The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Friday launched the Nigeria AgriConnect Compact, a World Bank-funded initiative aimed at transforming Nigeria into a leading regional food basket. Newsextra24 reports that the initiative focuses on boosting agricultural productivity, expanding processing, improving market access, and mobilising private-sector investment across key value …
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved N10,000 monthly transportation support allowance for civil servants in the state. Makinde announced this on Monday during the supervision of the YEAP-SAFER support disbursement and stakeholder engagement programme at the Fashola Agribusiness Hub in Oyo town. He said the initiative would be …
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Twelve out of the 25 students of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, brought before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for alleged murder were on Monday discharged. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 25 students, arraigned on June 5, were charged with conspiracy, murder and negligence. The Chief …
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An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday remanded a security guard at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, and 24 others for allegedly killing a student of the institution. The security guard, Femi Oladoye, and the others are charged with conspiracy and murder. The magistrate, Mrs. Olabisi Ogunkanmi, did not take their …
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No fewer than 10 passengers were burnt to death on Oyo-Ogbomoso road on Thursday. The passengers, caught in a head-on collision involving a Mazda and a Toyota Hiace passenger bus, were burnt beyond recognition. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency …
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A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Mudashiru Baraka, was on Wednesday killed by rival political thugs in the state. Baraka was macheted to death by his assailants at his family compound in Oyo East Local Government Area of the state. According to the Police Public …
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A member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Mudashiru Baraka, has been killed. He was said to have been killed by rival political thugs on Wednesday morning in Oyo town. NEWSEXTRA24 gathered that Baraka, a PDP grassroots mobiliser in the town, was macheted to death …
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A 27-year-old housewife, Odunayo Olumale has stabbed her husband, Olamilekan Salahudeen to death for making sexual advances to her. The incident happened three months after the couple reconciled and reunited following their separation. Speaking in Ibadan while parading the suspect at the Oyo Police Command headquarter, Eleyele, Ibadan, yesterday, Police …
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The principal of Federal Government Girl’s College, Oyo and a teacher, Timothy Alayoteti, have been arrested over the allegation of rape of a 14-year-old student. Addressing newsmen in Ibadan, the elder sister to the victim, Mercy Gabriel lamented that after several months of the incident, her sister was still suffering …
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House of Representatives Member Tolulope Akande-Sadipe is the only Woman Federal Legislator from Oyo State, perhaps from the whole of South-West since 2019. The Oluyole Federal Constituency Representative has not only demonstrated a lot of understanding but also built good relationships across party levels in the last three years as …
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