poor, stating that the people were already struggling…
PROTOCOLS It is my pleasure to attend this groundbreaking event for the upgrade of Ibadan Airport to Ladoke Akintola International Airport. There is no doubt that Ibadan, the political capital of Yoruba people, deserves a befitting international airport. I congratulate my dear brother, Governor Seyi Makinde on this…
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has announced that his administration has allocated N41 billion for the upgrade of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Alakia, Ibadan, to international airport status. This declaration was made during the groundbreaking ceremony for the airport’s upgrade [no source…