By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Government and people of Oyo State over the passing of the Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi III, aged 83 years, whose reign covered major historic transitions in the country. The president, in a condolence message by his...
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The National President, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Mr Olatunji Ambali has called on Nigerians not to vote for those state governors opposing local government autonomy. Mr. Ambali made the call in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the ongoing Conference of Nigeria State of...
The newly installed 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba (Dr) Olalekan Balogun, has assured the people of Ibadanland and Nigeria in general that he would not let them down. Balogun made the pledge in his first public speech shortly after Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State presented the Staff of...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting in Ibadan with the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in respect of his rift with Bola Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on subpoenaed an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Deputy Superintendent of the Correction (DSC) J.O. Oyaleke over his failure to produce a defendant in court. The defendant, Otuyalo Oluwadamilola, is being prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadan, Senator Lekan Balogun, over his appointment as the new Olubadan of Ibadanland and elevation to the zenith of leadership institution in the land. Tinubu’s congratulatory message was contained...
The Oyo State Government said it will announce the next Olubadan of Ibadanland on Monday following the death of the former occupant of the throne, Oba Saliu Adetunji on January 2. Speaking during the final burial ceremony of late Olubadan Oba Saliu Adetunji on Saturday, Governor Seyi Makinde said...
Armed robbers numbering about seven on Thursday at about 1.00 p.m. attacked a bullion van around Idi Ape area of Ibadan, killed two police officers, two civilians and made away with unspecified amount of money. .The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the bullion van was coming from...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday, ordered that a 23-year-man, Usman Omidinran, be remanded in a correctional facility for attempting to kill his father. The police charged Omidinran, who resides in Igangan, Oyo State with attempted murder. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa – Babalola, who...
Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State have called for fervent prayers to an end to the spate of deaths in the state. They made the calls in separate statements on Friday in Ibadan following the sudden death in the UK of Angela, wife of...
BY OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Staff of the Ibadan Zonal Office (IBZO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have been tasked by the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, to sustain their commitment to regulatory effectiveness in keeping with Commission’s strategic objectives. Danbatta made the call to...
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, says his government is committed to expending the state’s commonwealth for the common good of people. Makinde made the assertions on Tuesday, while playing host to members of the Iseyin Development Union (IDU) and other indigenes of Iseyin led by the Aseyin...
The National leader of the All Progressive Party (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday paid condolence visit to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on the recent deaths of two prominent traditional rulers and a former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – A pro-democracy group, Ekiti Political Intervention Coalition (EPIC) has cautioned former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to halt his smear campaign against Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The group described as worrisome...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed deep sadness over the passing of former Oyo State governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, saying he would sorely be missed by the people of Ogbomoso, Oyo State and the APC..In a condolence statement...
Ahead of preparation for the 2023 general elections, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers Stare, on Tuesday, visited his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, on the need for the governors under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be more united. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army on Monday said it has arrested one soldier in connection with the assault on two traffic wardens in Ibadan while immediate investigation to identify and arrest the rest of the culprits has started. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,...
Members of the Olubadan-in-council have endorsed Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland. This is coming on the heels of ongoing controversy on who becomes the new Olubadan. The kingmakers on Wednesday at a press conference at Mapo Hall noted that there is no cause for alarm as...
An Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Michael Lana, has advised Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to rush the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland in view of the existence of a suit involving Sen. Lekan Balogun, next in line to the stool and the state government. Lana, in...