A double-digit investment in the agricultural sector backed by a vibrant rural infrastructural network will help states in Nigeria to accelerate the transformation of agriculture, says Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) during a courtesy visit to the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan. According…
…..Says youth empowerment key to development Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has stated over the weekend that his administration will partner with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to take youths of the State out of poverty. The Governor, added that the state was poised to turn the energy in the youths to assets…
A federal lawmaker under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives in Oyo State, Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, representing Iseyi/Kajola/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa federal constituency of Oyo State, has empowered about 120 graduate farmers in the state with over N50 million as part of efforts to improve the economic well being of…
One year after, the popular gospel musician and owner of Fresh FM Radio station, Dr. Yinka Ayefele, revealed how the incumbent Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde gave him N15 million invention fund to rebuild his demolished office, Music House by immediate past government, under Senator Abiola Ajimobi on August 19, 2018. According to…
My inside life journey to explore the amazing night life in the brown roofs’ City (Ibadan) started with my decision to hang out with a new set of friends I just made. One of the friends, Tobi (not the real name ) this faithful Friday after a couple of invite, I decided to join him…
A Fulani Group called Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, has called on the Oyo State House of Assembly to consider them in the proposed anti-open grazing law which has passed the first and second reading in the state house of assembly. The National President of the Association, Alhaji Sale Bayari made the plea…
Investigations into the killings of the Police Intelligence Response Team operatives by soldiers of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba State, on August 6, 2019, have unearthed shocking criminal collaboration between the fleeing kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, ( aka Wadume), and some senior police officers at the Ibi Police Division, Saturday Punch reported. Wadume, who allegedly masterminded…
The Nigerian Customs Service on Friday revealed that it intercepted 21 contraband drugs valued at over N5 billion. The National Public Relations Officer of NCS, Assist. Comptroller Joseph Attah revealed this while taking newsmen round a warehouse where trucks of the intercepted items were parked at the Ikeja Training College of the service in Lagos…
The coordinator of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA), Professor Jidado Tahiru on Friday while paying a courtesy visit to the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde revealed that the state is about to receive a sum of $6m grant to fund education in the state. The BESDA coordinator who said this while leading…
Oyo state is about to receive a sum of $6m grant under the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme facilitated by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) with the support of the World Bank. This was disclosed by the coordinator of BESDA, Professor Jidado Tahiru when he led a delegation from UBEC and…
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