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Month: October 2023

An Open Letter To Hon. O-Shine: Between The Bulletproof Jeep and The Road To Okeho

By Alhazan Abiodun R. “If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds…

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Saratu Konibaje is Iyaloja-General of Oyo State, stop parading yourself as one, Group Warns Folashade Abeo

A market leader, Chief Gbadeyanka Alimi alongside group of youths across markets in the 33 local government areas of Oyo State on Tuesday warned Alhaja Folashade Abeo to stop parading self as Iyaloja-General of the State. Against this backdrop, the group in a separate media briefings with journalists in Ibadan, recalled how all the Iyalojas…

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Aseyin takes 2nd wife ahead installation as new monarch (See invitation)

The Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Sefiu Olawale Oyebola has taken a second wife ahead of his official installation as the new Aseyin. The new bride, Maryam Omoronke Abike will be officially betrothed to Oba Oyebola on Thursday at a planned Nikkah program holding at Lagos. The Chronicler Newspaper got possession of the official invitation of…

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Handwashing: Oyo govt, UNICEF train pupils on best practices to prevent diseases (PHOTOS)

The Oyo State Government, under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), have trained dozens of pupils on the proper methods of handwashing towards preventing diseases, including cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid fever that could lead to death and drain in economic power and resources. The pupils of IDC Primary School,…

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Senator Alli lauds Folarin’s selflessness, transparency in leadership @ 60

Sen. Sharafadeen Alli(APC-Oyo South) has congratulated Sen. Teslim Folarin, the Oyo State APC governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections on his 60th birthday. This is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. Folarin, a former Senate Leader and three-term lawmaker from…

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Oyo Govt files appeal against removal of Oba Ghandi as Soun

Oyo state government has file an appeal challenging the court ruling  which invalidated the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomosoland. Also an application for stay of execution pending the hearing and determination of the Appeal Defendants/Applicants against the  judgment at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Judicial Division has…

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We’ll deliver Olodo bridge on schedule – Contractor

The contractor handling the Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo road, Peculiar Ultimate Concerns Limited, has assured the people of Oyo State, especially users of the road, that all hands are on deck to finish the reconstruction of Olodo bridge on schedule. The company’s Executive Director, Engr Abel Adeleke, stated this at the weekend while answering questions on the extent…

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Proper management of social protection policies will contribute to peacebuilding and reduce insecurity—CORN director tells Tinubu

……UNICEF, NASSCO, British high Commission to attend CORN conference on Social Protection in Abuja The Conflict Research Network West Africa (CORN West Africa) has mobilised researchers to critically review the practise of social protection policies such as conditional cash transfers, support for internally displaced persons, and school feeding among others at an international Conference holding…

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Olaosebikan, a man of impact – Senator Alli

Sen. Sharafadeen Alli(APC-Oyo South) has congratulated Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, a renowned veteran journalist and former Chief Press Secretary to late former Gov. Lam Adesina, on his birthday. This is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan. Alli, the Senate Committee…

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Rapture is in days and months to come – Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder and Presiding pastor of Christ Embassy church has recently revealed that the rapture is no longer in years to come, it’s in days and months to come. He communicated this via a recent post he shared on his facebook page While speaking, the cleric reportedly state that “The rapture is…

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