Dementia Friends debuts in Ibadan
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, will on Thursday, January 28, 2016, play host to a large number of Dementia Friends enthusiasts from Nigeria and abroad, who would come to witness the launch of Dementia...
View ArticleMeasles kills five in Oyo
The Oyo State Government has ordered the state Ministry of Health to begin emergency immunisation of children in the state after five persons were confirmed to have been killed by measles. A source,...
View ArticleJulius Berger, RCC’s Lagos-Ibadan Expressway contracts illegal —Babalakin
Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited on Monday said the recent court injunction, which it secured setting aside a new concession agreement granted to Motorway Assets Limited to finance the...
View ArticleWAAPP, University of Ibadan distribute 80,000 fingerlings to catfish farmers...
West African Agriculture Productivity Programme (WAAPP), in conjunction with the University of Ibadan, has began the distribution of 80,000 fish fingerlings to catfish farmers in Oyo State. The...
View ArticleIbadan Records First Rain Of The Year
Some parts of Ibadan metropolis, the Oyo state capital on Tuesday recorded the first rain of the year, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The rain which began at about 3.48 a.m. lasted for...
View ArticleOlubadan dies in his sleep at 101
The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, is dead. Palace sources said the monarch died at about 7.30pm on Tuesday in his palace in the Monatan area of Ibadan. Oba Odugade, who was born on...
View ArticleBi-Courtney: we did’nt stall Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project
Bi-Courtney Highways Services has denied stalling the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It said the contractors stopped work on the project as a result of non-payment by the government. A...
View ArticleIbadan chiefs meeting on funeral
Ibadan traditional chiefs are meeting over the funeral of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade. Senator Lekan Balogun, one the high chiefs of Ibadan, confirmed the death to the News...
View ArticleThe Next Olubadan Of Ibadan
Following the death of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, yesterday, January 19, a new king is set to emerge in Ibadan town. In line with the dictates of the Ibadan traditional...
View ArticleIBEDC records N3.2bn revenue shortfall
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc said it recorded a shortfall of N3.2bn on energy bills last year. The company said it was being owed N5.9bn by the Federal Government and other...
View ArticleCrisis brews over Olubadan’s successor
The head of Seriki family in Ibadan, Chief Adebayo Oyediji, has claimed that he is the next Olubadan of Ibadan after the demise of Oba Samuel Odulana. The present Balogun of Ibadan land, High Chief...
View ArticleOba Samuel Odulana Odugade —1914-2016
Hundreds of sympathisers on Wednesday trooped to the Monatan palace of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odugade Odulana, to mourn the late monarch, who died on Tuesday at the age of 101. As...
View ArticleYour help is needed!
Ibadan, An accident occurred earlier on lagos-Ibadan express way. Information reaching us has it that this kid is the only survivor. Kindly post this till it gets to someone who knows him and who can...
View ArticleNigeria will miss wise counsel of Olubadan – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that Nigeria would miss the wise counsels of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana. While commiserating with the people of Ibadan and the government of Oyo...
View ArticleConference on effective govt to hold in Ibadan
Scholars from different parts of the country will on February 1 and 2 meet in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at a conference on how Nigerians will enjoy dividends of democracy at all levels of...
View ArticleWe’ll give Olubadan a befitting burial —Ajimobi
The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Thursday said the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, would be accorded a befitting burial. The governor said this when the...
View ArticleOlubadan to be buried February 12
The Oyo State Government has announced burial plans for the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, who died on Tuesday at the age of 101. During the visit of the state Governor...
View ArticleNo more Seriki ruling line in Ibadan, says Adetunji
The next-in-line to the throne of Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Saliu Adetunji, disclosed that there is no more Seriki ruling family. He spoke in his Popoyemoja Ibadan residence on Friday while...
View ArticleFG To Generate 2million Jobs From ICT- Minister
The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, has said that the Federal Government will create two million jobs from the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. He said investors...
View ArticleIbadan polo begins
The 2016 edition of the Ibadan International Polo Tournament will begin on Tuesday with Kano, Lagos and Ibadan presenting teams to compete for honours. Captain of the Ibadan Polo Club, Konyinsola...
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