• ‘I infected myself 20 years ago, I am still negative today • Critics dismiss vaccine as scam, urge govt sanction Fresh claims by Dr. Jeremiah Ojonemi Alabi Abalaka have stoked a two-decade-old controversy over a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) vaccine that can cure not just the dreaded disease but also Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)…
Confusion hit authorities of the Lagos State Teaching hospital at the moment, as one of its patient ward has been flooded with human faeces for the second time in 24 hours, following a sudden burst of one of the hospital’s soak-away system. According to City News, the incident which happened yesterday evening, began when one…
Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan Oyo State has recorded the highest rate of malnutrition in Southwestern Nigeria, with malnourished children under five-years-old having a mortality rate of 73 deaths per 1000 live births, and an infant mortality rate of 59 per 1000 live births. This was disclosed on Tuesday at the advocacy meeting by Civil Society-Scale Up…
As part of efforts to reduce to a barest minimum the spate of killings by Fulani herdsmen and other bandits on farms in rural communities of Oyo State, The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), the state chapter have launched operation ‘Agro Rangers’ squad to combat banditry. Speaking at the launching of the initiative…
Not less than 10,000 refuse bags were distributed free Mokola area in Ibadan during the flag-off of Oyo State special environmental exercise to further bring the message of cleaner environment to the people by the persent administration. The exercise was carried out by the State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources with support from West…
As part of measures to improve health facilities and infrastructures in Oyo State, the State government had commenced the rehabilitation of the second gate road of the State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan. According to a statement from the office of the General Manager, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA) Engr. Modinat Aderonke Oduola, arrangements were…
•as IITA and AfDB salute Makinde’s vision At a retreat in Cotonou, Republic of Benin to chart a path for transforming agriculture, Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde set a record in governance, by spending more than 72 hours with his state officials designing an implementation plan for Oyo state agribusiness. The governor also promised…
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…
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…
Leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky is on his way back to Nigeria, the spokesperson of the group, Ibrahim Musa, has said. According to him, the decision is due to a lack of a breakthrough in the impasse that ensured with regard to the treatment of the Shiite Leader in…
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