Oyo state government has announced a new resumption date for the third term 2021/2022 academic session. The Honourable Commissioner, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, in a statement, made available to journalist in his office, on Wednesday, hinting that academic School calendar for public and private schools in the state will take off on Thursday, 5th May,…
A Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) governorship aspirant in Oyo State and former deputy governor of the state, Barr. Hazeem Gbolarunmi, on Tuesday said Governor Seyi Makinde has failed his party and residents of the state. Gbolarumi stated this on Tuesday while addressing a press conference in Ibadan. He said PDP was established 24 years ago with…
A leading gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Oyo State for 2023 election, Engr. Oyedele Hakeem Alao, has agreed to pick the gubernatorial expression of Interest and nomination form. He made the disclosure at a meeting with his Zonal and Local Government Coordinators in the 33 Local Government Areas…
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has replied his critics that he is not responsible for the d£aths of monarchs in the state. He also vowed that the State will not spare anything to give the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi a befitting burial. He appealed to the Oyo Mesi, the Council of…
The Alaafin of Oyo Empire, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III’s body was taken over by Sango believers of the Isese Faith after Islamic rites were performed in the morning. (As per inside sources, the body used in the Islamic rites was an effigy. This is not confirmed.) The “Body” of the Alaafin was then covered with…
By Opeyemi Olawore The Executive Secretary of Network for Agricultural Technical Education of Nigeria (NATEN) Mr. Newton Ovie has called on Tertiary institution to embrace digital (online) Training as a means of stimulating the interests of youth in agriculture. The Executive Secretary stated this during his working visit to member institutions within the South West…
“Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he falls …” — 1Timothy 3:6 If I could have just an elevator talk with any of the FRSC marshals, I will salute them for their good works on our roads.Then I will suggest the inclusion of another symbol apart from the letter “L” that represents…
The over 200 year old servant popularly known as Baba Kekere while some call him Baba Keji has reportedly survived three Obas in Alaafins palace. Baba Kekere who is the head of palace slave, is still alive and agile. In a video obtained by LiveTimesNG, the old man revealed how the reign of Oba Lamidi…
By Taiwo Oluwadare The Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi III, passed on after complications associated with prostate enlargement, a family source confirmed, stressing that the 83-year-old monarch had recently said the condition was going to claim his life. The monarch passed on at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti, the capital of…
By Ayomide Akinbode and Ayo Ojeniyi The Alaafin was an absolute king; his word was law. He had the power of life and death. He’s iku baba yeye, alase ekeji orisa (the almighty, the ruler and companion of the gods). In the actual working of the government, however, the Alaafin was an absolute monarch. He…
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