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3 Oyo exco members test positive for COVID-19 – Makinde

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, said that three members of the state executive council have tested positive for COVID-19. Makinde, who made the announcement on his twitter handle monitored in Ibadan, said that the results of two other members came back inconclusive and would

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Churches in Oyo reopen after 3 months

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2020 0

Churches in Oyo state have reopened after three months of closure due to the ban placed on religious gatherings by the government. The state government had in March placed a ban on religious gathering as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. The government however, announced recently that churches and […]

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Ex-Oyo SSG prays for Ajimobi’s recovery

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2020 0

A former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Oyo state, Chief Sharafadeen Alli, has prayed that to God to grant former Governor Abiola Ajimobi, quick recovery from his ill-health. Alli made the intercession in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan. Ajimobi had been hospitalised for weeks over an ailment suspected […]

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Oyo records highest single daily spike of 103 new COVID-19 cases

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2020 0

Oyo State has recorded its highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, announced 103 new cases in the state. The new figures raise the number of confirmed cases in the state to 764. 32-year-old man defiles 7- year-old girl in Onitsha The NCDC tally for […]

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Makinde promises continued commitment to safer, secured Oyo

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2020 0

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday, pledged continued commitment to a safer and secured state. Makinde made the promise during the inauguration of the expanded and refurbished State Security Control Room, the City Watch Project and the Oyo State Crime Alert Platform, at the headquarters of the state’s Security Trust Fund, Onireke, Ibadan. […]

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COVID-19: NBA cautions Oyo State Govt. against reopening of schools

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2020 0

 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ibadan branch, has cautioned the Oyo State Government against reopening of schools for Primay 6, JSS 3 and SS3 classes in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Seyi Makinde had on Monday ordered schools to reopen on June 29 for Primary 6, JSS 3 and SS3 […]

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Oyo NAPPS, NUT disagree over schools reopening

Ihesiulo Grace 16 June 2020 0

Some stakeholders have expressed divergent views as the Oyo State Government on Monday released its plans to reopen some arms of schools. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Gov. Seyi Makinde had directed that Primary Six pupils, Junior Secondary School (JSS) Three and Senior Secondary School (SSS) Three students were to resume […]

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Oyo releases post-COVID-19 containment guidelines

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

Chairperson of the Oyo state COVID-19 Decontamination and Containment Team, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo, says developing post-coronavirus containment guidelines for the state will give a clear picture of what the new normal entails. Adeyemo, who made this known in an interview on Wednesday in Ibadan, stressed the need to continually educate the citizens on the dangers […]

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Oyo: Makinde issues 200 digitised Certificates of Occupancy

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2020 0

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has issued 200 digitised Certificates of Occupancy to the first set of beneficiaries under the State Home Owners’ Charter Scheme which commenced on April 1. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the initiative is to ensure property owners obtain their Certificates of Occupancy within 60 days from […]

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Makinde to roll out first set of digitised C of Os today

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2020 0

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde will today distribute the first set of digitized certificates of occupancy to successful applicants under the Oyo state Home Owners Charter scheme. The land title document made easy initiative is in line with the Makinde administration’s promise to speed up the process of getting land title documents at an affordable […]

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Makinde issues ultimatum to occupants of illegal structures, shanties in Molete

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2020 0

The Oyo State Government has issued a seven-day ultimatum to occupants of illegal structures and shanties adjoined to UMC Demonstration School, Molete, Ibadan, to vacate the premises. Dr Nureni Adeniran, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB),  disclosed this in a release on Wednesday in Ibadan. Adeniran, who visited the school’s premises

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Covid-19: Oyo records 4 new cases, discharges 3

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2020 0

Oyo State has recorded four new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have revealed. In the figures released on Tuesday night, the four cases in Oyo were among the new 146 recorded in 20 states. The new cases bring the number of COVID-19 cases recorded […]

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COVID-19: Lawmaker demands special grants for Oyo, Osun states

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2020 0

…Commends Gov Makinde for approach In managing pandemic As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the nation, Hon. Wole Oke, has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency give grant to Oyo and Osun states. The lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, noted that the two states have managed […]

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COVID-19: 2 patients abscond from Oyo isolation centre

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2020 0

Two COVID-19 patients out of the 33 active cases being managed in isolation centre in Oyo state have absconded. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state tweeted this on Wednesday’s afternoon while giving situation update of the pandemic in the state. According to Makinde, the patients possibly may have absconded to their permanent places of residence. […]

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Covid-19: Oyo govt. raises alarm as two patients escape from Isolation Centre

Ihesiulo Grace 6 May 2020 0

Two COVID-19 patients out of the 33 active cases being managed in isolation centre in Oyo state have absconded. Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo state tweeted this on Wednesday’s afternoon while giving situation update of the pandemic in the state. According to Makinde, the patients possibly may have absconded to their permanent places of residence. […]

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COVID-19: Oyo begins fresh awareness campaign in major markets

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2020 0

Oyo state government on Monday renewed its sensitization campaigns in major markets in Ibadan on the preventive measures against coronavirus pandemic. The campaign was led by Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, commissioner for information, culture and tourism who is head of the media sub-committee of the Oyo state Task Force on COVID-19. Also on the sensitisation team […]

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Oyo launches digitised certificate of occupancy

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2020 0

…Says it will bear applicants’ cost of survey, planning permission Oyo state government has launched a digitised certificate of occupancy issuance platform, as part of its strategy for growing the Gross Domestic Product of the state. A release issued by the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abiodun Abdu-Raheem noted that the processing and […]

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6 Togolese nationals test positive for Covid-19 in Oyo

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2020 0

Oyo State recorded six new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), out of 238 cases recorded on Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), bringing the number of  cases recorded to 29. Accordingto the NCDC, this is as at Friday night. Gov. Sheyi Makinde, on in his tweeter handle, said “we have started receiving […]

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COVID-19: Tailors commend Makinde over compulsory wearing of face masks

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2020 0

Some tailors resident in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Tuesday, commended Governor Seyi Makinde for making the wearing of face masks compulsory in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic. The tailors said in separate interviews that the order had revived their businesses, asserting that apart from making brisk sales, the upsurge in request for face masks […]

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Release my twins, I waited for 12 years before they came, Mother cries out

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2020 0

Mother of abducted twins in Ibadan has cried out to the kidnappers and Oyo State government to release her twin children. The twins were abducted on the 25th of April, when gunmen stormed the house of a popular cleric, Sheik Taofeeq Akeugbagold and abducted his set of twins from his home in Ibadan, Oyo state. China’s Wuhan […]