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Bayelsa 2023: Makinde Meets Yoruba Community, Seeks Support For Diri (PHOTOS)

….Promises Continued Enabling Environment For Businesses The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Wednesday, met with the leadership of the Yoruba community in Bayelsa State at the State’s capital Yenagoa, to solicit support for the second term in office of Governor Duoye Diri. The Yoruba community leaders were led to the meeting by…

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PHOTO: Embrace use of organic fertilizer for healthier,increase farm yields–FMAFS advises farmers

By Suleiman Shehu The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), has called on farmers in Nigeria to embrace the use of organic fertilizer in their farms in order to have healthier and increase farm yield. The FMAFS Zonal Director, South West Region, Mrs Abimbola Akeredolu gave the advice during a Capacity Building programme…

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EFCC Arraigns 11 Undergraduates for Alleged Internet Fraud (PHOTOS)

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November   6, 2023 arraigned eleven students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU,  before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The defendants were arraigned on different count charges,  ranging from one to…

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Adelabu speaks on Hawker Siddeley crash, prioritised national assignment over personal interest

Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has described the Friday incident in which an aircraft operated by Flint Aero crash-landed at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, Oyo State as a result of his desire to prioritise national assignment over personal interest. The Minister spoke on Monday when he was accosted by journalists at the…

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Group asks Gov Makinde to Confirm Saratu Konibaje as Oyo Iyaloja General

•Released Court Document Showing Why No Oba has Powers to appoint Babaloja, Iyaloja For emerging winners on two consecutive occasions as the preferred choice of the traders across the 33 local governments and winning seven of the 12 clusters of the market groups in Oyo State, Oke-Ogun Market Stakeholders (OOMS) on Sunday appealed to the…

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Security, Unity of Purpose Top Discussions at Expansive Oke-Ogun Meeting

….As ODCF, Oke-Ogun Obas Charge Political Office Holders To Put Region First in Dealings …..Says Strangers Mine Illegally on Cheaply-Acquired Community Lands The Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF) has called on all indegens of the region anywhere in the world to contribute towards the ongoing socioeconomic revamping of the area. The group at its expansive…

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Ogun declares ban on made in China Adire fabrics

On Friday the 3rd of November 2023, a team of the organisers of the Popular Adire Carnival paid a curtsey visit to the newly appointed commissioner for Culture and tourism of Ogun State Hon. Sesan Abolaji Fagbayi in his office at the state secretariat, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. The commissioner who was decorated as the petron…

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Oyo South: Alli floors PDP’s Tegbe, NNPP’s Gbogbolomo at Appeal Court

The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos, has upheld the judgment of the National Assembly Petition Tribunal which validated the victory of Sen. Sharafadeen Alli (APC- Oyo South), as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This is contained in a statement signed by Alli’s Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas and made available to…

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Islamic group targets free surgical operations for 200 hernia, glaucoma patients

Al-Ansor Trust Fund (ATF), an Islamic Group, says it targeted over 200 hernia and glaucoma patients for free surgical operations in Ibadan. The ATF Coordinator in Oyo State, Dr Ridwan Salam made this known while declaring opening the 8th annual free medical and surgical outreach of the group on Friday at the Muslim Hospital, Mosfala,…

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UK Group Rebukes Ibadan Mogaji for backing Folashade Abeo as Iyaloja-General Oyo State

A group of Oyo State Professionals in the United Kingdom on Friday lampooned a controversial Mogaji in Ibadanland, Chief Olawale Oladoja for throwing weight behind Alhaja Folashade Abeo as Iyaloja-General of the State. The UK Professionals in a statement by their London Coordinator, Adegbola Aleshinloye described Wale Oladoja as someone who needs not to be…

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