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No crude oil discovered in Ibadan well -Oyo govt

Adegboyega Stephen 18 September 2025 0

The Oyo State government has debunked reports circulating on social media claiming that crude oil was discovered in a well at Yemetu, Ibadan, the state capital. The government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, clarified that investigations revealed the substance found

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Akpabio charges public officials on enduring service to Nigerians

Adegboyega Stephen 31 August 2025 0

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Saturday, charged public officers to strive to leave behind enduring legacies that would outlive them after they had left office. He gave the charge while speaking at the funeral service in honour of the late Abom Emmanuel Eno Peter Umana, held at the Catholic Church Assumption Parish, Ukana, […]

Politics

NNPP chieftain urges FG to reward academic brilliance adequately

Adegboyega Stephen 30 August 2025 0

A South-West chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has urged the Federal Government to always provide adequate rewards for academic brilliance. He said “the situation where the Federal Government rewards athletes and footballers with huge amounts of money and other incentives, while it gives paltry sums to students

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Olubadan-designate, Ladoja, tasks family heads on security in Ibadan

Adegboyega Stephen 25 August 2025 0

The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, has enjoined mogajis (family heads) and baales in Ibadanland to report anything that can cause security breach to law enforcement agents on time. Ladoja also advised them to be security conscious at all times. He gave these admonitions when mogajis and baales in Ibadanland visited him. A statement signed […]

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Makinde disburses ₦600m compensation for Circular Road Project

Adegboyega Stephen 22 August 2025 0

Oyo State government has released the sum of ₦600 million as compensation to property owners affected by the ongoing Circular Road Project in Ibadan, the state capital. According to a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Thursday, the fourth batch of N200 million was released Thursday at the […]

Education

‎Stakeholders highlight importance of Lab scientists to varsity education

Adegboyega Stephen 22 August 2025 0

Scientists in the country have described research, particularly at the instance of laboratory technologists, as a leg of the university tripod that cannot be overestimated. They are unanimous in the call to governments at all levels to prioritise better funding of research in Nigerian universities. The calls were made during the Fifth Biennial Conference/Workshop of […]

Politics

NNPP chieftain rejects pay rise for president, others, says proposal insensitive

Adegboyega Stephen 21 August 2025 0

Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says he is rejecting the reported plan by the federal government to raise the salaries of political office holders. According to him, such a move was insensitive to the current plights of Nigerians due to the present economic challenges. Oguntoyinbo said many Nigerians were […]

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Ladoja arrives Ibadan, moves to family house, as Olubadan coronation rites begin

Adegboyega Stephen 19 August 2025 0

Former governor of Oyo State, the Olubadan-designate, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, has arrived in Ibadan, the state capital. Ladoja went straight to his family house in Born Photo, Isale-Osi, in the Ibadan South East Local Government Area of the state. He is expected to proceed to his Ondo Street private residence, in the Ibadan North […]

Politics

Vote-buying, intimidation mar Ibadan North Bye-Election poll -Oyo APC

Adegboyega Stephen 19 August 2025 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has alleged that the Saturday by-election in Ibadan North Federal Constituency was marred by noticeable irregularities “which put the declaration of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner to question.” The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had, on Sunday, announced Hon.

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Akpabio returns after UK vacation

Adegboyega Stephen 19 August 2025 0

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Monday morning, returned to the country from a brief vacation in London. This has put an end to the speculation that the Senate President was critically ill and admitted in a London hospital. Recall that Akpabio had attended the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva […]

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Low turnout mars Ibadan North bye-election

Adegboyega Stephen 17 August 2025 0

Saturday’s Ibadan North Federal Constituency bye-election was marred by low turnout. The exercise also witnessed heavy deployment of soldiers, policemen and ancillary security personnel. Our reporter’s movement round the local government, one of the biggest in the South-West of Nigeria, showed that voters failed to turn out in droves, despite that electoral officers