Oyo State
Oyo APC to Makinde: Conversion of public library facilities to shopping malls unacceptable
The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state has condemned the alleged forceful take over of the structures housing public reading and learning facilities in Dugbe, Ibadan and their conversion into lock up shops and shopping malls by the state government describing the development as not only shameful and ill-conceived but also grossly unacceptable. Not […]
Oyo State investors raise alarm over illegal estate developers
A coalition of investors managing Government Reserve Areas (GRAs) in Oyo State has raised serious concerns regarding the activities of unregistered estate developers who are allegedly taking advantage of the infrastructural progress initiated by Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration. During a press conference held in Ibadan, representatives from several registered construction firms, including Aaraji Construction Ltd., […]
Ex-Oyo Senatorial Candidate Faozey Dumps Accord Party
The Oyo Central Senatorial candidate of the Accord political party in the 2023 general election, Engineer Faozey Nurudeen has resigned his membership from the party. Faozey announced his resignation from the party through a statement sighted by LEADERSHIP in Ibadan on Thursday, informing that he will disclose his choice of next political party soon. “To […]
Makinde mourns COAS Lagbaja
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday described the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, as a significant loss to the country. Makinde, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, in Ibadan, the state capital, described Lagbaja as “a patriot and one of the […]
Oyo re-arraigns ‘doctor’ over death of day old- baby
The Oyo State Government has finally re-arraigned one ‘Doctor ‘Oludele Olanrewaju over the death of a day-old- baby belonging to a Togolese, Bose John. The Nation had exclusively reported on January 13, 2024, how Olanrewaju took the baby from the home of Bose to his Mercy Hospital in the Moniya area of Ibadan, Oyo State […]
Makinde inaugurates projects by GCIOBA 1984 set
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has inaugurated legacy projects done by the 1984 set of Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association (GCIOBA). This was part of activities to mark the 40th reunion anniversary of the set. The projects include renovation of the buttery and development of adjoining quadrangle for students’ recreation, donation of equipment to […]
Oyo: 50 communities cut off as flood washes away bridge in Eruwa
Over fifty communities have been cut off as a result of the collapse of one of the bridges in Ibarapa East Local Government in the Ibarapa geopolitical zone in Oyo State. DAILY POST gathered on Tuesday that the bridge on the Ipin River collapsed due to the heavy rain that was witnessed in the town […]
Oyo LG commences demolition of structures on Waterways
Oluyole Local Government in partnership with the Oyo State Government through the ministry of Lands and Housing, has commenced the demolition of structures obstructing waterways in the council area as well vacating destitute, street beggars on the popular Theophilus Akinyele way in Ibadanland. Lamenting the threats posed, Olatunji who led LG officials to Akala Way, […]
Youths to protest Oyo-Ogbomoso highway abandonment
A Youth Coalition in Ogbomoso has announced that it will embark on a peaceful demonstration over the neglect of the Oyo-Ogbomoso express road by the Federal Government. The protest which is slated for today, Saturday, would start hold between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm at Takie Junction, Ogbomoso. This was made known in a statement […]
Public office holders must be held accountable —Makinde
GOVERNOR ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, yesterday, charged media practitioners to be transparent in discharging their duties as the watchdog of the society, noting that journalists must hold political office holders accountable in the public’s interest. The governor stated this at the opening ceremony of a 3-day retreat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Press […]