Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has welcomed a delegation of Chinese businessmen led by the Consul General of Nigeria in Shanghai, China, Gbadebo Afolabi. According to Makinde, their discussions centred around the investment opportunities in Oyo State, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, and mining. Makinde made this known via a post he shared on his X handle…
The National Youth Service Corps has refuted reports that it queried 200 corps members in Oyo State for participating in a Christmas carol. Reports earlier circulated on social media that query letters were issued to 200 corps members serving in Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State for reportedly failing to attend a Christmas carol…
The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has alleged that there is a growing migration of bandits into his state from the Northwest region of the country. The governor while speaking at the 2025 yearly inter-faith church service for workers in the Agodi area of Ibadan, Oyo State, said he received security reports about the…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said his government would do more for the people of the state in 2025. Makinde, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday, said his administration would embark on decisive actions that would increase the state residents’ spending powers…
Two days before the end of 2024, Governor Seyi Makinde kept to his promise to pay the famous 13th month salary. The alert crept into the phones of joyous Oyo State workers in the evening of Monday December 30. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, this is in…
The 11MW Ibadan Hybrid Power Plant (IBHP) commissioned on December 6 by Governor Seyi Makinde to boost power generation and supply for sustainable energy in the state has taken off. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Tuesday, saying the whole of the Oyo…
An Islamic group under the aegis of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, the Oyo State chapter has set plans to unveil a Sharia court in the state and its environs. The group, in a flier that went viral on Tuesday, invited guests from across the country to the court’s inauguration ceremony, which will…
The Taskforce Team of the Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority (OYRLEA) on Thursday apprehended several cows grazing along the fence of the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The cows, which numbered nine, were grazing openly by the motorcycle park, otherwise known as the ‘Okada’ park, beside the Secretariat gate, and were closely monitored…
Yesterday, the Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Joint Campus Committee (JCC), Oyo State, Comrade Tiamiyu Taiwo Ademola, led a high-powered delegation to the Department of State Services (DSS) office in Ibadan. Key Discussions 1. The JCC Chairman requested for a Student Desk Office to facilitate effective collaboration between students and the…
The Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Joint Campus Committee (JCC) Oyo State, Comrade Tiamiyu Taiwo Ademola, recently embarked on a visitation tour to several tertiary institutions in the state. The tour, which was aimed at addressing the concerns of students, took the NANS JCC Chairman to the Ladoke Akintola University of…