RAMADAN: Irorun-Ni Charitable Foundation Feeds Thousands Across Oyo
An Islamic humanitarian organization with vision to ensure zero hunger, empower the needy, widows, orphans and other less privileged in the society, Irorun-Ni Charitable Foundation, ICF has rounded off the state-wide 2025 Mega Iftar programme with the distribution of food palliative to 500 households in Oke-Ogun Zone 1, comprising Atisbo, Saki East and Saki West. The distribution of food items...
JUST IN: Ajimobi’s Eldest Child Dies At 44
In a shocking turn of events, the family of the late Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, is plunged into mourning as news breaks that his first child, Bisola Kola-Daisi, has died at the age of 44. The heartbreaking announcement came early Thursday morning, March 27, 2025, revealing that Bisola succumbed to a brief illness while in the...
Seyi Adisa, Ex-Ibadan Poly Rector, Others Make List As Makinde Appoints Governing Council For Oyo Schools
Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has made new appointments to the boards of three tertiary institutions in the state. The Governor also approved the appointments of nine part-time members into the Oyo State Pilgrims’ Welfare Board (Christian Wing). The appointments were announced in a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi. Professor Ayodeji Omole was reappointed...
OYO101: How Not To Fight For Politicians | Muftau Gbadegesin
One thing is sure. Politicians are birds of the same feathers. For them, it does not matter where the next meal will come from or what it will take to stay relevant on the table of power. To survive in our own political clime is more than pontificating about an ideology or philosophy. Complex, contradictory, convoluted, and treacherous, those...
From Five to 111 Buses, Dikko And The Burden Of Transforming Oyo’s Pacesetter Transport Service
When Oladeji Ibrahim, popularly known as Dikko, took over the helm of affairs at Pacesetter Transport Services, a company owned by the Oyo State government, in July 2023, only five buses were functional in its fleet – this figure is evidently far too minute to cater to the mass transportation need of one of the country’s largest states. Less than...
Makinde Whose Govt Is Known For Removing LG Bosses Condemns Fubara’s Suspension
‘Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, whose government is known for removing and suspending council chairmen, has finally summoned the courage to condemn the suspension of his colleague-governor and friend’s mentee, Similayi Fubara, as governor of Rivers State. Nyesom Wike, Fubara’s predecessor and minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, is at the centre of the feud between Fubara and members...
In Defence Of The Oyo State Customary Courts | Ajibade Tiamiyu
Two fetuses are growing in one womb. One is well fed, the other is made to struggle to find its life source. The womb is the Oyo State Judiciary, the third arm of government. The twins in the womb of the judiciary are the High Court (& Magistracy) and the Customary Court of Appeal (comprising Grade C & Grade A...
Adegbola Not Eleruwa… — Laribikusi Ruling House
One of the two royal houses to the throne of Eleruwa, Laribikusi, has insisted that it is still its turn to produce the monarch of Eruwa. At a press conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the family said the government erred by appointing Samuel Adegbola, who had earlier been deposed by the Supreme Court 21 years after finding out...
Remains Of Late OYHA Leader Arrive, Burial Holds Tomorrow • Fidau On 60th Birthday
The remains of late majority leader of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Kehinde Hassan Subair would be received tomorrow morning in Lagos by leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos. Subair, who represented Ibadan Southwest constituency 1 between 2011 and 2019, had passed on in a London hospital last Friday during a brief illness. He...
Oyo APC Kicks As Assembly Approves Makinde’s Fresh N200billion Loan Request
The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state has vehemently opposed the approval granted Governor Seyi Makinde by a group of the State legislators to obtain a fresh loan facility totalling N200billion stating that eminent citizens across the country must rise up and prevail on the governor to drop the idea in the interest of the state. Impeccable sources have...
