In a renewed push to strengthen public sector performance across Nigeria, the Oyo State Government has trained 130 civil servants as part of ongoing efforts to enhance service delivery and institutional efficiency. The training programme, organised by the Ministry of Establishments and Training, brought together…
Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, has affirmed the validity of the 2025 Elective Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which produced Dr. Kabiru Turaki as the substantive chairman of the party. Delivering judgment in Suit No. I/1336/2025 on Friday, the court upheld the…
Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa State, has formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statewide broadcast on Friday, Fintiri announced that members of his cabinet and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state had moved with him to the ruling party. The governor said his decision…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has revised the timetable for the 2027 General Election, moving the presidential and National Assembly polls to January and the governorship and state assembly elections to February. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the National Commissioner and Chairman,…
The Oyo State Government has debunked a misleading report circulating from an interest group concerning the payment of retirees’ gratuities between 2015 and 2018. The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, described the report as a misrepresentation of his discussion with the…
Governor Seyi Makinde has declared that competence and loyalty to the people of Oyo State will determine who succeeds him in office, dismissing speculations about personal allegiance playing any role in the state’s future leadership. The governor made this known during the Omituntun Ramadan Lecture, a…
The Oyo State Police Command has achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against armed robbery, following credible intelligence that one Ezekiel Inije was robbed at gunpoint by a five-man armed robbery gang along the Coca-Cola area, Asejire, Ibadan. Thanks to timely information from members of the public,…
The Oyo State Government has approved the release of ₦900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) as counterpart funding for the construction of 68km roads across the state. The counterpart funding will ensure that the state government accesses ₦16,273,711,000 (Sixteen Billion, Two Hundred Seventy-Three…
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has called on Muslim and Christian faithful to use the sacred periods of Ramadan and Lent to make supplications to God for Nigeria. Governor Makinde made the appeal in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media, Dr. Suleimon Olanrewaju. The Governor also…
…Fayose’s False Claims and the Politics of Misinformation In the ever-dynamic landscape of Nigerian politics, it is not unusual to witness intense alignments, strategic meetings and high-level consultations among political leaders. What is, however, deeply troubling is the deliberate distortion of such…