Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has said that his administration would take harsh measures against any commercial motorcyclist who refuses to register with the state government.
He said registering commercial motorbikes and their riders have become critical to prevent terrorists and other criminals posing as okada riders from...
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been told by the members of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that some of them will defect and leave if the powers-that-be impose candidates on them during the forthcoming primaries.
Over the next month, the PDP, like most other parties, will be picking its candidates for the various...
FORMER National Assembly member Dr Mashood Olalekan Balogun has been officially crowned as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland at Mapo Hall in the heart the Oyo State capital Ibadan.
Dr Balogun, the senator who represented Oyo Central Senatorial District between 1999 and 2003, was crowned this morning and handed his staff of...
YORUBA traditional rulers have called for the immediate release of the aides of activist Sunday Adeyemo who were arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) during a recent raid of his Ibadan residence.
On July 1, the DSS raided Mr Adeyemo's Ibadan home but he managed to escape and 13 of his aides were...
TRADERS at the Shasha Market in Ibadan whose property was destroyed during the recent mayhem there have been offered relief under a joint scheme involving the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) and the Oyo State government.
In February, violence broke in Ibadan after northerners were attacked at Sasha Market in...
SIX of Nigeria's 36 states have stated that they will not participate in the federal government's National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP) amid fears that it could cause more problems than it is designed to solve by increasing communal strife.
Over recent years, Fulani cattle herdsmen have turned Nigeria into a war...
OYO State police commissioner Ngozi Onadeko has revealed that the seven persons arraigned in connection with the Shasha market crisis last month are to be released after she received legal advice indicating that they have no case to answer.
Last month, violence broke out in Ibadan after northerners were attacked at Sasha...
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered the immediate re-opening of Shasha market in Ibadan and the closure of the interim annex which was established in Iroko during the closure in response to the recent outbreak of violence.
Last week, violence broke in Ibadan after northerners were attacked at Sasha market in...
YORUBA rights activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho has criticised the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi for not presenting a robust enough case about the Fulani cattle herdsmen menace during his recent meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Earlier this week, Oba Ogunwusi met with President Buhari is response...
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde has promised that he will ensure the return of billions of the state funds allegedly looted from Oyo State during the tenure of his predecessor the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
Senator Ajimobi who died in June after failing to recover from Covid-19, governed Oyo State between 2011 and 2019 and it is...
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