The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers.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…
The governorship election petition tribunal in Ibadan, on Thursday, dismissed the petition filed by the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) against the March 18th victory of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state. The APM had challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaration of Engr. Seyi…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), on Tuesday, engaged with the leadership of political parties in the state as part of its preparation for the 2024 Local Government Council Elections in the state. The OYSIEC Chairman, Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju, SAN, while speaking at the meeting…