Oyo State
20 Feb
A public Relations (PR) expert and former Chairman of Oluyole Local Council of Oyo State, Kehinde Olaosebikan, has lauded the team that handled the campaign for President Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year.
12 Feb
Oyo State Government has called on village heads, hunters, farmers and other residents of the state to report any suspicious mining activity in their localities to its agency.
6 Feb
Oyo State Government, yesterday, ordered all the 33 local council chairmen in the state, as well as traditional rulers and chiefs, to flush out illegal miners, bandits and land-grabbers in their respective areas.
5 Feb
A week after Akari Estate, in the Soka area of Ibadan was engulfed by fire, another tragedy occurred yesterday, when shops in Sango were gutted and goods worth millions of naira were destroyed.
29 Jan
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered the remand of 41 illegal miners in Agodi Correctional facility over alleged mining of gold, property worth N1.248million belonging to Oyo State Government.
29 Jan
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday revealed that the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, is yet to reach out to him over the recent explosion in Ibadan. Makinde, a member of the PDP, made this disclosure while thanking the presidential candidate of the Labour…
28 Jan
The Oyo State Government, on Thursday and Friday, presented Staff of Office to six traditional rulers in Oke-Ogun axis of the State.
26 Jan
A private jet with about 10 persons including very important personalities crash-landed in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at about 11:00 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. However, there was no death or casualty recorded in the incident. According to reports, the jet with registration number, N580KR…
25 Jan
The Oyo State Government has set up a platform for donations of money to the victims of the explosion which occurred in Bodija, Ibadan. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in a statement, disclosed that his administration has taken steps to support the victims of the fire incident to rebuild their lives. Makinde in an update…
25 Jan
Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said that the state and the people affected by the January 16, 2024 explosion in Bodija, Ibadan, would come out stronger as the government is working out a long-term solution to the challenges posed by the incident.
23 Jan
The Federal Government, on Monday, assured Nigerians that those found culpable in circumstances leading to the tragic Ibadan explosion will face the full weight of the law. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, disclosed this in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital when he led the government delegation to the scene of the blast…
22 Jan
About N50 billion worth of properties may have been lost and reduced to rubble after last Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, which killed five persons, injured 77 and rendered thousands homeless, some estate valuers have estimated.
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