Tag Archives: Oyo state

Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the immediate release of a car loan for primary school teachers across all zones in Oyo State. The development was confirmed in a statement issued on Friday in Ibadan by the Coordinating Director, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Jacob Dairo. He said the state …

The Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command, has paraded forty two suspects for various crimes including armed robbery, kidnapping and other vices. The suspects were arrested at different locations in the state while dangerous weapons were recovered as exhibits.   Parading the suspects before the newsmen at the State Command, Ekeyele, …

The Oyo State Government has disclosed that no fewer than 156,979 pupils participated in the 2023 screening and placement exercise for primary six pupils transiting into public Junior Secondary School One (JSS 1) in the state. The government made this disclosure on Monday. It stated that pupils across 503 centres …

The Speaker of the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, was on Wednesday, re-elected the Speaker of the 10th Assembly. The PUNCH had reported that the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, penultimate Monday, endorsed Ogundoyin as Speaker of the 10th Assembly during the commissioning of the electrification and restoration …

The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 78 suspects linked to an attempt to cause trouble in the state following the dissolution of the Park Management System by the state government. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in a statement, said the state Commissioner of …

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, has lost two of its members. The two members are Deacon Tunde Ogunesan and Mrs Victoria Ojo. Ogunesan died on Monday after a brief illness.   The news of the death of Ojo was announced in the early hours of Tuesday. …

A 400-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Oluwatobi Ogunmola, who was declared missing a few days ago, has been found dead. A campus source told our correspondent that his body was found hanging in a bush at Gambari, Ogbomoso, in the Surulere Local Government …

GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won in 31 out of the 33 local government areas in the state The gubernatorial election was held in all 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Newsextra24 reports that three major candidates contested the election. They included Makinde, who is …

SOLDIERS have reportedly shot one of the youths protesting the fuel and naira notes scarcity in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The protests which happened across the major cities of the state grounded activities and had youths carrying placards expressing their grievances on the situation since Friday.

A midnight fire incident has destroyed goods worth millions of naira in at least 10 shops at popular Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Newsextra24 gathered that the incident occurred around 2am on Saturday as a result of the burning of refuse. One of the spare …