The Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, has sentenced Abdulrahman Bello to death by hanging for the brutal murder of Hafsoh Lawal, a final-year student of the College of Education, Ilorin. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Hannah Ajayi discharged and acquitted four other defendants, Ahmed Abdulwasiu, Jamiu…
The Oyo State Government has declared that the planned Ijaiye Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone and the Rungis-styled Food Wholesale Market will transform agriculture and business in Ijaiye, its environs and across Oyo State. It explained that 3,000 hectares out of the 7,581 hectares at the Ijaiye Farm…
The Director General of Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA), Dr. Debo Akande in his efforts to ensure transparency, accountability, as well sustaining orderliness at the ongoing Oyo N-Cares distributions of farm inputs to farmers across the local government areas of the state led other…
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…