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Dapo Lam-Adesina Honours Late Father With Inaugural Lecture
THE late former Oyo State Governor and Chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Lamidi Adesina was recently described as someone who lived an exemplary life devoid of any skirmish at...
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Pipeline Vandals Have Godfathers among Rich Nigerians’
Active collaboration of security agents, influential Nigerians who act as godfathers and lack of state of the arts weapons to tackle pipeline vandals are the reasons why the illicit business continues...
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Oyo youths desert farm settlements, Ajimobi laments
The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has alleged that youths, working at some of the farm settlements, established by the state government, have deserted the farms because the youths do not have...
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Ibadan businessman denies assassination rumour
An Ibadan-based business man, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known has Sunday Igboho, had debunked the rumour going round in the media that he had relocated to United Kingdom for safety due to plans to...
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Oyo gov acted in state’s interest over suspension of WAEC fees —Lawmaker
A former chairman of Atiba Local Government Area, Oyo State and member, representing Afijio/Atiba/Oyo East/Oyo West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Akeem Obasegun...
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Ace comedian, `Baba Sala` discharged from UCH
Veteran comedian, Mr Moses Adejumo (aka `Baba Sala`), has been discharged from the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, after eight days of treatment. Mr Emmanuel Adejumo, the son of the...
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Court dissolves 34-year marriage over controversial children, promiscuity
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan has granted the prayer of one James Adedapo to dissolve his 34-year-old marriage to his wife, Oluwatoyin, for bearing two of their five children out of wedlock. Mr...
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UCH takes HPV vaccination to rural areas
Prof. Temitope Alonge, Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has said that the hospital will extend its ongoing Human Papillo Virus (HPV) vaccination to rural areas....
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Nigeria may miss $400bn global support fund
The South-West Coordinator of the Department for International Development, Dr. Adesina Fagbenro, has warned that Nigeria may not benefit from the $400bn global fund support set aside by international...
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Oyo plans dedicated lane for mass transit buses
The Oyo State mass transit scheme, Pacesetter Transport, says there is a plan to create a dedicated lane for the state’s high capacity transport buses with the aim of putting an end to the constant...
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Poly workers begin indefinite strike in Oyo
ALL academic staff unions in all polytechnics in Oyo State, as well as the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, under the aegis of Joint Forum of Academic Staff (JAFAS), have...
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Ajimobi laments tax evasion by Oyo firms
The Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi, has said the state’s Internally Generated Revenue of around N1.2bn monthly is far lower that what the state should have earned if all the companies operating in...
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NPFL: 3SC Shoot Down Nasarawa United, Giwa Cruise
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3Sc) of Ibadan, yesterday, piped Nasarawa United 2-1 at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan, in a re-scheduled Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) week 24 game. Tayo...
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UI VC expresses fear over unemployment rate
THE Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Isaac Adewole on Monday relayed his fears over what he described as the alarming rate of youth employment in the country, noting that it has now...
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Horse Distrupts Burial Procession
A beautiful and colourful procession of a burial ceremony turned gory when a horse leading an undertaker team to a church service in Molete Ibadan Oyo State capital lost bearing and hit a car,...
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Governor Ajimobi goes to school, obtains UI PhD form
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has indicated his intention to go back to school as a full time doctoral student as he had obtained a PhD form from the University of Ibadan, UI. According to a...
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Contractor agrees to finance Oyo model schools
Work will finally resume at the sites of the Oyo State Model Schools after the contractor handling the project agreed to fund it. The state Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, had begun conversion of six...
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UNIFEMGA Ibadan holds conference
The Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association (UNIFEMGA) Ibadan chapter will on Sunday, August 30, hold its 11th biennial conference, which will usher in the new executives for another...
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EFCC invites ex-Oyo Speaker, others for alleged fraud
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has invited former Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly under former Governor Rasidi Ladoja, Adeolu Adeleke, and 31 other lawmakers to Lagos over...
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Seven die in Oyo crash, residents scoop fuel
Seven persons died when a passenger bus collided with a truck on the Ibadan-Ogbomoso road on Sunday. Also in Ogbomoso, a truck loaded with crashed in the Taki area of the town, spilling its content...
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