By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State government, on Saturday, revealed its plans to distribute about 11,000 bags of poultry feed to 1,691 poultry farmers in the state, as part of its continued efforts to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye, revealed this while declaring […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State is not having a good time at the moment. Emerging from its recent loss at the governorship election in the state, the party is yet to get its acts together and put its house in order. Recall that during its state congress at the […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State government has commenced the process to review its minimum health service package that patients can access at Primary Health Care facilities across the state. A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Sunday, noted that, delivering her speech at the review meeting in […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State government began the second phase of the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) Intervention in the state with distribution of foodstuff across all local government areas, provision of easy-to-access loans for small entrepreneurs and provision of inputs for farmers, among other initiatives. According to a statement signed and given […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs has said it has no regret supporting the emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, maintain that it will respond to alleged insult on its members by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Iseyin last Friday. Deputy chairman of the state Council of Obas and Chiefs, […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has ordered the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) to conduct a re-run election in two polling units of Saki West within 90 days, having found the allegation of over-voting, and voters’ disenfranchisement by the candidate of the […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State government has said it remained committed to winning the war against insecurity in Oke-Ogun zone of the state. The state deputy governor, Mr. Bayo Lawal, said this during a stakeholders’ meeting ahead of the 2024 fiscal year, held at Kisi for all the local governments in Oke-Ogun zone II. […]
… vows to continue fighting zoonotic diseases By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State government has condemned the action of the owner of FinRel Pharmacy, who allegedly broke the seal on the business premises after the owner was found guilty of violating the veterinary premises law. A statement jointly signed by the state Commissioners for Information […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The 15-man Palliative Committee on Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) in Oyo State has assured residents of the state that it will start disbursement of palliatives soon. The committee, headed by the Chief of Staff (CoS), Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi, has divided itself into five sub-committees to hasten the implementation of the […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State government secretariat remains shut on Thursday, since workers in the state began a protest against alleged insensitivity to the state civil servants and pensioners by the government. Recall that Daily Times had reported that workers in the state had, on Monday, locked the state secretariat in Ibadan, the state […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, granted approval to the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, to appoint 20 special advisers. The approval was sequel to a letter of request forwarded to the House by Governor Makinde, which was read on th floor of the House. The letter read in part: […]
…PDP’s Agboworin defeats Lam-Adesina in Ibadan S-E/N-E By Stephen Gbadamosi The member representing Oluyole Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives, Honourable Tolulope Akande-Sadipe Tiwalola, has been re-elected to return to the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared two of the state’s […]
By Our Reporter In the bid to set an agenda for the education of the girl-child for the next administration in Oyo State, girls from selected secondary schools in the state have expressed their expectations from the next administration, in order to eradicate illiteracy. The female students, who appealed to the state government to ensure […]
By Tunde Opalana The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Debo Ologunagba has congratulated the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on his re-election describing it as well-deserved. The PDP spokesman said that the outcome of the election reaffirmed Gov. Makinde’s overwhelming acceptance by the people of Oyo State owing to his good […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the three senatorial district election in Oyo state. For the Oyo South Senatorial District Election, s former secretary to the state government, Sharafadeen Alli emerged winner after polling 111,513 of the total votes. The candidate of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Engineer Joseph Olansunkanmi Tegbe polled 92,481 votes […]
BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has cautioned a former minister of state for the Federal Capital Territory, Ms Jumoke Akinjide, to thread softly and refrain from making futile attempts on the mass media with a view to running down the presidential candidate of the party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, […]
BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI The newly-elected chairman of Motor Dealers Association of Nigeria (MODAN), Oyo State chapter, Alhaji Musibau Sulaimon Maito, has called on the Federal Government to prevail on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to rescind its decision to peg daily cash limit withdrawal to N50,000.00. Maito made the appeal during his acceptance speech […]
BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN The Oyo State Government has deployed a security team to Ipapo/Iseyin axis in the Oyo North Senatorial district of the state, following the abduction of some farmers by unknown gunmen on Saturday. The state government appealed to the people of Ipapo to be calm in the wake of fresh abduction of […]
The Bashorun of Oyo, High Chief Akinade Yussuf Ayoola Layinka, has said that the Ifa oracle will choose the next Alaafin of Oyo. Layinka made this disclosure via a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin of Oyo, ‘Bode Durojaiye. DAILY POST recalls that the throne of Alaafin of Oyo […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Oyo State Police Command has paraded a suspected kidnap kingpin who reportedly wrote a notification to one new generation bank and one private university in Oyo town, informing them of attempt to rob the bank and kidnap students of the institution for ransom. The state Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, who […]