#ENDSARS: Awọn Odaràn Yóò Ní Agbára Láti Siṣẹ́ Ibi Púpọ̀
•Shogunle Ni Iṣẹ́ SARS Pọ̀ Lásìkò Yìí Kọjá Aríwísí Ọgá ọlọ́pàá Abayomi Shogunle woye pe kosi idi kan gboogi lati ko awọn ọlọpaa kogberegbe SARS kuro nilẹ gẹgẹ bi ọpọ eeyan ti n pariwo. Ọgá ọlọ́pàá naa to ba ile iṣẹ Iroyin BBC Yoruba sọrọ ni pe awọn ti wọn n sọ pe ki ijọba ko SARS nilẹ ko ni ẹri...
From Otu To National Limelight: The Story Of Adeolu Akande At 53
In this special interview with OYO INSIGHT, chairman of the Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Prof. Adeolu Akande, who is 53 today, reveals his background and other things many didn’t know about him. His Background I was born in Idi-Arere, Ibadan on Jully 3, 1965. My parents moved to Lagos in 1970 where I started my primary education in Fadeyi,...
Ajimobi Explains Why Govt. Bought 36 SUVs For Elevated Ibadan Obas, Others (SEE PHOTOS)
Governor Abiola Ajimobi has described the purchase and distribution of cars for 36 newly elevated Obas in Ibadan and other parts of the state as an attestation of his administration’s commitment to the upliftment and modernisation of chieftaincy institution in the state. He warned his critics not to see it as extravagant or father Christmas spending by the government. Rather, he said the...
Oyo NURTW Relocates To Ojoo As Olomi Secretariat Collapses
The state secretariat of the Oyo State chapter of the National Union Of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, is to be relocated temporarily to its new secretariat under construction located at Ojoo area of Ibadan, the state capital. This followed last Saturday’s collapse of the Olomi state secretariat of the union. The union will operate from Ojoo pending when the damaged building...
Bodija: 26-year Old Victim Of Butchers-Police Clash To Undergo Breast, Womb Surgeries
A 26 year-old fashion designer, Sefiat Mutiat, who was among the victims of the last Thursday’s clash that occurred between butchers and men of the Oyo State Police Command at the popular Bodija market, Ibadan, the state capital is to undergo surgical operations on her breasts, womb and spinal cords. OYO INSIGHT had reported how the unfortunate incident claimed lives...
BREAKING: Unity Forum Collapses Structure, Joins ADC (PHOTOS)
The breakaway faction of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Unity Forum has joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC. The decision was taken after a crucial stakeholders’ meeting of the group which ended few minutes ago. OYO INSIGHT will serve you details any moment from now.
JUST IN: Unity Forum In Crucial Meeting
Members of the breakaway faction of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are to meet this morning to determine the next line of action. The faction had left the ruling APC owing to the irreconcilable differences between them and the governor. OYO INSIGHT recalled that the crack became obvious during the just concluded congress of the party...
Debo Adesina Reveals How Okeogun Was Underdeveloped, Wants Indigene As Ajimobi’s Successor
Okaka, Itesiwaju local government born Editor-In-Chief of The Guardian Newspaper, one of the influential newspaper groups in Nigeria, Mr Debo Adesina has revealed how successive administrations in Oyo State fail to develop Okeogun part of the state. According to the 50-year old gubernatorial aspirant,, “Our land is blessed beyond description,.yet our people live in abject poverty beyond comprehension.” Adesina, who became...
2019: Oyo Finance Commissioner Under Pressure To Declare Guber Bid
Forty-five year Oyo State commissioner for finance, Mr Abimbola Adekanmbi, is under pressure, especially from his teeming supporters, to make his intention to succeed outgoing governor Abiola Ajimobi public. OYO INSIGHT learnt that Adekanmbi, an indigene of Ibadan, was the first to be reported as one of the men Ajimobi wishes to handover to after the expiration of his tenure...
Bodija Butchers Narrate Ordeal, Say “We Lost N300m, 11 Members, Many Cows In Police Custody”
More than 48 hours after the clash with policemen, butchers at the Bodija market, are counting their losses. Apart from those the 4 people who were reportedly killed during the clash, the butchers revealed that no fewer than 11 of their colleaguesand many cows have been arrested and still in the custody of Oyo state Police command. The butchers, who said...