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Oyo Assembly Gets New Clerk

Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly has sworn in Mrs. Oludara Yetunde Awe as the new substantive Clerk of the house. Mrs. Awe took over from Ms. Felicia Foluke Oyediran, who served as the first female clerk of Oyo House of Assembly and retired after attaining the age of 60.During the swearing in, Speaker of the […]Continue Reading
Lifestyle

NIN Registration Extended By Eight Weeks

The Ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6. In a joint statement released by the Nigeria Communications commission,  NCC and the National Identity Management Commission,  NIMC, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Continue Reading
Security

Gov. Makinde Talks Tough On Insecurity

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his government has turned the heat on kidnappers and criminals in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun axis of the state declaring that the state will succeed in routing them. Governor Makinde, who was speaking at different spots in Ibarapaland where he engaged the people in town hall meetings, said that his […]Continue Reading
Crime

Ogun Notorious Cultist Meets Waterloo

A notorious cultist/murder suspect, Owolabi Oludipe also known as  Somori  has been shot dead while he and his gang engaged police from Odogbolu division in gun battle. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta. Mr. Oyeyemi noted that the suspect, who had been on the wanted […]Continue Reading
Politics

Oyo APC Factions Re-Unite

Factions in Oyo state All Progressives Congress, APC have held a Unity meeting and agreed to close ranks ahead of the revalidation of Membership exercise holding on Tuesday 2nd February The meeting was called by the State Caretaker Chairman of the party, Chief Akin Oke with a view to resolving rancors and harmonize all factions […]Continue Reading
News

Group Calls For Rehabilitation Of Saudi Returnees

Journalists International Forum For Migration, JIFORM, has admonished the Federal Government of Nigeria to go beyond accepting the reparation of her citizens from Saudi Arabia to institute a thorough rehabilitation and reintegration scheme for the 802 Nigerian deportees as they arrive the nation in batches. JIFORM which would host the African Migration summit in Accra […]Continue Reading
Religion

RCCG Oyo 1 Gets New Provincial Pastor

A new Pastor has resumed as head of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Oyo  Providence 1. He is Pastor Isaac  Oyetayo. Pastor Oyetayo replaces  Pastor Moses Aderogba Amure who died last. Addressing Senior Pastors who gathered to receive him at the Provincial Headquarters, Mount Zion  Cathedral, Ring Road, Ibadan, Pastor  Oyetayo promised to Continue Reading
Security

Insecurity: NSCDC Partners Nigerian Army

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State Command has partnered the Nigerian Army in retraining its newly launched anti-terrorism unit in fighting insecurity. The State Commandant, Mr. Iskilu Akinsanya stated this while briefing newsmen on the command’s achievement during the last year. He said though, the anti-terrorist unit of the command was not […]Continue Reading
Education

Protest rocks LAUTECH

Workers union under the aegis of Joint Action Committee, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology LAUTECH Ogbomoso have staged a peaceful protest to drive home their demands. The Unions involved are; SSANU, National Association of Academic Technology and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities. The union members in their numbers besieged the VC Lodge to register their Continue Reading