The Okanlomo of Ibadan land, Senator Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi is deeply saddened by the recent inferno that gutted the Akesan market in the ancient town of Oyo in Oyo state. The fire which started around 12:30Read More
A socio-political group, Oyo Global Forum, OGF, has asked the state government to rebuild the Akesan market and also compensate traders. This became imperative following yesterday’s monumental inferno that razed the over 1,000 shops in Read More
The Government of Oyo State said on Sunday that it was set to acquire 10 modern fire-fighting equipment through a competitive bidding process. The State’s Commissioner for Infrastructure, Transportation and Public Works, Professor Raphael Afonja, Read More
Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in an early Sunday morning fire outbreak in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. The fire disaster occurred at one of the biggest indigenous furniture company located along Iyaganku/ Read More
The Oyo State Government has urged residents of the state to be cautious on ways and manners issue of fire is handled especially during this current harmattan season. This call became necessary as a result Read More
Renowned gospel musician, Dr Yinka Ayefele and Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle, the Chairman, National Lottery Commission have pledged to support the repositioning of Oyo NUJ Council. The duo made the pledge on Sunday during their separate Read More
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has sympathised with the government and people of Oyo State over the fire incident that gutted the Akesan Market, in the ancient town of Oyo. In Read More
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and his son, Prince Akeem Adeyemi, who represents the town in the House of Representatives, as well as the caretaker chairman of Oyo East local government, Prince Saheed Read More
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has expressed sadness over the devastating fire that gutted the ancient Akesan Market in Oyo town in the early hours of Sunday. In a tweet Read More
Florence Ajimobi, wife of immediate governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, is officially launching Grandex, a supermarket she was said to have established 35 years ago, this afternoon. Located at number 43, M.K.O Abiola Way, Read More
