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Over 100 convicted for traffic offences in Oyo
IN its preparation towards ensuring safety on roads as the year approaches the ‘ember’ months, the Oyo State sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has convicted over 100 road traffic...
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PSquare escape death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is notorious for incessant fatal auto crashes. The busy expressway would have been in the headlines today if not what could be termed divine intervention. The singing duo,...
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Oliseh watches 3SC beat Abia Warriors
Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh was in Ibadan to watch Shooting Stars beat Abia Warriors 2-0 in a Week 26 league match on Sunday. 3SC now have 38 points from 26 games. Former El Kanemi Warriors...
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Ibadan Poly NASU begins indefinite strike today
Non Academic Staff Union (NASU), The Polytechnic Ibadan Branch has commenced an indefinite strike beginning from today, Monday, August 31. This was contained in a communiqué issued and signed by the...
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Olubadan praises celebration of Adelabu centenary
The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana, on Monday praised the organisers of Adegoke Adelabu Centenary celebration for keeping the values of the late politician alive. The late Adelabu,...
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Oyo tribunal: INEC to present 160 witnesses
One hundred and sixty witnesses are to testify at the Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Ibadan, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lead counsel, Yusuf Ali (SAN),...
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Ajimobi and politics of reducing cost of governance
KEMI OLAITAN examines recent policies of the Abiola Ajimobi-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration in Oyo State, aimed at reducing the cost of governance. Since the inauguration of elected...
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Igbo in Ibadan accuses Ohaneze Ndigbo of instigating crisis
THE perennial battle over the title of Ohaneze N digbo of Oyo state resurfaced again, weekend, as the socio-cultural group accused the Ohaneze national leadership of instigating crisis in the state....
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Police chief vows to rid Oyo of crimes
The new Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, yesterday pledged to forge closer ties with the people for improved policing. He was addressing officers after receiving the baton...
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Akinola appointed as new Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land
The League of Imams and Alfas in the South-West, Edo and Delta States has approved the appointment of an Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji Dawud Akinola, as the new Aare Musulumi of Yoruba-land. The...
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Oyo recorded 277 deaths from 260 road accidents in 7 months, says FRSC
OYO State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Yusuf Salami, on Tuesday, said it recorded 277 deaths, 1,126 injured persons in 260 road crashes in the state from January to July....
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Fake policeman arrested in Ibadan, charged to court
A 29-year-old suspect, Emmanuel Anebeh, was on Wednesday docked at an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan over alleged impersonation. The Prosecutor, Cpl. Philip Amusan, told the court that...
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NAFDAC Seals Warehouse, Shops, Confiscate Prohibited Vegetable Oil In Ibadan
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Ibadan sealed off a warehouse and five shops with over 1, 500 kegs of contraband vegetable oil. This followed...
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Lead City University extols motivational speaker
Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State has expressed its delight to be associated with the presiding pastor and founder of Living Spring Chapel International, Pastor Femi Emmanuel as he celebrate his...
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Oyo AP wants APC chieftain arrested
The Accord Party in Oyo State has written a petition to the Office of the state Commissioner of Police calling for the arrest of a former caretaker chairman of Ibadan North-West Local Government, Mr....
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Leventis Motors Completes Auto Plant in Ibadan
Leventis Motors, a division of A.G Leventis Nigeria Plc has announced the completion of its auto assembly plant in Ibadan, Oyo State. The new plant can assemble Foton close to 1,000 capacity,according...
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Ibadan ki ni soo? Lagelu 96.3 FM is set for grand entrance!
The clock is ticking: All is now set for the grand entrance of the first original indigenous radio station in Ibadan: Lagelu 96.3FM. A station conceived and strategically positioned to finally fill...
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Auto crashes claim 14 on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Fourteen persons were said to have lost their lives in two separate road accidents which occurred on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The accidents occurred between Wednesday and Thursday respectively. On...
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Adelabu lived before his time, says Ajimobi
The memory of the late first Federal Minister of Social Services and Natural Resources, Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu (aka Penkelemesi) came to the fore yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was at...
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Oyo Assembly Moves To Tackle Herdsmen- Farmers Crisis
The Oyo State House of Assembly has constituted a committee to evolve a permanent solution to the herdsmen-farmers crisis in the state. The Assembly at its plenary in Ibadan on Thursday constituted...
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