Dayo Adu/Oluwakayode Banjo/Olaitan Oye-Adeitan Accreditation and voting have commenced at Polling Unit 43 Ward 11 in Ibadan North Local Government. Voters were seen in the queue in an orderly manner as they passed through the preliminary stages before they eventually cast their ballots. Two of the voters Dr Basir Olanrewaju and Alhaji Bidemi Siyanbade commended […]Continue Reading
By Titilayo Kupoliyi Still on election, security agents fully armed are seen at their duty post en-route Iseyin and saki axis. Also, INEC officials were on ground as early as few minutes before 8:00 o’clock in the morning, while electorates were on the queue to exercise their franchise. At Ipapo, Okaka under Itesiwaju Local government, […]Continue Reading
By Rasheeda Makinde All is now set for the Presidential and National assembly Elections in Oyo state. Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State, have filed out in hundreds to all the polling units in the state to ensure a crime-free exercise. The police convoy in Oyo State with fully armed officers and men, […]Continue Reading
Mosope Kehinde Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Oyo state has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to the 33 local government areas of the state. The exercise which was done at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN amidst tight security had representatives of political parties The distribution of sensitive materials however confirmed the Continue Reading
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has flagged off the 4.7 kilometres Odo-Ona Kekere-Arapaja-Asunle Road in the Oluyole Local Government Area of the state. The flag-off ceremony of the road took place when the governor took his re-election campaign to Oluyole and Ido Local Government areas of the state, ahead of the general election starting […]Continue Reading
Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums have attacked the Ukpor High School training camp being used by the Independent National Electoral Commission to train its officials ahead of the general election. It was gathered that the hoodlums invaded the school located in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State and disrupted the activities of the electoral […]Continue Reading
By Rasheedah Makinde There was pandemonium on Wednesday morning around the Eleyele, Gbopa, Ologuneru, Apete, Sango, and Poly road axis of Ibadan as transporters protested the scarcity of cash. Witnesses at the scenes told Radio Nigeria that the transporters were obstructing the free flow of vehicular and pedestrian movements around the areas. The transporters were […]Continue Reading
By Maxwell Oyekunle Government needs to find an immediate solution to the cash scarcity currently rocking the nation, following the redesigning of some naira note denominations. This is the submission of a group of Nigerian youths who stormed the Ibadan Office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in Dugbe, Ibadan to express their grievances […]Continue Reading
By Taiwo Akinola Every electorate must obey all the instructions by the INEC for the elections exercise to achieve a free and fair election. Electoral officer, Ibadan North Local government area, Mr Timothy Onabanjo said this during the sensitization for the congregation of Foursquare Gospel Church Bodija Ibadan. Mr Onabanjo explained that, if all instructions […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan The long queues of customers who had waited endlessly at the ATM points for new naira notes had vanished following the protest that rocked some parts of Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday over lingering fuel and naira scarcity. Customers had daily waited at the ATM points hoping to withdraw money but to […]Continue Reading
Major General Mohammed Usman has assumed command of 2 Division Nigerian Army Ibadan as the 43rd General Officer Commanding. This is in line with the recent army headquarters postings and redeployments of senior officers across the country. General Usman is a seasoned and thorough-bred Infantry Officer who has attended all military courses commensurate to his Continue Reading
The second edition of the FRCN Kids Football Challenge, Oyo zone kicked off yesterday with four matches at the football pitch of Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo town. The first game of the day saw Olivet Baptist High School defeat Fiditi Grammar School by a lone goal, while Community Commercial High School Ilora and Baptist […]Continue Reading
Electrifying praise, prayers, dance and unquantifiable joy could best describe the atmosphere that characterised the new year thanksgiving organised by the Christian fellowship of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Ibadan, for staff of the corporation. Members of staff gave thanks to God as they recalled various challenges of life surmounted last year. The Continue Reading
Workers in Oyo state and federal civil service have resumed work after the Christmas and boxing daybreak. According to Radio Nigeria, the Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan and Federal Secretariat, workers were seen at their duty posts to carry out their duties. In an interview, some of the workers described the holidays as worthwhile to reunite with […]Continue Reading
Residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, today besieged banks’ Automated Teller Machines, ATM points with excitement to withdraw new naira notes but were disappointed as they were paid with the old notes. Our Correspondent, Olukemi Akintunde who moved around commercial banks and ATM points in the Dugbe axis to ascertain compliance with CBN’S Continue Reading
An unidentified man slumped and died this afternoon at Oke-Ado, Ibadan. According to an eye witness, the unidentified man alighted a commercial motorcycle popularly called Okada and slumped. Tayo Alonge Subscribe to our Telegram and YouTube Channels also join our Whatsapp Update GroupContinue Reading
Oil prices have risen after major producers agreed to continue to cut output and the G7 and its allies agreed to cap the price of Russian oil. Brent crude rose by about 0.6% to above $86 a barrel on Monday morning. On Friday, the G7 agreed to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 […]Continue Reading
Residents of Ibadan have condemned the negative attitude of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) as the scarcity of premium motor spirit known as petrol bites harder. They made their displeasure known in Ibadan while speaking with a Radio Nigeria correspondent who monitored the situation in Ibadan, the state Continue Reading
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has called for the support of community stakeholders at reducing criminal activities at the grassroots level. NSCDC Commandant in Oyo state, Mr Micheal Adaralewa stated this during a stakeholders forum held at the area ‘B’ Command of the Corps at Moniya, Akinyele local government area of Oyo Continue Reading
Residents have been advised not to panic on sighting large movements of security troops in the Ibadan metropolis on Friday, 25/11/2022. This contains in a statement in Ibadan by the acting Deputy Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ekeocha. According to the Army spokesperson, the troops comprising the police, military and para-military personnel would Continue Reading
Green house has emerged as the overall best house in the 2022 Inter-house sports competition of Oba Akinbiyi Model High School 2, Oremeji, Mokola Ibadan. The red house came second followed by the Yellow house occupying the third position and the blue house came forth. The inter-house sports competition held at Letmauck Barrack, Ibadan also […]Continue Reading
Long queues that resurfaced on Wednesday at filling stations in the Ibadan metropolis are fast disappearing. Radio Nigeria correspondents who monitored the situation reported that a few vehicles were seen queuing up to buy petrol at stations dispensing the product A motorcyclist and a motorist, Mr Rasak Ayinla and Mr Yon Yon who relayed their […]Continue Reading
To ensure an adequate supply of blood to the nation’s health facility, the federal government has declared December 8th as Nigeria’s National Blood Donor Day. Reacting to this, the Acting Zonal Director, National Blood Service Commission, NBSC, South West Zonal Center, Ibadan, Dr Oladapo Aworanti said the step was to increase the act of voluntary blood donation Continue Reading
The Oyo State Roads Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, has commenced the rehabilitation of the Dugbe and Adeoyo roads through its special intervention project. The Chairman of OYSROMA, Honourable Ogunlade Busoye Soladoye, who visited the roads today, said that the agency will not relent in fulfilling its mandate to rid the state of potholes and bad roads. […]Continue Reading
