GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has carried out a cabinet reshuffle. The governor, in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, made this disclosure on Monday. According to the letter, the reshuffle will see the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Barr. Seun Ashamu, move to the…
Abdulfatai Buhari, senator representing Oyo north, has declared his intention to contest the state’s governorship election. In an interview with Parrot FM, an Oyo-based media platform, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said he is ready to shift gears from legislative duties to the demands of executive leadership. “This is the third time I would…
The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said that the video of the alleged invasion of the state by suspected Boko Haram currently circulating on social media was recycled. The command’s spokesman, CSP Adewale Osifeso, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan, the state capital. The News Agency of…
The Oyo State Police Command has uncovered a human trafficking syndicate operating in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In the coordinated operation, officers rescued 84 individuals including a child from a residential building in the Orogun area of the city, where they had allegedly been held against their will for an unspecified period. According to…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone (Zone D), under the office of the Zonal Treasurer, Comrade Ojetola Babatunde (Toyyem), expresses deep disappointment in the Honorable Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Oyo State, Hon. Wasilat Adegoke, over the deliberate sidelining of student representatives in the build-up to the…
The Narcotics Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, Mr Olayinka Joe-Fadile, has expressed worry over the high intake of illicit drugs in the state. Joe-Fadile made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta at the sidelines of the “Public Destruction of Drug Exhibits” held…
Business outlet owners and others on Saturday lost property worth millions to another tanker explosion around Lead City University road, Ibadan Toll gate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The incident, which happened at 2:45pm, has thrown the owners of the affected shops into despair It was gathered that one of the affected shops was loaded…
An Ibadan based politician and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Yekeen Adeojo is dead. He died in the early hours of Friday at his Iyaganku Government Reserved Area in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adeojo was the former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the PDP and held the prestigious title of Seriki Musulumi…
The Chairman of the Sharia Committee of Oyo Land, Dr. Rafiu Bello, on Monday, disclosed that the Sharia panel had been established and had already commenced sittings in Oyo town. This was as the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, stated that the state government plans to challenge in court the legality of the recently established Sharia…
A physical confrontation between a 20-year-old herder, Salau Isiaka, and a 25-year-old farmer, Akinkunmi Tiamiyu, has resulted in both individuals requiring hospitalization. The incident, which occurred on March 21, 2025, in Ilowa-Gbade Village, Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State, left both parties injured. Vanguard gathered on Saturday that the altercation stemmed from a dispute…